W & J LINNEY LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2027-01-31 (in 8mo)
Last filed for 2025-04-27
Confirmation statement due
2026-12-25 (in 7mo)
Last made up 2025-12-11
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£1M
+76.1% vs 2024
Net assets
£13M
+8.4% vs 2024
Employees
1,323
+7.2% vs 2024
Profit before tax
£5M
-5.5% vs 2024
Name history
Renamed 1 time since incorporation
- W & J LINNEY LIMITED 2016-10-20 → present
- W.& J.LINNEY,LIMITED 1914-08-31 → 2016-10-20
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Industrials median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2025-04-27
| Metric | Trend | 2024-04-28 | 2025-04-27 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £128,194,000 | £141,227,000 | |
| Operating profit | £6,536,000 | £6,349,000 | |
| Profit before tax | £5,543,000 | £5,239,000 | |
| Net profit | £4,144,000 | £4,190,000 | |
| Cash | £614,000 | £1,081,000 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £20,216,000 | £20,247,000 | |
| Net assets | £11,852,000 | £12,842,000 | |
| Equity | £11,852,000 | £12,842,000 | |
| Average employees | 1,234 | 1,323 | |
| Wages | £45,721,000 | £51,602,000 |
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 | 2024-04-28 | 2025-04-27 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 5.1% | 4.5% | |
| Net margin | 3.2% | 3.0% | |
| Return on capital employed | 32.3% | 31.4% | |
| Current ratio | 1.17x | 1.09x | |
| Interest cover | 6.58x | 5.54x |
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
- Cooper Parry Group 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.”
Group structure
- W & J LINNEY LIMITED · parent
- Linney Activate Limited 100%
- Linney Create Limited 100%
- Linney Design Limited 100%
- Linney Direct Limited 100%
- Linney Evaluate Limited 100%
- Linney Group Limited 100%
- Linney Make Limited 100%
- Linney Print Limited 100%
- Quadrant Offset Limited 100%
- W & J Linney Ireland Limited 100%
Significant events
- “We've had an exciting year watching our latest 100,000 sq ft building come to life. It was developed for our growing 3D Display operation. We have been spread across 3 buildings for most of the year and it's going to be a welcome opportunity to have everything and everyone, in one place.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
4 active · 13 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| FINN, Shaun | Secretary | 2018-05-25 | — | — |
| LINNEY, Charles Harwood Cash | Director | 2004-05-19 | Dec 1979 | British |
| LINNEY, Miles Jonathan Hilton | Director | 1996-05-06 | Apr 1967 | British |
| LINNEY, Nicholas Steven | Director | — | May 1952 | British |
Show 13 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| DRAKE, Carl Darren | Secretary | 2012-05-16 | 2018-05-25 |
| MUNRO, Robert Roy Neilson | Secretary | — | 2012-05-16 |
| BEWICK, John Wilson | Director | — | 2008-02-29 |
| BIDDLE, Paul Richard | Director | 2002-09-09 | 2017-01-13 |
| FISHER, Michael | Director | 2001-02-23 | 2002-10-24 |
| FRYETT, Gordon | Director | 2014-06-01 | 2017-01-13 |
| HIBBERT, David Simpson | Director | 2009-04-01 | 2012-11-23 |
| LINNEY, Ian Stanley Cash | Director | — | 2013-04-17 |
| LINNEY, John Harwood Cash | Director | — | 2008-04-21 |
| MUNRO, Robert Roy Neilson | Director | — | 2018-01-12 |
| RICKERSEY, Stewart Edward | Director | 2000-08-14 | 2001-09-07 |
| RICKERSEY, Stewart Edward | Director | — | 1996-01-22 |
| UNWIN, Martyn Vernon | Director | — | 1998-06-01 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wjl Group Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 202 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-03-10 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2025-12-12 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-10-20 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-12-24 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-10-18 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-02-29 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2023-12-21 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-10-31 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-01-03 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-10-25 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-12-23 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-11-03 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-01-05 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2020-10-29 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2019-12-31 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2019-10-31 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2019-10-02 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2019-10-02 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2019-10-02 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2019-01-02 | 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 2025-04-27 vs 2024-04-28
-
Turnover
+10.2%
£128,194,000 £141,227,000
-
Cash
+76.1%
£614,000 £1,081,000
-
Net assets
+8.4%
£11,852,000 £12,842,000
-
Employees
+7.2%
1,234 1,323
-
Operating profit
-2.9%
£6,536,000 £6,349,000
-
Profit before tax
-5.5%
£5,543,000 £5,239,000
-
Wages
+12.9%
£45,721,000 £51,602,000
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