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Other business support service activities n.e.c. · Wigton, Cumbria

Hope's Auction Company

Hope's Auction Company,Limited

ActiveLatest figures: 2026Company only129 years on the register

Private limited company registered in Wigton, classed under “Other business support service activities n.e.c.”.

Headline figures

FY to Mar 2026 · Company only

Turnover

For subscribers

Profit after tax

£397k

Net assets

For subscribers

Cash

For subscribers

Employees

For subscribers

Retained reserves

For subscribers

What the numbers say

4 findings from the figures, in plain English

Written by rules from the figures on this page. Not a forecast or a credit opinion.

History

Pro
£2023202420252026
Profit after tax£397k
Turnover
Net assets
Cash
Employees
Retained reserves
Dividends paid

Every figure for all 4 years

“—” means we did not find the figure in a source; it is never filled with an estimate.

Balance sheet and ratios

From the filed balance sheets · £

Balance sheet2023202420252026
Fixed assets
Current assets
of which debtors
of which cash
Creditors due within a year
Net current assets
Creditors due after a year
Net assets
Ratios
Return on equityProfit after tax as a share of net assets
Dividends to profitDividends paid as a share of profit after tax, in a year with a profit
Current ratioCurrent assets for every £1 owed within a year
Cash ratioCash for every £1 owed within a year
Creditors to assetsEverything owed to creditors as a share of fixed plus current assets

8 balance-sheet lines and 5 ratios, every year

A ratio appears only for years where every line it needs was filed. Lines are as tagged in the accounts; nothing is added up or estimated.

Timeline

Checked 2026-11-03

  1. Directors
    Termination of appointment of Michael Peile as a director on 4 September 2026
  2. Accounts
    Full accounts made up to 31 March 2026
  3. Directors
    Replacement Filing for the appointment of Mr William Wilkinson Gate as a director
  4. Directors
    Appointment of Mr George William Lattimer as a director on 29 April 2026
  5. Accounts
    Full accounts made up to 31 March 2025
  6. Ownership
    Notification of a person with significant control statement
  7. Charges
    Satisfaction of charge 000523620014 in full
  8. Charges
    Satisfaction of charge 9 in full
  9. Charges
    Satisfaction of charge 10 in full
  10. Charges
    Satisfaction of charge 12 in full
  11. Ownership
    Cessation of John Benson Peile as a person with significant control on 1 July 2024
  12. Ownership
    Cessation of James Holgate Illingworth as a person with significant control on 1 July 2024
  13. 26 earlier
    1. Ownership
      Cessation of Ian Grainger as a person with significant control on 1 July 2024
    2. Ownership
      Cessation of Kenneth William Pears as a person with significant control on 1 July 2024
    3. Accounts
      Full accounts made up to 31 March 2024
    4. Ownership
      Cessation of Elizabeth Janet Wright as a person with significant control on 26 April 2023
    5. Charges
      All of the property or undertaking no longer forms part of charge 000523620014
    6. Charges
      All of the property or undertaking no longer forms part of charge 10
    7. Charges
      All of the property or undertaking no longer forms part of charge 12
    8. Accounts
      Full accounts made up to 31 March 2023
    9. Directors
      Termination of appointment of Elizabeth Janet Wright as a director on 26 April 2023
    10. Accounts
      Full accounts made up to 31 March 2022
    11. Directors
      Appointment of Mr William Wilkinson Gate as a director on 10 June 2022
    12. Directors
      Appointment of Mr Michael Peile as a director on 19 January 2022
    13. Directors
      Termination of appointment of Gareth Paul Benson as a director on 20 January 2022
    14. Ownership
      Cessation of Gareth Paul Benson as a person with significant control on 31 December 2021
    15. Accounts
      Full accounts made up to 31 March 2021
    16. Accounts
      Full accounts made up to 31 March 2020
    17. Directors
      Appointment of Mrs Rozanna Elizabeth Outhwaite as a secretary on 29 July 2020
    18. Directors
      Termination of appointment of Barbara Christine Whitfield as a secretary on 29 July 2020
    19. Accounts
      Full accounts made up to 31 March 2019
    20. Ownership
      Notification of Ian Grainger as a person with significant control on 1 April 2019
    21. Ownership
      Notification of James Holgate Illingworth as a person with significant control on 31 May 2019
    22. Directors
      Appointment of Mr James Holgate Illingworth as a director on 31 May 2019
    23. Directors
      Termination of appointment of Ian Ritchie as a director on 3 June 2019
    24. Ownership
      Cessation of Ian Ritchie as a person with significant control on 3 June 2019
    25. Directors
      Appointment of Mr Ian Grainger as a director on 18 March 2019
    26. Ownership
      Notification of Kenneth William Pears as a person with significant control on 10 December 2018

From the Companies House filing history. Routine confirmation statements are left out, and a run of the same filing is shown once.

Questions people ask

›What does Hope's Auction Company do?

Private limited company registered in Wigton, classed under “Other business support service activities n.e.c.”.

›How much turnover does Hope's Auction Company make?

Answered in the full report

›Is Hope's Auction Company profitable?

Yes: it made a profit after tax of £397k in the year to 31 March 2026, its latest filed accounts.

›How many people work at Hope's Auction Company?

Answered in the full report

›Who runs and owns Hope's Auction Company?

Its directors are Rozanna Elizabeth Outhwaite, William Wilkinson Gate, Ian Grainger, James Holgate Illingworth, George William Lattimer and 2 more. Its owners are shown to subscribers.

›Where is Hope's Auction Company based?

Its registered office is Hope'S Auction House, Syke Road, Wigton, Cumbria, CA7 9NS, in Wigton, Cumbria.

›When was Hope's Auction Company founded?

Hope's Auction Company,Limited was incorporated on 3 May 1897.

›Is Hope's Auction Company still trading?

The register lists Hope's Auction Company,Limited as active.