STEPHEN WALTERS & SONS LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-12-31 (in 7mo)
Last filed for 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-12-28 (in 7mo)
Last made up 2025-12-14
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£332K
-5.5% lowest in 4 filed years
Net assets
£5M
+2.2% highest in 4 filed years
Employees
98
+2.1% highest in 4 filed years
Profit before tax
£99K
-88% lowest in 4 filed years
Net assets
6-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
6-year trend · latest reflected 2025-03-31
| Metric | Trend | 2021-04-01 | 2022-03-31 | 2023-03-31 | 2023-04-01 | 2024-03-31 | 2025-03-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | — | £6,161,406 | £8,607,083 | — | £9,025,153 | £8,479,967 | |
| Operating profit | — | £432,102 | £1,411,011 | — | £805,941 | £88,433 | |
| Profit before tax | — | £424,879 | £1,415,034 | — | £825,945 | £98,985 | |
| Net profit | — | £349,941 | £1,247,869 | — | £577,868 | £111,145 | |
| Cash | — | £853,803 | £1,042,356 | — | £351,720 | £332,368 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | — | £3,660,563 | £4,854,468 | — | £5,663,712 | £6,192,275 | |
| Net assets | — | £3,292,002 | £4,539,871 | — | £5,117,739 | £5,228,884 | |
| Equity | £2,942,061 | £3,292,002 | £4,539,871 | £4,539,871 | £5,117,739 | £5,228,884 | |
| Average employees | — | 92 | 93 | — | 96 | 98 | |
| Wages | — | £2,456,220 | £2,848,004 | — | £3,063,012 | £3,189,261 |
Values shown as filed in the company's annual accounts. — indicates the figure wasn't present under that line item in that period. About these numbers
Ratios
Computed from the line items above — sparklines read oldest → newest
| Ratio | Trend | 2021-04-01 | 2022-03-31 | 2023-03-31 | 2023-04-01 | 2024-03-31 | 2025-03-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | — | 7.0% | 16.4% | — | 8.9% | 1.0% | |
| Net margin | — | 5.7% | 14.5% | — | 6.4% | 1.3% | |
| Return on capital employed | — | 11.8% | 29.1% | — | 14.2% | 1.4% | |
| Current ratio | — | — | — | — | 3.37x | 4.61x | |
| Interest cover | — | 37.45x | 93.33x | — | 60.49x | 8.55x |
Margins divide P&L lines by turnover. Gearing is liabilities over total assets. Current ratio is current assets over creditors falling due within one year. Interest cover is operating profit over absolute finance costs. Sector-distribution context coming next.
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- Larking Gowen LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“Based on this, the Directors have concluded that they have a reasonable expectation that the Company will have adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future, and, based on the economic environment recovering within the timeframe being widely anticipated, at least twelve months from the date of signing these financial statements, they continue to adopt the going concern basis of accounting in preparing these financial statements.”
Group structure
- STEPHEN WALTERS & SONS LIMITED · parent
- Sudbury Silk Mills Limited 100%
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
6 active · 13 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| GOLDSMITH, Tracey Louise | Secretary | 2023-11-01 | — | — |
| BOREHAM, David Anthony | Director | 2024-02-01 | Feb 1976 | British |
| GOLDSMITH, Tracey Louise | Director | 2017-05-30 | Aug 1968 | British |
| WALTERS, David John | Director | — | Feb 1942 | British |
| WALTERS, Julius David Benedict | Director | 1999-11-04 | Apr 1971 | British |
| YATES, Ceridwen Dallimore | Director | 2020-12-16 | Jul 1977 | British |
Show 13 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| CURRIE, Nicola Jane | Secretary | 2008-06-02 | 2023-11-01 |
| FLINT, John Dudley | Secretary | — | 2000-11-30 |
| HYDE, Ingrid Therese Maria | Secretary | 2004-12-21 | 2008-05-30 |
| STONEHAM, Felicity Ann | Secretary | 2000-11-30 | 2004-12-21 |
| CRABTREE, Bruce Roderick | Director | 2001-11-23 | 2018-03-02 |
| DOSSOR, John Haley, Revd | Director | — | 2001-06-01 |
| FLINT, John Dudley | Director | — | 2001-04-30 |
| GOODAY, Graham Robert | Director | 2017-06-05 | 2021-07-31 |
| HEAP, Richard | Director | 2009-03-01 | 2017-10-15 |
| JAMES, Michael Chenery | Director | 2001-11-23 | 2017-05-31 |
| MCSORLEY, Joan | Director | 1999-11-04 | 2008-06-30 |
| SUNMAN, Tony | Director | — | 2008-12-31 |
| WALTERS, John Stephen | Director | — | 2014-05-02 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sudbury Silk Mills Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100% | 2018-03-21 | Active |
| Mr Julius David Benedict Walters | Individual | Significant influence | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 150 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-01-26 | PSC02 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2026-01-13 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-12-03 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-01-08 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-12-20 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-02-05 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-12-22 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-12-21 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-11-02 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2023-11-02 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2023-01-09 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-12-20 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-01-02 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-12-21 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-08-03 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2021-05-04 | RP04AP01 | officers | Second filing of director appointment with name | |
| 2021-05-02 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2021-04-17 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-01-27 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2020-12-22 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 3
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 0
- Officers resigned
- 0
last 12 months
last 24 months
last 12 months
last 12 months
Direct counts from the register. No score, no rating — see the Filing timeline for the underlying events.
Year-on-year
FY2024 → FY2025 · period ending 2025-03-31 vs 2024-03-31
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Turnover
-6%
£9,025,153 £8,479,967
-
Cash
-5.5%
£351,720 £332,368
lowest in 4 filed years
-
Net assets
+2.2%
£5,117,739 £5,228,884
highest in 4 filed years
-
Employees
+2.1%
96 98
highest in 4 filed years
-
Operating profit
-89%
£805,941 £88,433
lowest in 4 filed years
-
Profit before tax
-88%
£825,945 £98,985
lowest in 4 filed years
-
Wages
+4.1%
£3,063,012 £3,189,261
highest in 4 filed years
Each % is (latest − prior) ÷ |prior| for the line item as filed. Periods don't have to be exactly 12 months apart — a long or short period (typical around incorporation or year-end changes) will distort the comparison. Lines a company doesn't report are omitted. About these numbers