WALTER THOMPSON (CONTRACTORS) LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-12-21 (in 7mo)
Last made up 2025-12-07
Watchouts
Cash
£5M
+11.4% vs 2023
Net assets
£5M
+18.7% vs 2023
Employees
80
-9.1% vs 2023
Profit before tax
£1M
+13.3% vs 2023
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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2 PSCs ceased in last 24 months
Significant control changed hands — see the Ownership section.
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Industrials median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2024-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £46,382,848 | £43,299,812 | |
| Operating profit | £1,127,154 | £1,247,167 | |
| Profit before tax | £1,111,165 | £1,259,352 | |
| Net profit | £932,842 | £974,307 | |
| Cash | £4,541,380 | £5,058,078 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £6,244,079 | £7,136,225 | |
| Net assets | £4,566,616 | £5,419,275 | |
| Equity | £4,566,616 | £5,419,275 | |
| Average employees | 88 | 80 | |
| Wages | £3,884,860 | £3,870,413 |
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 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 2.4% | 2.9% | |
| Net margin | 2.0% | 2.3% | |
| Return on capital employed | 18.1% | 17.5% | |
| Current ratio | 1.50x | 1.59x | |
| Interest cover | 70.50x | 158.85x |
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
- Saffery LLP
- 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.”
Significant events
- “During 2024, the company has, as noted above, continued to see repeat work from existing clients, successfully tendered contracts within framework agreements and a number of new clients added to the company's portfolio. The company remains particularly strong in the care sector and has expanded its geographical presence with further negotiated contracts for established clients. The group also purchased a 9.5acre site on which it has planted over 3,700 trees as a practical step towards offsetting its carbon footprint.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
6 active · 19 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| NODDINGS, Keith Brian | Secretary | 2024-01-01 | — | — |
| BLADES, Paul | Director | 2004-01-01 | Mar 1963 | British |
| HAMMERTON, Paul John | Director | 2007-09-05 | Dec 1969 | British |
| NODDINGS, Keith Brian | Director | 2012-07-01 | Jun 1972 | British |
| SALT, Richard Andrew | Director | 2016-09-16 | Jul 1970 | British |
| SHEPHERD, Graham Michael | Director | 2010-06-30 | Feb 1974 | British |
Show 19 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| CHAMBERLAIN, Richard Michael | Secretary | 1993-05-17 | 2005-04-20 |
| DALTON, Ernest Wilson | Secretary | — | 1992-09-30 |
| GREENWELL, Derek John | Secretary | 2005-04-20 | 2024-01-01 |
| UREN, Trevor Ernest | Secretary | 1992-09-30 | 1993-05-16 |
| CARVER, Ralph | Director | — | 1995-11-30 |
| CAYGILL, Keith Edmund | Director | 2011-10-17 | 2015-07-01 |
| CAYGILL, Keith Edmund | Director | — | 2010-06-21 |
| FORDY, George Malcolm | Director | — | 2009-09-21 |
| FORDY, Nicholas St John | Director | 2009-12-09 | 2011-05-03 |
| FORDY, Nicholas St John | Director | — | 2004-10-22 |
| FORDY, Pauline | Director | — | 2010-07-01 |
| GALLEY, Raymond | Director | — | 1994-09-30 |
| GREENWELL, Derek John | Director | 2007-04-04 | 2025-09-01 |
| HUTCHINSON, Norman | Director | — | 2000-02-25 |
| MASSEY, Allan John | Director | 1999-02-08 | 2001-11-28 |
| ROBINSON, Andrew John | Director | 1997-02-28 | 2002-12-20 |
| SHEPHERD, Paul Welton, Dr | Director | 2005-04-20 | 2009-09-16 |
| THOMPSON, Ann | Director | — | 1996-01-18 |
| THOMPSON, William Stanley | Director | — | 1999-02-14 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ft Construction Group Holdings Ltd | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2025-12-01 | Active |
| Mrs Sarah Louise Anne Wilkinson | Individual | Shares 25–50% | 2024-09-26 | Ceased 2025-12-01 |
| Mrs Susan Bridget Greenwell | Individual | Shares 25–50% | 2016-07-01 | Ceased 2025-12-01 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 139 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-12-08 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-12-01 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2025-12-01 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2025-12-01 | PSC02 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2025-09-08 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-08-04 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-01-10 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-09-26 | PSC01 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2024-08-27 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-01-03 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2024-01-03 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2023-12-27 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-10-05 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-10-03 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-12-07 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2022-12-07 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2022-09-26 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-09-01 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-09-16 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-09-03 | 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
- 0
- Officers resigned
- 1
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 2024-12-31 vs 2023-12-31
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Turnover
-6.6%
£46,382,848 £43,299,812
-
Cash
+11.4%
£4,541,380 £5,058,078
-
Net assets
+18.7%
£4,566,616 £5,419,275
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Employees
-9.1%
88 80
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Operating profit
+10.6%
£1,127,154 £1,247,167
-
Profit before tax
+13.3%
£1,111,165 £1,259,352
-
Wages
-0.4%
£3,884,860 £3,870,413
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