{"name":"CURTIS WOOL DIRECT LIMITED","company_number":"01471011","status":"Active","type":"Private Limited Company","incorporated":"1980-01-04","dissolved":null,"registered_office":"Lawrence House, Dowley Gap Business Park, Bingley, West Yorkshire, BD16 1WA","postcode":"BD16 1WA","sic_codes":[{"code":46900,"description":"Non-specialised wholesale trade"}],"principal_activity":"The principal activity of the company is that of processing and merchanting wool.","previous_names":[{"name":"WOOL DIRECT LIMITED","changed_on":"2004-03-15"},{"name":"STRAUME GROUP LIMITED","changed_on":"2002-02-05"},{"name":"A. STRAUME (U.K.) LIMITED","changed_on":"1999-12-15"}],"warnings":[],"accounts":{"category":"Full","year_end":"31 December","last_made_up_to":"2025-12-31","next_due":"2027-09-30"},"employees":{"count":11,"accounts_date":"2025-12-31"},"financials":[{"financial_date":"2025-12-31","profit_loss":1134385,"net_assets":13121052,"cash":3120,"average_employees":11},{"financial_date":"2024-12-31","profit_loss":1070161,"net_assets":12390667,"cash":4137,"average_employees":12},{"financial_date":"2023-12-31","profit_loss":2865747,"net_assets":12180506,"cash":2367,"average_employees":12},{"financial_date":"2022-12-31","net_assets":10694759,"cash":3137}],"officers":{"current":10,"resigned":28,"complete":true,"note":"Names and details of individual officers are on the People page (subscriber-only on this site) and free at Companies House."},"charges":{"total":4,"outstanding":2},"gazette_notices":[],"insolvency_outcome":null,"ai_summary":"Curtis Wool Direct Limited presents a mixed financial picture: a strong balance sheet with £12.4M in net assets and growing equity, undermined by a severe 55% decline in profitability and an alarmingly thin cash position of just £4,137. The company's wholesale model inherently operates on tight margins, but the 2024 results — with net margin compressing from 7.4% to 3.2% while £860,000 in dividends were extracted — suggest the business is under significant strain. Immediate priority should be given to rebuilding cash reserves and reviewing the dividend policy to ensure retained earnings are sufficient to weather the volatile wool and currency markets in which the company operates.","website":"http://curtiswooldirect.co.uk","links":{"page":"https://www.companiesintheuk.co.uk/ltd/curtis-wool-direct","people":"https://www.companiesintheuk.co.uk/company/curtis-wool-direct/people","filing_history":"https://www.companiesintheuk.co.uk/company/curtis-wool-direct/filing-history","companies_house":"https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/01471011","financials":"https://www.companiesintheuk.co.uk/company/curtis-wool-direct/financial","control":"https://www.companiesintheuk.co.uk/company/curtis-wool-direct/control","charges":"https://www.companiesintheuk.co.uk/company/curtis-wool-direct/charges","ai_analysis":"https://www.companiesintheuk.co.uk/company/curtis-wool-direct/analysis"},"source":"CompaniesInTheUK, from Companies House, The Gazette and other public registers (see /support/about). Cite as: CompaniesInTheUK, https://www.companiesintheuk.co.uk/ltd/curtis-wool-direct"}