PONTRILAS SAWMILLS LIMITED

Active
Company number 00457573Private limited companyIncorporated 1948

Key figures

£27,841,087
Net assets 2024/25

† PONTRILAS SAWMILLS LIMITED filed these accounts on paper, so Companies House publishes them only as a scanned image. The figures for the years marked † were read automatically from the scan and kept only where the statements add up (for example net assets equal total equity), but a reading error is still possible — check the original accounts at Companies House.

Ratios

2024/25

Sector comparison

SIC 16100

Where the company stands among the 654 active companies whose first SIC code is 16100 (Sawmilling and planing of wood).

Turnover£74,362,623
Higher than 90% · median £19,652,519 among 36 that publish turnover
Net assets£27,841,087
Higher than 97% · median £192,000
Total assets£55,826,015
Higher than 97% · median £543,742
Employees320
Higher than 98% · median 3
Company age78.3 years
Older than 95% · median 13.0 years
Largest in this sector by net assets
  1. BSW TIMBER LIMITED£283.3m
  2. JELD-WEN UK LIMITED£114.7m
  3. ARBOR FOREST PRODUCTS LIMITED£92.8m
  4. JAMES DONALDSON GROUP LTD£54.1m
  5. DAVID COVER AND SON LIMITED£44.1m
  6. WINDYMAINS TIMBER LIMITED£41.2m
  7. A.& J.SCOTT LIMITED£38.2m
  8. C & W BERRY LIMITED£37.2m
  9. CHARLES RANSFORD & SON LIMITED£36m
  10. PONTRILAS SAWMILLS LIMITED£27.8m

Positions are approximate. Figures come from each company's latest accounts; money and employee figures are compared only with companies that filed accounts in pounds for a period ending in the last two and a half years and are not dormant, so those groups are smaller than 654. The line on each bar marks the median.

Summary: PONTRILAS SAWMILLS LIMITED

What kind of company is it?

PONTRILAS SAWMILLS LIMITED is a private limited company registered with Companies House under company number 00457573. It was incorporated on 31 Jul 1948. Its status is active. Its nature of business (SIC 2007) is sawmilling and planing of wood (16100).

How is the company doing financially?

The latest accounts in the database are for 2024/25 (period ending 31 Jul 2025); the company files full accounts. Turnover was £74,362,623. Net assets were £27,841,087. Total assets were £55,826,015 and total liabilities £25,364,951. The company had an average of 320 employees.

How does it compare with similar companies?

Compared with 654 active companies whose first SIC code is 16100: By turnover it ranks higher than 90% of the 36 that publish turnover (median £19,652,519). By net assets it ranks higher than 97% of them (median £192,000). By total assets it ranks higher than 97% of them (median £543,742). By number of employees it ranks higher than 98% of them (median 3). It is older than 95% of them (median age 13.0 years).

What do public registers and reports show?

HMRC lists it as an importer of goods, mainly machinery, wood, electrical equipment. HMRC lists it as an exporter of goods, mainly optical, medical and measuring instruments, machinery. In its latest payment practices report it took an average of 60 days to pay suppliers, and 99% of invoices were not paid within agreed terms. Its gender pay gap report for 2025/26 shows median hourly pay for women 5.1% lower than for men. It has a modern slavery statement on the government registry.

Who runs and controls the company?

One person with significant control is registered. 1 of 34 registered charges are outstanding.

When are its next filings due?

The next accounts are due by 30 Sep 2027. The next confirmation statement is due by 29 Mar 2027.

Filed accounts2024/25
2024/25 †
Turnover74,362,623
Total assets55,826,015
Total liabilities25,364,951
Net assets / total equity27,841,087
Average number of employees320

A dash (—) means no accounts were filed for that year or the item is not in the accounts; 0 is a zero stated in the accounts. Small companies usually file only a balance sheet, so the profit and loss account is often missing.

Statutory reporting

Payment practices1 Feb 2019 – 31 Jul 2019
Average time taken to pay invoices
60 days
Invoices not paid within agreed terms
99%
Member of a payment code
No
  • Within 30 days 1%
  • 31 to 60 days 94%
  • After 60 days 5%
Earlier periods (1)
Period ending
Days to pay
Within 30 days
Late
31 Jan 2019
60
1%
99%

View the latest report on GOV.UK

Gender pay gap2025/26
Median hourly pay
women 5.1% lower
Mean hourly pay
women 11.7% lower
Median bonus pay
women 3.7% lower
Employer size
250 to 499 employees
Lower pay quarter14.8% womenLower middle9.8% womenUpper middle1.6% womenUpper pay quarter9.8% women
Earlier years (8)
Year
Median hourly pay
Mean hourly pay
2024/25
women 8.4% lower
women 2.8% lower
2023/24
women 8.7% higher
women 11.2% higher
2022/23
women 0.1% higher
women 1% higher
2021/22
women 20.7% higher
women 3.9% higher
2020/21
women 5.3% higher
women 5.5% lower
2019/20
women 44.1% higher
women 2.3% lower
2018/19
women 59.2% higher
women 16.7% higher
2017/18
women 54.8% higher
women 34.5% higher

A positive gap means women's average hourly pay is lower than men's across the whole employer; it is not a comparison of pay for the same work. View on the Gender pay gap service

Modern slavery statements1
2020
Statement · summary on GOV.UK · group statement (PONTRILAS GROUP LIMITED)

Figures the company reported itself to the government's Check payment practices service, Gender pay gap service and Modern slavery statement registry (Open Government Licence v3.0). Only large companies and employers with 250 or more staff have to report, so most companies have nothing here.

Registers and licences

International trade‡

Listed by HMRC as an importer of goods in 12 of the last 12 months on record, most recently August 2026. Main goods: machinery, wood, electrical equipment, optical, medical and measuring instruments and tools and cutlery.

Listed by HMRC as an exporter of goods in 3 of the last 12 months on record, most recently April 2026. Main goods: optical, medical and measuring instruments and machinery.

From HMRC's monthly lists of importers and exporters. Traders can ask to be left off the lists, so absence does not mean a company does not trade.

Sources: Charity Commission for England and Wales, Care Quality Commission, Home Office and HM Revenue & Customs, under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Entries marked ‡ come from lists that do not state a company number and were linked by an exact match on the registered name.

History

6 events
  1. Financial year 2024/25 endedAccounts: turnover £74.4m, net assets £27.8m, 320 employees
  2. Pontrilas Group Limited registered as a person with significant control
  3. Mr Jeremy Jonathan Sylvester Hickman registered as a person with significant control
  4. Mr Jeremy Jonathan Sylvester Hickman ceased to be a person with significant control
  5. Name changed to PONTRILAS SAWMILLS LIMITEDPreviously PONTRILAS TIMBER AND BUILDERS'MERCHANTS LIMITED
  6. Company incorporatedPrivate limited company

Dates as recorded at Companies House: incorporation, name changes, officer appointments and resignations, current and former persons with significant control, and the end of each financial year with figures in the database.