PETTY, WOOD & CO. LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-12-31 (in 7mo)
Last filed for 2025-03-28
Confirmation statement due
2026-08-15 (in 3mo)
Last made up 2025-08-01
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£8K
-82.3% vs 2024
Net assets
£14M
+7.5% vs 2024
Employees
83
-8.8% vs 2024
Profit before tax
£1M
-32.7% vs 2024
Name history
Renamed 1 time since incorporation
- PETTY, WOOD & CO. LIMITED 1979-12-31 → present
- PETTY WOOD & COMPANY LIMITED 1904-10-28 → 1979-12-31
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2025-03-28
| Metric | Trend | 2024-03-29 | 2025-03-28 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £59,668,439 | £59,991,892 | |
| Operating profit | £1,797,848 | £1,242,120 | |
| Profit before tax | £1,614,182 | £1,086,452 | |
| Net profit | £1,209,023 | £814,839 | |
| Cash | £45,666 | £8,078 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £12,390,070 | £13,310,435 | |
| Net assets | £13,408,556 | £14,415,145 | |
| Equity | £13,408,556 | £14,415,145 | |
| Average employees | 91 | 83 | |
| Wages | £3,681,655 | £3,854,073 |
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 | 2024-03-29 | 2025-03-28 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 3.0% | 2.1% | |
| Net margin | 2.0% | 1.4% | |
| Return on capital employed | 14.5% | 9.3% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 48.8% | 47.2% | |
| Current ratio | 1.99x | 2.06x | |
| Interest cover | 7.86x | 5.71x |
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
- BDO LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The financial statements have been prepared on a going concern basis as the directors have prepared detailed budgets for a period of at least 12 months from the date of signing the accounts which show that the Company is expected to be able to meet all its liabilities as they fall due.”
Group structure
- PETTY, WOOD & CO. LIMITED · parent
- Epicure Limited 100%
- Universe Food Service Limited 100%
- The London Town Food Group Limited 100%
- The London Town Chocolate Company Limited 100%
- The Piccadilly Tea and Produce Company Limited 100%
- The London Biscuit Company Limited 100%
- Burnt Sugar Limited 100%
- Brands of Distinction Limited 100%
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
4 active · 24 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| LINEHAN, Sean Michael | Secretary | 2005-07-18 | — | British |
| LINEHAN, Sean Michael | Director | 2015-11-19 | Aug 1967 | British |
| POTTER, John | Director | 2013-11-20 | May 1964 | British |
| REYNOLDS, Giles Marc | Director | 2015-11-19 | May 1971 | British |
Show 24 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| DAVIS, Brian | Secretary | — | 1994-07-31 |
| HOWARD-JONES, Robert Peter | Secretary | 1994-01-16 | 1994-08-01 |
| MITCHELL, Jacqueline Suzanne | Secretary | 1999-12-08 | 2001-06-15 |
| NOBLE, Anthony Hayden | Secretary | 2005-02-25 | 2005-07-18 |
| SMITH, Richard David | Secretary | 1994-07-31 | 1999-12-08 |
| STRONG, Ian Richard | Secretary | 2003-05-21 | 2005-02-25 |
| YHEARM, Allen John | Secretary | 2001-06-15 | 2003-05-21 |
| ALLEN, Frederick | Director | — | 1994-06-24 |
| CHANTRILL, Charles John | Director | — | 1995-06-06 |
| COLE, Michael John | Director | 2010-03-22 | 2015-11-19 |
| CUTHBERTSON, Simon Mark | Director | 2010-03-22 | 2015-11-19 |
| GAMBERONI, Denis Charles Pasquale | Director | 1994-01-16 | 1999-11-09 |
| HARTLEY, John Edgar | Director | 1999-12-08 | 2000-11-06 |
| HOGG, Michael Laidlaw | Director | 2007-07-20 | 2013-11-20 |
| HOPKINS, Peter John | Director | — | 2000-02-25 |
| HOWARD-JONES, Robert Peter | Director | 1994-01-16 | 1999-11-09 |
| JONES, Peter John Wakelam | Director | 1999-12-08 | 2001-07-31 |
| MILLS, David Murray | Director | 1993-08-26 | 1993-12-30 |
| NOBLE, Anthony Hayden | Director | 1995-01-23 | 2007-07-20 |
| SMITH, Richard David | Director | — | 1997-03-31 |
| TRUSSLER, Richard Patrick Peerless | Director | 1994-10-31 | 2006-09-01 |
| WILLIAMS, Peter John | Director | — | 1994-04-27 |
| WOOD, James Sinclair Murray | Director | 1993-08-26 | 1993-12-30 |
| YHEARM, Allen John | Director | 1999-12-08 | 2002-04-30 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Southwark Bridge Holdings Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2016-09-29 | Active |
| Mr Sean Michael Linehan | Individual | Shares 25–50%, Voting 25–50% | 2016-04-06 | Active |
| Mr Giles Marc Reynolds | Individual | Shares 25–50%, Voting 25–50% | 2016-04-06 | Active |
| Mr John Potter | Individual | Shares 25–50%, Voting 25–50% | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 209 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-01-20 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2025-12-23 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-08-04 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-03-20 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2024-10-24 | PSC02 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2024-08-25 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-08-01 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-01-19 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2023-08-17 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-08-01 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-10-27 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-08-01 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-11-22 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-08-02 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-02-26 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2020-08-03 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2019-08-13 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2019-08-06 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2018-08-09 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2018-08-01 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates |
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 2025-03-28 vs 2024-03-29
-
Turnover
+0.5%
£59,668,439 £59,991,892
-
Cash
-82.3%
£45,666 £8,078
-
Net assets
+7.5%
£13,408,556 £14,415,145
-
Employees
-8.8%
91 83
-
Operating profit
-30.9%
£1,797,848 £1,242,120
-
Profit before tax
-32.7%
£1,614,182 £1,086,452
-
Wages
+4.7%
£3,681,655 £3,854,073
Each % is (latest − prior) ÷ |prior| for the line item as filed. The comparison is only shown when the latest and prior accounts cover broadly equal-length periods — short or long stubs (typical around incorporation or a year-end change) are suppressed rather than misrepresented. Lines a company doesn't report are omitted. About these numbers