WILLIAM STRIKE LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-06-30 (in 1mo)
Last filed for 2024-09-30
Confirmation statement due
2027-05-14 (in 1y)
Last made up 2026-04-30
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£18M
+5.2% vs 2023
Net assets
£71M
+7% vs 2023
Employees
943
+6.8% vs 2023
Profit before tax
£7M
-18.6% vs 2023
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2024-09-30
| Metric | Trend | 2023-09-30 | 2024-09-30 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £73,275,454 | £77,259,572 | |
| Operating profit | £8,104,242 | £6,321,941 | |
| Profit before tax | £8,484,262 | £6,905,236 | |
| Net profit | £6,590,607 | £5,174,431 | |
| Cash | £16,637,002 | £17,500,827 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £67,251,709 | £72,234,641 | |
| Net assets | £65,997,291 | £70,647,872 | |
| Equity | £65,997,291 | £70,647,872 | |
| Average employees | 883 | 943 | |
| Wages | £19,133,760 | £21,927,720 |
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 | 2023-09-30 | 2024-09-30 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 11.1% | 8.2% | |
| Net margin | 9.0% | 6.7% | |
| Return on capital employed | 12.1% | 8.8% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 17.7% | 18.3% | |
| Current ratio | 5.52x | 5.36x | |
| Interest cover | 724.82x | 217.85x |
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
- RSM UK Audit LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The Company regularly reviews its performance, and its available funding against future business prospects. There are controls in place to monitor the performance of the business against budgets and to enable the Directors to forecast the company's trading results. Having reviewed all the information available to them, the Directors consider that it is appropriate to prepare the financial statements on a going concern basis.”
Significant events
- “On the 29 October 2023, the company acquired the trade and assets of the Crieff Food Company for £577,805.”
- “We planned two restaurant refurbishments at Inverness and Byrkley Park. The refurbishments were carried out over the period from January to the end of March, with one restaurant closed for the period while the other had a limited temporary offer. On reopening both restaurants they were well received and have traded above plan since opening.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
9 active · 15 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| GAULT, Dorothy Agnes Dickson | Secretary | 1996-03-05 | — | British |
| ABBOTT, Allan David | Director | 2007-05-10 | Jan 1970 | British |
| ALLAN, Sharon | Director | 2006-04-03 | May 1971 | British |
| GAULT, Dorothy Agnes Dickson | Director | 1996-03-05 | Apr 1945 | British |
| HESTER, Anthony Paul | Director | 2025-06-30 | Mar 1975 | British |
| ROBB, David Alan | Director | 2013-02-01 | Dec 1960 | British |
| SMITH, Andrew | Director | 2025-06-30 | Mar 1971 | British |
| STONES, Jacqueline | Director | 2023-04-01 | Feb 1968 | British |
| YARDLEY, William David | Director | 1996-04-11 | Oct 1964 | British |
Show 15 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| STEWART, William Joseph | Secretary | — | 1996-03-05 |
| BENNIE, Thomas | Director | 2001-03-27 | 2013-02-01 |
| CONWAY, John Gerard | Director | 1996-06-03 | 2004-02-14 |
| DELAMORE, Alan Keith | Director | — | 1996-03-05 |
| DRACUP, Ben M | Director | 1996-04-11 | 1998-08-28 |
| FEENEY, Keren | Director | 2018-03-01 | 2023-02-17 |
| GAULT, Robert David | Director | 1996-03-05 | 2011-02-15 |
| HEWITT, Robert John | Director | 2006-04-03 | 2024-12-31 |
| HUSTWAYTE, David John | Director | 2010-06-01 | 2017-12-31 |
| MCGHEE, Edward Douglas | Director | 1999-01-01 | 2017-08-24 |
| SEABROOK, Peter John | Director | — | 1996-03-05 |
| STEWART, William Joseph | Director | 1996-04-11 | 2016-12-31 |
| STRIKE, James Arthur | Director | — | 1996-03-05 |
| STRIKE, Richard John Antony | Director | 1993-09-01 | 1994-09-30 |
| STRIKE, Waynman John Benskin | Director | — | 1996-03-05 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Strikes Holdings Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100% | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 150 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-05-06 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2026-04-27 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2025-07-02 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-07-02 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-05-28 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-05-01 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-01-07 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-01-07 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-05-07 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-04-30 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-05-17 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-05-02 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-04-25 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-02-17 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-01-12 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2023-01-12 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2023-01-12 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2023-01-12 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2022-09-27 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2022-06-24 | 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
- 2
- 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
FY2023 → FY2024 · period ending 2024-09-30 vs 2023-09-30
-
Turnover
+5.4%
£73,275,454 £77,259,572
-
Cash
+5.2%
£16,637,002 £17,500,827
-
Net assets
+7%
£65,997,291 £70,647,872
-
Employees
+6.8%
883 943
-
Operating profit
-22%
£8,104,242 £6,321,941
-
Profit before tax
-18.6%
£8,484,262 £6,905,236
-
Wages
+14.6%
£19,133,760 £21,927,720
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