ARNOLD WILLS AND COMPANY LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2027-02-28 (in 9mo)
Last filed for 2025-05-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-06-27 (in 1mo)
Last made up 2025-06-13
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£4M
-12.6% vs 2024
Net assets
£8M
+2.1% vs 2024
Employees
107
+8.1% vs 2024
Profit before tax
£325K
-88.6% vs 2024
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2025-05-31
| Metric | Trend | 2024-05-31 | 2025-05-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £14,279,832 | £13,612,252 | |
| Operating profit | £870,534 | £208,642 | |
| Profit before tax | £2,859,537 | £324,745 | |
| Net profit | £2,845,301 | £163,946 | |
| Cash | £4,256,060 | £3,720,221 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £8,029,864 | £8,224,810 | |
| Net assets | £7,966,864 | £8,130,810 | |
| Equity | £7,966,864 | £8,130,810 | |
| Average employees | 99 | 107 | |
| Wages | £3,177,394 | £3,381,983 |
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 | 2024-05-31 | 2025-05-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 6.1% | 1.5% | |
| Net margin | 19.9% | 1.2% | |
| Return on capital employed | 10.8% | 2.5% | |
| Current ratio | 3.84x | 4.65x | |
| Interest cover | 11763.97x | 42.58x |
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
- Dains Audit 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
- ARNOLD WILLS AND COMPANY LIMITED · parent
- Wills Fisher Far East Limited 100%
- Lambournes (Sophos) Limited 100%
Significant events
- “There have been no significant events affecting the Company since the year end.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
4 active · 7 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| WILLS, Carol Mary | Secretary | 2008-06-13 | — | Irish |
| ASH, Phillip James | Director | 2024-06-01 | Jul 1974 | British |
| BARRETT, Daniel Macdonald | Director | 2019-06-26 | Jan 1982 | British |
| TURNER-WILLS, Philippa Jane Weyl | Director | 2008-06-18 | Sep 1982 | British |
Show 7 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| WILLS, Robert Hugo Weyl | Secretary | — | 2008-06-13 |
| JANE SECRETARIAL SERVICES LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 2000-03-16 | 2005-01-26 |
| BUCKLEY, Roger | Director | 2020-04-30 | 2021-03-16 |
| KEW, Belinda Katie | Director | 2008-06-18 | 2020-04-30 |
| WILLS, Carol Mary | Director | 2001-08-10 | 2008-06-13 |
| WILLS, Olive Rosamund | Director | — | 2001-08-10 |
| WILLS, Robert Hugo Weyl | Director | — | 2019-07-03 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Wills Group Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2023-06-01 | Active |
| Ms Philippa Jane Weyl Wills | Individual | ownership-of-shares-25-to-50-percent-as-trust | 2021-08-16 | Ceased 2023-06-01 |
| Mrs Carol Mary Wills | Individual | ownership-of-shares-25-to-50-percent-as-trust | 2021-04-01 | Ceased 2023-06-01 |
| Ms Belinda Katie Kew | Individual | Shares 25–50%, Voting 25–50% | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2021-04-01 |
| Mr Robert Hugo Weyl Wills Deceased | Individual | Shares 25–50%, Voting 25–50% | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2021-04-01 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 146 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-03-04 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-06-27 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2025-03-04 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-07-27 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2024-06-28 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2024-06-04 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-03-04 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2024-02-26 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2023-06-27 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2023-06-14 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2023-06-14 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2023-06-14 | PSC02 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2023-03-02 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2022-09-20 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2022-07-25 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2022-07-19 | PSC01 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2022-07-19 | PSC04 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2022-07-19 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2022-03-02 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2021-07-03 | SH03 | capital | Capital return purchase own shares |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 2
- 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 2025-05-31 vs 2024-05-31
-
Turnover
-4.7%
£14,279,832 £13,612,252
-
Cash
-12.6%
£4,256,060 £3,720,221
-
Net assets
+2.1%
£7,966,864 £8,130,810
-
Employees
+8.1%
99 107
-
Operating profit
-76%
£870,534 £208,642
-
Profit before tax
-88.6%
£2,859,537 £324,745
-
Wages
+6.4%
£3,177,394 £3,381,983
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