SELWOOD LTD
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2027-04-14 (in 11mo)
Last made up 2026-03-31
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£9M
-32.8% vs 2023
Net assets
£81M
-25.9% vs 2023
Employees
686
+20.8% vs 2023
Profit before tax
£53M
+15.1% vs 2023
Name history
Renamed 1 time since incorporation
- SELWOOD LTD 1996-05-01 → present
- WILLIAM R. SELWOOD LIMITED 1951-04-19 → 1996-05-01
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 | £135,403,000 | £162,305,000 | |
| Operating profit | £46,241,000 | £53,254,000 | |
| Profit before tax | £46,017,000 | £52,961,000 | |
| Net profit | £34,965,000 | £39,097,000 | |
| Cash | £13,031,000 | £8,753,000 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £112,956,000 | £86,720,000 | |
| Net assets | £109,474,000 | £81,075,000 | |
| Equity | £109,474,000 | £81,075,000 | |
| Average employees | 568 | 686 | |
| Wages | £31,169,000 | £38,959,000 |
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 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 34.2% | 32.8% | |
| Net margin | 25.8% | 24.1% | |
| Return on capital employed | 40.9% | 61.4% | |
| Current ratio | 1.55x | 0.98x | |
| Interest cover | 182.77x | 155.26x |
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
- BDO LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The directors have formed a judgement, at the time of approving the financial statements, that the company has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future. For this reason, the directors have adopted the going concern basis in preparing the financial statements.”
Group structure
- SELWOOD LTD · parent
- Workdry (Pump Hire and Sales) Limited 100%
- Distribution Materiel Travaux et Pompage (DMTP) 29%
Significant events
- “On 31 March 2025 the company paid a £7.5m dividend to its shareholders.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
2 active · 21 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| GREENWOOD, Michael Frank | Director | 2024-11-11 | Aug 1965 | British |
| LEE, Daniel | Director | 2024-04-09 | Dec 1986 | British |
Show 21 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| CARTER, Ian Paul | Secretary | 2008-03-07 | 2015-07-24 |
| GARRETT, Christopher Mark | Secretary | 2007-11-30 | 2008-03-08 |
| HOLMES, Richard Frank | Secretary | — | 2007-11-30 |
| APPS, Nigel Mark | Director | 2016-01-04 | 2024-01-31 |
| BENNETT, Peter Charles | Director | 1999-11-01 | 2007-11-30 |
| BRAIN, Ian William | Director | — | 1999-09-17 |
| BRIGHT, Kevin Paul | Director | — | 2010-04-07 |
| BRIGHT, Richard James | Director | 2017-07-01 | 2022-09-21 |
| BROWN, Richard Allan | Director | 2007-12-03 | 2024-04-14 |
| CANT, Laurence | Director | — | 1994-06-29 |
| CARTER, Ian Paul | Director | 2008-03-07 | 2015-07-24 |
| CLARKSON, Keith Graham | Director | — | 1999-09-17 |
| CONWAY, Robert John | Director | 2004-09-24 | 2007-11-30 |
| DUDMAN, Robert James | Director | 2007-12-03 | 2017-04-30 |
| GARRETT, Christopher Mark | Director | 1999-11-01 | 2022-09-21 |
| GARVEY, Michael Edwin | Director | 1994-06-29 | 1999-09-17 |
| HALL, John Michael | Director | 1999-09-17 | 2002-02-01 |
| HILL, John Walter | Director | — | 1999-09-17 |
| HOWARTH, John Raymond | Director | 1999-11-01 | 2007-11-30 |
| PAGE, Mark | Director | 2007-12-03 | 2017-01-25 |
| SENDELL, Jonathan | Director | 1999-11-01 | 2011-03-04 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Selwood Group Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100% | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 202 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2025-07-24 MA Memorandum articles
- 2025-07-24 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-04-02 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2026-04-02 | PSC05 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2025-09-05 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-08-18 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2025-07-30 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2025-07-24 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles | |
| 2025-07-24 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2025-07-07 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2025-07-07 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2025-04-04 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2024-12-18 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-04-18 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-04-15 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-04-15 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-04-11 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-02-09 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-09-29 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-05-26 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-01-12 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2023-01-12 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 9
- 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
FY2023 → FY2024 · period ending 2024-12-31 vs 2023-12-31
-
Turnover
+19.9%
£135,403,000 £162,305,000
-
Cash
-32.8%
£13,031,000 £8,753,000
-
Net assets
-25.9%
£109,474,000 £81,075,000
-
Employees
+20.8%
568 686
-
Operating profit
+15.2%
£46,241,000 £53,254,000
-
Profit before tax
+15.1%
£46,017,000 £52,961,000
-
Wages
+25%
£31,169,000 £38,959,000
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