WILLIAM COOPER AND SONS (DREDGING) LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2027-05-10 (in 1y)
Last made up 2026-04-26
Watchouts
Cash
—
Latest balance sheet
Net assets
£3K
0% vs 2023
Employees
0
Average over period
Profit before tax
£0
Period ending 2024-12-31
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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Material uncertainty over going concern
As the directors are considering taking steps in the near future to liquidate the company following the settlement of the remaining net assets, they have not prepared the financial statements on a going concern basis.
Name history
Renamed 1 time since incorporation
- WILLIAM COOPER AND SONS (DREDGING) LIMITED 1977-12-31 → present
- A.GILFRIN LIMITED 1956-02-10 → 1977-12-31
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 | £0 | £0 | |
| Operating profit | — | — | |
| Profit before tax | £0 | £0 | |
| Net profit | £0 | £0 | |
| Cash | — | — | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £2,500 | £2,500 | |
| Net assets | £2,500 | £2,500 | |
| Equity | £2,500 | £2,500 | |
| Average employees | 0 | 0 | |
| 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 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 0.0% | 0.0% | |
| Current ratio | 2500.00x | 2500.00x |
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
- KPMG LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Material uncertainty disclosed
“As the directors are considering taking steps in the near future to liquidate the company following the settlement of the remaining net assets, they have not prepared the financial statements on a going concern basis.”
Group structure
- WILLIAM COOPER AND SONS (DREDGING) LIMITED · parent
- Norwest Holdings Limited 33%
Significant events
- “As the directors are considering taking steps in the near future to liquidate the company following the settlement of the remaining net assets, they have not prepared the financial statements on a going concern basis.”
- “The Company has not traded during the year and the directors do not expect any change in the foreseeable future.”
- “During the year the Company received no (2023:£1,666) dividend from Norwest Holdings Limited.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
5 active · 29 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| POWELL, Alice Louise | Secretary | 2025-04-30 | — | — |
| COWDERY, Kurt | Director | 2018-07-01 | Apr 1971 | British |
| MONTGOMERY, Damon Lee | Director | 2019-01-01 | May 1976 | British |
| PURI, Vishal | Director | 2016-10-22 | Mar 1974 | British |
| RUSSELL, Lex Hunter | Director | 2019-01-08 | Nov 1965 | British |
Show 29 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| ASHENDEN, Emma Jayne | Secretary | 2021-01-25 | 2023-02-02 |
| COLLINS, Michael Leslie | Secretary | 2000-06-30 | 2007-09-12 |
| KALIA, Narinder Nath | Secretary | — | 1999-03-01 |
| MURRAY, Daphne Margaret | Secretary | 2007-09-12 | 2018-06-30 |
| STANDISH, Frank James | Secretary | 1999-03-01 | 2000-06-30 |
| WRIGHT, Rebecca Juliet | Secretary | 2018-06-30 | 2021-01-25 |
| BARTLES-SMITH, Allan Rex | Director | — | 1996-12-31 |
| CARR, Michael David | Director | 1994-07-20 | 1995-12-31 |
| COLLINS, Michael Leslie | Director | 2005-11-01 | 2015-03-23 |
| COOPER, John Brian | Director | — | 1994-12-31 |
| DAGLEY, Laurence Burdett | Director | 2016-01-01 | 2018-07-01 |
| DOODY, Robin John | Director | 2008-02-07 | 2010-10-01 |
| FARMER, Robert Neil | Director | 2018-03-23 | 2018-12-31 |
| GOULD, Stephen John | Director | 1996-01-01 | 2000-06-30 |
| HEPBURN, Graham George | Director | 2004-04-01 | 2005-11-01 |
| HUTCHINS, Philip John | Director | 1997-01-01 | 2003-04-09 |
| LEESE, Christopher Arthur | Director | 2017-05-22 | 2019-01-08 |
| LEESE, Christopher Arthur | Director | 2003-04-09 | 2004-06-18 |
| LEWIS, Roy Edward | Director | 2004-06-18 | 2005-12-31 |
| MILLER, John Russell | Director | 2008-02-07 | 2018-03-23 |
| NEAVE, David Sidney | Director | 1997-01-01 | 2004-06-18 |
| OWEN, Precel James | Director | — | 1995-12-31 |
| ROBINSON, John Anthony | Director | 2000-06-30 | 2004-04-01 |
| ROSIE, Paul George | Director | 2010-10-01 | 2015-12-31 |
| RUSSELL, Lex Hunter | Director | 2007-04-26 | 2017-05-22 |
| SMALLEY, Jason Alexander | Director | 2015-03-23 | 2016-10-22 |
| SWINSON, David Richard | Director | 1996-01-01 | 2000-06-30 |
| TROW, Paul Ashley | Director | 2004-06-18 | 2007-04-26 |
| WILKINSON, John Stanley | Director | 2007-09-12 | 2007-12-31 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cemex Investments Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 173 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-04-27 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-10-04 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-05-02 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-05-01 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2024-10-10 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-04-26 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-10-12 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-05-04 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-02-02 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2023-02-02 | PSC05 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2023-02-02 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2022-10-31 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2022-10-10 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-04-29 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-11-17 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-05-10 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-01-25 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2021-01-25 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2020-12-20 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2020-04-27 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 4
- 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
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Turnover
—
Not reported
-
Cash
—
Not reported
-
Net assets
0%
£2,500 £2,500
-
Employees
—
Not reported
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