WILLAN INVESTMENTS LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-12-31 (in 7mo)
Last filed for 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-11-14 (in 6mo)
Last made up 2025-10-31
Watchouts
Cash
£1M
+29.3% vs 2024
Net assets
£19M
+7.5% highest in 3 filed years
Employees
10
-9.1% vs 2024
Profit before tax
£2M
+250.4% highest in 3 filed years
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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4 PSCs ceased in last 24 months
Significant control changed hands — see the Ownership section.
Name history
Renamed 1 time since incorporation
- WILLAN INVESTMENTS LIMITED 1994-03-28 → present
- R.W. WILLAN (ESTATES) LIMITED 1946-01-03 → 1994-03-28
Net assets
5-year trend · vs Real Estate median
Accounts
5-year trend · latest reflected 2025-03-31
| Metric | Trend | 2022-04-01 | 2023-03-31 | 2023-04-01 | 2024-03-31 | 2025-03-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | — | £1,502,302 | — | £1,634,987 | £1,807,893 | |
| Operating profit | — | £1,573,821 | — | -£1,030,030 | £1,822,928 | |
| Profit before tax | — | £1,464,032 | — | -£1,210,855 | £1,821,504 | |
| Net profit | — | £1,705,256 | — | -£859,306 | £1,362,028 | |
| Cash | — | £2,109,272 | — | £835,400 | £1,080,508 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | — | £20,357,278 | — | £19,587,105 | £20,731,562 | |
| Net assets | — | £18,428,222 | — | £17,520,102 | £18,833,678 | |
| Equity | £17,228,773 | £18,428,222 | £18,428,222 | £17,520,102 | £18,833,678 | |
| Average employees | — | 9 | — | 11 | 10 | |
| Wages | — | — | — | — | — |
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 | 2022-04-01 | 2023-03-31 | 2023-04-01 | 2024-03-31 | 2025-03-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | — | 104.8% | — | -63.0% | 100.8% | |
| Net margin | — | 113.5% | — | -52.6% | 75.3% | |
| Return on capital employed | — | 7.7% | — | -5.3% | 8.8% | |
| Interest cover | — | 8.90x | — | -4.27x | 62.21x |
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.
People
3 active · 10 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BOOTH, Alison Dawn | Secretary | 2008-06-23 | — | British |
| BOOTH, Alison Dawn | Director | 2007-10-01 | Nov 1977 | British |
| HOLMES, Toby Giles | Director | 2019-04-01 | Nov 1981 | British |
Show 10 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| DRAPER, John Anthony | Secretary | — | 1993-09-30 |
| LAWSON, Andrew Stewart | Secretary | 1993-10-01 | 2008-06-23 |
| ALFORD, Kenneth John | Director | — | 1995-07-19 |
| DRAPER, John Anthony | Director | — | 1993-10-22 |
| RICHARDS, Clive Moreton | Director | 1996-11-18 | 2015-05-29 |
| STEWART, Adrian Paul | Director | 2011-04-01 | 2022-01-31 |
| TURNBULL, Francis John | Director | — | 2008-12-17 |
| WILLAN, Madge | Director | — | 2001-12-09 |
| WILLAN, Robert Matthew | Director | — | 2002-05-18 |
| WILLAN, Robert Peter Anthony | Director | — | 2013-12-22 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mr Richard James Willan | Individual | ownership-of-shares-25-to-50-percent-as-firm, voting-rights-25-to-50-percent-as-firm, significant-influence-or-control-as-firm | 2017-12-12 | Ceased 2026-01-02 |
| Miss Julia Elizabeth Willan | Individual | ownership-of-shares-25-to-50-percent-as-firm, voting-rights-25-to-50-percent-as-firm, significant-influence-or-control-as-firm | 2017-12-12 | Ceased 2026-01-02 |
| Mr Gary Robert Newton | Individual | significant-influence-or-control-as-trust | 2017-12-12 | Ceased 2026-01-02 |
| Mrs Linda Elizabeth Willan | Individual | ownership-of-shares-75-to-100-percent-as-firm, voting-rights-75-to-100-percent-as-firm | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2026-01-02 |
| Mrs Carole Fawcus | Individual | significant-influence-or-control-as-trust | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2017-12-12 |
| Willan Uk Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100% | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 223 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-03-27 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2026-03-27 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2026-03-27 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2026-03-27 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2026-02-10 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2026-02-10 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2026-02-10 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2026-02-10 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2025-10-31 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-07-10 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-10-31 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-06-27 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-11-01 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-08-02 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type small | |
| 2022-10-31 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-10-01 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type small | |
| 2022-02-03 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2021-11-08 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-08-07 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2020-11-02 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 10
- 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 2025-03-31 vs 2024-03-31
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Turnover
+10.6%
£1,634,987 £1,807,893
highest in 3 filed years
-
Cash
+29.3%
£835,400 £1,080,508
-
Net assets
+7.5%
£17,520,102 £18,833,678
highest in 3 filed years
-
Employees
-9.1%
11 10
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Operating profit
+277%
-£1,030,030 £1,822,928
highest in 3 filed years
-
Profit before tax
+250.4%
-£1,210,855 £1,821,504
highest in 3 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