EQUIP OUTDOOR TECHNOLOGIES UK LIMITED
ActiveKey figures
† EQUIP OUTDOOR TECHNOLOGIES UK 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
2025/26Sector comparison
SIC 46420Where the company stands among the 10,924 active companies whose first SIC code is 46420 (Wholesale of clothing and footwear).
- AIRWAIR INTERNATIONAL LIMITED£236.9m
- REGATTA LTD£114.1m
- ALL SAINTS RETAIL LIMITED£100.6m
- VF NORTHERN EUROPE LIMITED£93.8m
- EQUIP OUTDOOR TECHNOLOGIES UK LIMITED£74.1m
- JACOBS & TURNER LIMITED£64.1m
- WOLVERINE EUROPE LIMITED£59.3m
- SELF-PORTRAIT LTD£54.8m
- FOUR MARKETING LIMITED£49.3m
- EOTH LIMITED£47.3m
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 10,924. The line on each bar marks the median.
Summary: EQUIP OUTDOOR TECHNOLOGIES UK LIMITED
What kind of company is it?
EQUIP OUTDOOR TECHNOLOGIES UK LIMITED is a private limited company registered with Companies House under company number 01168470. It was incorporated on 29 Apr 1974. Its status is active. The registered office is in Alfreton (DE55). Its nature of business (SIC 2007) is wholesale of clothing and footwear (46420).
How is the company doing financially?
The latest accounts in the database are for 2025/26 (period ending 31 Jan 2026); the company files full accounts. Turnover was £110,145,000. Profit for the year was £5,898,000. Net assets were £74,067,000, up 11.4% on the previous year. Cash at bank and in hand was £225,000. Total assets were £107,375,000 and total liabilities £31,759,000. The company had an average of 218 employees. Figures are available for 2 financial years (2024/25–2025/26).
How does it compare with similar companies?
Compared with 10,924 active companies whose first SIC code is 46420: By turnover it ranks higher than 93% of the 271 that publish turnover (median £5,901,107). By net assets it ranks higher than 99% of them (median £3,243). By total assets it ranks higher than 99% of them (median £42,672). By cash it ranks higher than 75% of them (median £21,445). By number of employees it ranks higher than 99% of them (median 1). It is older than 99% of them (median age 3.2 years).
What do public registers and reports show?
It appears on the Home Office register of licensed sponsors (Global Business Mobility: Senior or Specialist Worker, Skilled Worker). HMRC lists it as an importer of goods, mainly other animal products, leather goods and bags, knitted clothing. HMRC lists it as an exporter of goods, mainly leather goods and bags, furniture and lighting, other textile articles. In its latest payment practices report it took an average of 29 days to pay suppliers, and 31% of invoices were not paid within agreed terms. It has modern slavery statements on the government registry for 7 years.
Who runs and controls the company?
One person with significant control is registered. 7 of 31 registered charges are outstanding.
When are its next filings due?
The next accounts are due by 31 Oct 2027. The next confirmation statement is due by 16 Dec 2026.
Filed accounts2024/25–2025/26
| 2024/25 † | 2025/26 † | |
|---|---|---|
| Turnover | 96,190,000 | 110,145,000 |
| Profit for the year | 6,533,000 | 5,898,000 |
| Cash at bank and in hand | — | 225,000 |
| Total assets | 93,615,000 | 107,375,000 |
| Total liabilities | 25,306,000 | 31,759,000 |
| Net assets / total equity | 66,458,000 | 74,067,000 |
| Average number of employees | 207 | 218 |
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
- Average time taken to pay invoices
- 29 days
- Invoices not paid within agreed terms
- 31%
- Standard payment terms
- 30–90 days
- Member of a payment code
- No
- Within 30 days 67%
- 31 to 60 days 28%
- After 60 days 5%
Earlier periods (7)
- Period ending
- Days to pay
- Within 30 days
- Late
- 31 Jul 2023
- 30
- 66%
- 36%
- 31 Jan 2023
- 34
- 61%
- 37%
- 31 Jul 2022
- 30
- 65%
- 25%
- 31 Jan 2022
- 33
- 55%
- 27%
- 31 Jul 2021
- 30
- 61%
- 33%
- 31 Jan 2021
- 33
- 63%
- 42%
- 31 Jul 2020
- 33
- 48%
- 62%
- 2026
- Statement · summary on GOV.UK · group statement
- 2025
- Statement · summary on GOV.UK · group statement
- 2024
- Statement · summary on GOV.UK · group statement
Earlier years (4)
- 2023
- Statement · summary on GOV.UK · group statement
- 2022
- Statement · summary on GOV.UK · group statement
- 2021
- Statement · summary on GOV.UK · group statement
- 2020
- Statement · summary on GOV.UK · group statement
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
- Licence type and rating
- Worker (A rating)
- Routes
- Global Business Mobility: Senior or Specialist Worker, Skilled Worker
On the Home Office register of licensed sponsors, which lists organisations licensed to sponsor workers from overseas.
Listed by HMRC as an importer of goods in 12 of the last 12 months on record, most recently August 2026. Main goods: other animal products, leather goods and bags, knitted clothing, woven clothing and furniture and lighting.
Listed by HMRC as an exporter of goods in 12 of the last 12 months on record, most recently August 2026. Main goods: leather goods and bags, furniture and lighting, other textile articles, woven clothing and knitted clothing.
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
5 events- Financial year 2025/26 endedAccounts: turnover £110.1m, net assets £74.1m, 218 employees
- Financial year 2024/25 endedAccounts: turnover £96.2m, net assets £66.5m, 207 employees
- Eoth Limited registered as a person with significant control
- Name changed to EQUIP OUTDOOR TECHNOLOGIES UK LIMITEDPreviously LOWE ALPINE UK LIMITED
- Company incorporatedPrivate limited company
Dates as recorded at Companies House: incorporation, name changes, officer appointments and resignations, current persons with significant control, and the end of each financial year with figures in the database. Former persons with significant control are not listed.