JOHN WAINWRIGHT & CO. LIMITED

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Next accounts due

2026-12-31 (in 7mo)

Last filed for 2025-03-31

Confirmation statement due

2026-05-30 (this month)

Last made up 2025-05-16

Watchouts

None on the register

Cash

£8M

+9.7% vs 2024

Net assets

£30M

+5.8% highest in 6 filed years

Employees

149

+25.2% highest in 6 filed years

Profit before tax

£4M

+87.4% vs 2024

Net assets

10-year trend · vs Basic Materials median

JOHN WAINWRIGHT & CO. LIMITED·Basic Materials median · n=259

Accounts

10-year trend · latest reflected 2025-03-31

Metric	2020-03-31	2020-04-01	2021-03-31	2021-04-01	2022-03-31	2022-04-01	2023-03-31	2023-04-01	2024-03-31	2025-03-31
Turnover	£45,452,977	—	£44,037,469	—	£48,510,748	—	£51,714,159	—	£52,582,759	£56,816,386
Operating profit	£2,782,713	—	£5,211,815	—	£3,778,097	—	£3,038,461	—	£1,686,498	£3,447,078
Profit before tax	£2,787,606	—	£5,212,955	—	£3,842,823	—	£3,006,996	—	£2,045,062	£3,832,082
Net profit	£1,965,341	—	£4,282,204	—	£2,344,380	—	£2,300,859	—	£1,320,488	£2,649,161
Cash	£4,899,781	£4,899,781	£6,320,650	£6,320,650	£7,888,446	—	£8,678,257	£8,678,257	£7,442,995	£8,165,889
Total assets less current liabilities	£26,828,746	—	£30,454,558	—	£32,092,082	—	£32,901,374	—	£33,144,064	£34,638,055
Net assets	£21,749,058	—	£25,422,586	—	£26,657,494	—	£27,949,747	—	£28,261,634	£29,902,188
Equity	£21,749,058	£21,749,058	£25,422,586	£25,422,586	£26,657,494	£26,657,494	£27,949,747	£27,949,747	£28,261,634	£29,902,188
Average employees	108	—	113	—	122	—	120	—	119	149
Wages	£4,970,972	—	£4,734,641	—	£5,628,795	—	£5,960,880	—	£6,865,745	£7,674,915

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	2020-03-31	2020-04-01	2021-03-31	2021-04-01	2022-03-31	2022-04-01	2023-03-31	2023-04-01	2024-03-31	2025-03-31
Operating margin	6.1%	—	11.8%	—	7.8%	—	5.9%	—	3.2%	6.1%
Net margin	4.3%	—	9.7%	—	4.8%	—	4.4%	—	2.5%	4.7%
Return on capital employed	10.4%	—	17.1%	—	11.8%	—	9.2%	—	5.1%	10.0%
Gearing (liabilities / total assets)	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	34.2%	35.8%
Current ratio	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1.95x	1.74x
Interest cover	22.05x	—	56.26x	—	39.67x	—	24.97x	—	11.52x	27.58x

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: Bishop Fleming Audit Limited
Audit opinion: Unqualified (clean)
Going concern: Affirmed
“As noted in the strategic report and the directors report believe that the Company has the ability to continue trading profitably and in a cash generative manner. The directors have prepared forecasts that support this position and are satisfied that there is sufficient headroom for the Company to be resilient to any adverse changes in the market.”

Significant events

“On 2 May 2025 13,350 ordinary shares of John Wainwright & Co. Limited's shares were repurchased by the Company and subsequently cancelled.”
“The Company entered into contracts with two of its suppliers after the year end to purchase bitumen under a forward purchase agreement. The agreement is to buy a fixed amount of bitumen on a monthly basis after the year end, the price of bitumen is fixed in each of the months.”

Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers

People

9 active · 14 resigned

Name	Role	Appointed	Born	Nationality
REXWORTHY, Brian	Secretary	2012-01-17	—	—
BARKWILL, Peter Boyd	Director	—	Sep 1956	British
ISLE, Gavin	Director	2020-09-01	Apr 1964	British
LONGLAND, Thomas Mark	Director	2023-04-25	Feb 1975	British
LUFF, John Purnell	Director	2003-10-16	Aug 1946	British
PERCIVAL, Philip Charles	Director	1996-07-31	Dec 1946	British
REXWORTHY, Brian	Director	2010-11-12	Mar 1965	British
SAUNDERS, Christopher John, Mr.	Director	2010-11-12	Apr 1944	British
SEVIOUR, Lee Boyd	Director	2024-04-10	Apr 1984	British

Show 14 resigned officers

Name	Role	Appointed	Resigned
LOVELL, Geraldine Mary	Secretary	1995-10-06	2003-08-13
SARGANT, Juliet Marie	Secretary	2003-08-13	2012-01-17
STOTE, Barry Roy	Secretary	—	1995-09-30
GREENHALL, Denise Anne	Director	1993-09-01	1993-10-07
LORD, Roger Kenneth	Director	—	1992-12-02
LOVELL, Geraldine Mary	Director	1996-10-11	2003-08-13
LUFF, John	Director	—	2001-05-03
MCKEOWN, Wayne	Director	2019-07-18	2024-05-01
NEY, Kevin Philip	Director	—	1996-10-11
ROSS GOOBEY, Alastair	Director	1994-10-21	2008-02-02
SHOWERING, Francis	Director	—	1995-09-06
STOTE, Barry Roy	Director	—	1995-09-30
TIMBERLAKE, Ian	Director	—	2017-01-01
USHER, Catherine Felicia	Director	1996-07-31	2010-10-15

Ownership

Persons with significant control

Name	Kind	Nature of control	Notified	Status
Mrs Denise Greenham	Individual	ownership-of-shares-25-to-50-percent-as-trust	2023-06-12	Active
Veale Wasbrough Executor And Trustee Company	Corporate entity	ownership-of-shares-25-to-50-percent-as-trust	2023-06-12	Active

Filing timeline

Last 20 of 185 total filings

Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution

2024-11-13 MA Memorandum articles
2024-11-13 RESOLUTIONS Resolution

Date	Type	Category	Description
2025-10-29	AA	accounts	Accounts with accounts type full	PDF
2025-06-10	SH03	capital	Capital return purchase own shares
2025-05-27	CS01	confirmation-statement	Confirmation statement with updates	PDF
2025-05-22	SH06	capital	Capital cancellation shares
2024-11-13	MA	incorporation	Memorandum articles
2024-11-13	RESOLUTIONS	resolution	Resolution
2024-11-05	AA	accounts	Accounts with accounts type full	PDF
2024-05-23	CS01	confirmation-statement	Confirmation statement with updates	PDF
2024-05-08	TM01	officers	Termination director company with name termination date	PDF
2024-04-22	AP01	officers	Appoint person director company with name date	PDF
2023-12-04	CH01	officers	Change person director company with change date	PDF
2023-12-04	CH01	officers	Change person director company with change date	PDF
2023-09-27	AA	accounts	Accounts with accounts type full	PDF
2023-06-12	PSC02	persons-with-significant-control	Notification of a person with significant control	PDF
2023-06-12	PSC01	persons-with-significant-control	Notification of a person with significant control	PDF
2023-06-12	PSC09	persons-with-significant-control	Withdrawal of a person with significant control statement	PDF
2023-05-23	CS01	confirmation-statement	Confirmation statement with updates	PDF
2023-04-27	AP01	officers	Appoint person director company with name date	PDF
2022-10-19	AA	accounts	Accounts with accounts type full	PDF
2022-05-23	CS01	confirmation-statement	Confirmation statement with updates	PDF

Public-record activity

Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months

Filings: 4
Capital events: 2
Officers appointed: 0
Officers resigned: 0

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

Turnover

+8.1%

£52,582,759 £56,816,386

highest in 6 filed years
Cash

+9.7%

£7,442,995 £8,165,889
Net assets

+5.8%

£28,261,634 £29,902,188

highest in 6 filed years
Employees

+25.2%

119 149

highest in 6 filed years
Operating profit

+104.4%

£1,686,498 £3,447,078
Profit before tax

+87.4%

£2,045,062 £3,832,082
Wages

+11.8%

£6,865,745 £7,674,915

highest in 6 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

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