W.BOYES & CO.,LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-11-26 (in 6mo)
Last filed for 2025-02-22
Confirmation statement due
2026-06-20 (in 1mo)
Last made up 2025-06-06
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£45M
+0.6% vs 2024
Net assets
£84M
+11.1% vs 2024
Employees
909
+3.9% vs 2024
Profit before tax
£11M
-6.6% vs 2024
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2025-02-22
| Metric | Trend | 2024-02-24 | 2025-02-22 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £101,778,615 | £105,447,222 | |
| Operating profit | £10,307,050 | £9,225,978 | |
| Profit before tax | £11,869,947 | £11,091,631 | |
| Net profit | £8,962,337 | £8,437,968 | |
| Cash | £44,916,330 | £45,165,837 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £78,421,901 | £85,680,360 | |
| Net assets | £75,579,205 | £83,968,673 | |
| Equity | £75,579,205 | £83,968,673 | |
| Average employees | 875 | 909 | |
| Wages | £18,621,317 | £20,745,044 |
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 | 2024-02-24 | 2025-02-22 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 10.1% | 8.7% | |
| Net margin | 8.8% | 8.0% | |
| Return on capital employed | 13.1% | 10.8% | |
| Current ratio | 4.77x | 5.03x | |
| Interest cover | 395.27x | 134.48x |
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
- Ashby Berry Coulsons Limited
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“In auditing the financial statements, we have concluded that the directors' use of the going concern basis of accounting in the preparation of the financial statements is appropriate. Based on the work we have performed, we have not identified any material uncertainties relating to events or conditions that, individually or collectively, may cast significant doubt on the company's ability to continue as a going concern for a period of at least twelve months from when the financial statements are authorised for issue.”
Significant events
- “The Company opened five new branches in the period, Inverness in July 2024, Blyth in August 2024, Beeston in November 2024, Llanelli in December 2024 with Wirral opening in February 2025, in addition to these the Company relocated to new premises in Doncaster in May 2024.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
7 active · 11 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| HUGHES, David Stephen | Secretary | 2023-11-01 | — | — |
| BOYES, Andrew Peter | Director | — | May 1947 | British |
| BOYES, Richard Malcolm | Director | 2008-06-27 | May 1975 | British |
| BOYES, Timothy John | Director | — | Jan 1948 | British |
| HUGHES, David Stephen | Director | 2023-11-01 | Jan 1980 | British |
| MICHAELSON, Emma | Director | 2025-03-01 | Nov 1976 | British |
| VAN DER HEIJDEN, Robert | Director | 2012-09-01 | Aug 1965 | British |
Show 11 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| FALEY, Robert Bernard | Secretary | — | 2004-07-02 |
| HERBERT, Kevin Arthur | Secretary | 2004-07-02 | 2007-09-14 |
| SHORTLAND, Diane Mary | Secretary | 2007-09-14 | 2023-10-31 |
| BOYES, Paul | Director | — | 2011-08-01 |
| BOYES, Peter | Director | — | 1995-08-09 |
| BOYES, William, Doctor | Director | — | 2006-11-08 |
| FALEY, Robert Bernard | Director | 1991-07-12 | 2004-07-02 |
| GEE, Ernest | Director | 1996-03-15 | 2017-03-31 |
| HERBERT, Kevin Arthur | Director | 2004-07-02 | 2007-09-14 |
| ROWBOTHAM, Geoffrey | Director | — | 1994-05-18 |
| SHORTLAND, Diane Mary | Director | 2007-09-14 | 2023-10-31 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Boyes Holdings (Scarborough) Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2016-06-07 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 135 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-04-17 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2026-04-17 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles | |
| 2026-04-15 | CC04 | change-of-constitution | Statement of companys objects | |
| 2026-04-09 | PSC05 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2025-07-01 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-06-16 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2025-03-03 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-07-20 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-06-06 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2023-11-06 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2023-11-06 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-11-06 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-11-06 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2023-07-13 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-06-07 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2022-09-21 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-06-09 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2021-07-22 | AA01 | accounts | Change account reference date company current extended | |
| 2021-06-16 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2021-06-04 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 6
- 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 2025-02-22 vs 2024-02-24
-
Turnover
+3.6%
£101,778,615 £105,447,222
-
Cash
+0.6%
£44,916,330 £45,165,837
-
Net assets
+11.1%
£75,579,205 £83,968,673
-
Employees
+3.9%
875 909
-
Operating profit
-10.5%
£10,307,050 £9,225,978
-
Profit before tax
-6.6%
£11,869,947 £11,091,631
-
Wages
+11.4%
£18,621,317 £20,745,044
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