WILSON & SCOTT (HIGHWAYS) LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-07-03 (in 2mo)
Last made up 2025-06-19
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£2M
+42.4% vs 2023
Net assets
£9M
+14.1% vs 2023
Employees
154
-0.6% vs 2023
Profit before tax
£2M
+360.2% vs 2023
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 | £21,777,334 | £26,787,515 | |
| Operating profit | -£661,453 | £2,425,479 | |
| Profit before tax | -£845,567 | £2,200,548 | |
| Net profit | -£953,765 | £1,651,614 | |
| Cash | £1,665,367 | £2,372,222 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £9,566,230 | £9,945,472 | |
| Net assets | £7,452,095 | £8,503,709 | |
| Equity | £7,452,095 | £8,503,709 | |
| Average employees | 155 | 154 | |
| Wages | £7,503,829 | £7,179,333 |
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 | -3.0% | 9.1% | |
| Net margin | -4.4% | 6.2% | |
| Return on capital employed | -6.9% | 24.4% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 50.4% | 44.1% | |
| Current ratio | 1.11x | 1.29x | |
| Interest cover | -2.42x | 8.13x |
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
- Haines Watts Liverpool Limited
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The directors are not aware of any material uncertainties that cast doubt on the Company's ability to continue as a going concern. The Company therefore continues to adopt the going concern basis in preparing its financial statements.”
Significant events
- “The Company took full occupation of its refurbished head office in Thatcham at the start of the year.”
- “The return to profit in 2024 enabled the payment of dividends amounting to £600,000.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
5 active · 14 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| HIGGIN, Rupert Sinclair | Director | 2005-09-14 | Aug 1964 | British |
| MEADOWS, Robert Ian Shaw | Director | — | Feb 1946 | British |
| SCOTT, Stephen David | Director | — | Sep 1952 | British |
| SIMMS, Cameron | Director | 2012-09-20 | May 1975 | British |
| WHITTAKER, Alexandra Jean | Director | 2026-01-01 | Feb 1974 | British |
Show 14 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| CHAPPLE, Geraldine Anne | Secretary | 1997-06-13 | 2015-01-01 |
| O'DOWD, Mary Elizabeth | Secretary | 2015-01-01 | 2016-06-09 |
| WILDRIDGE, Michael John William | Secretary | — | 1997-06-13 |
| ASHFIELD, Robert Edward | Director | 1992-06-19 | 2005-06-09 |
| BARKER, Christopher Clifford Harding | Director | 1998-02-05 | 2000-10-31 |
| BARTON, Charles Richard | Director | 1996-12-31 | 1997-12-02 |
| CARMYLLIE, Jeffrey | Director | — | 1998-01-19 |
| HALL, Janet Elizabeth | Director | 2014-01-01 | 2017-11-10 |
| HOOSON, Helen Yvette | Director | 2000-06-07 | 2005-03-24 |
| LESTER, Bryan George | Director | 1998-02-05 | 1999-03-23 |
| PATTERSON, Noel John | Director | 2013-09-12 | 2015-06-30 |
| PAYNE, Leslie John | Director | 2005-09-14 | 2007-04-23 |
| RIDLEY, Michael Philip | Director | — | 1996-12-31 |
| VANN, Paul Adrian | Director | 2019-06-27 | 2021-12-31 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rs Clare Holdings Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2021-12-15 | Active |
| R S Clare & Co Ltd | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100% | 2019-12-31 | Ceased 2021-12-15 |
| Rupert Sinclair Higgin | Individual | Significant influence, significant-influence-or-control-as-firm | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2019-12-31 |
| Rupert Sinclair Higgin | Individual | Significant influence | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2019-12-31 |
| Mr Robert Ian Shaw Meadows | Individual | Significant influence, significant-influence-or-control-as-firm | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2019-12-31 |
| Mr Robert Ian Shaw Meadows | Individual | Significant influence | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2019-12-31 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 151 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-01-14 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-09-11 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-07-01 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2024-09-22 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-07-17 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-01-09 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2023-08-18 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-07-04 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-03-28 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2022-07-20 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-07-04 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2022-01-04 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2021-12-21 | PSC02 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2021-12-21 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2021-07-22 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-07-01 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2020-07-17 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2020-07-14 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2020-07-01 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2020-06-30 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 3
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 1
- 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
+23%
£21,777,334 £26,787,515
-
Cash
+42.4%
£1,665,367 £2,372,222
-
Net assets
+14.1%
£7,452,095 £8,503,709
-
Employees
-0.6%
155 154
-
Operating profit
+466.7%
-£661,453 £2,425,479
-
Profit before tax
+360.2%
-£845,567 £2,200,548
-
Wages
-4.3%
£7,503,829 £7,179,333
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