BABCOCK WANSON UK LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2027-03-19 (in 10mo)
Last made up 2026-03-05
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£501K
-35.1% vs 2023
Net assets
£4M
+8.7% vs 2023
Employees
61
-1.6% vs 2023
Profit before tax
£863K
+113.8% vs 2023
Name history
Renamed 1 time since incorporation
- BABCOCK WANSON UK LIMITED 1997-12-01 → present
- WANSON COMPANY,LIMITED 1956-11-06 → 1997-12-01
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2024-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £11,588,935 | £16,475,179 | |
| Operating profit | £476,200 | £781,803 | |
| Profit before tax | £403,431 | £862,528 | |
| Net profit | £340,471 | £718,938 | |
| Cash | £773,033 | £501,381 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £4,563,680 | £4,898,642 | |
| Net assets | £4,049,795 | £4,403,733 | |
| Equity | £4,049,795 | £4,403,733 | |
| Average employees | 62 | 61 | |
| Wages | £3,129,838 | £3,158,233 |
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 | 4.1% | 4.7% | |
| Net margin | 2.9% | 4.4% | |
| Return on capital employed | 10.4% | 16.0% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 74.6% | 72.6% | |
| Current ratio | 0.62x | 0.65x | |
| Interest cover | 2.69x | 3.47x |
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 101
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- Hillier Hopkins 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. 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
- BABCOCK WANSON UK LIMITED · parent
- Steam Plant Engineering Limited 100%
Significant events
- “With effect from July 2024 the entire Babcock Wanson Group, which includes Babcock Wanson UK Ltd, was acquired by the investment company Ambienta, from the previous investors Kartesia. An increased emphasis on promoting decarbonisation solutions for industry in addition to a greater focus on promoting internal CSR and ESG projects within the Group will align with the strategic environmental position set out by Ambienta.”
- “The development of UK operations continues strongly under its new ownership with further updates to business systems expected during 2025.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
2 active · 13 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BRUNET, Patrick Richard | Director | 2016-06-17 | Aug 1969 | French |
| HATSWELL, David | Director | 2019-06-03 | Feb 1974 | British |
Show 13 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| HOGG, Raymond Eric | Secretary | — | 2017-10-25 |
| HUMPHREYS, Carole Anne | Secretary | 2017-10-25 | 2020-04-02 |
| ARIE, Michel Bernard | Director | 2007-02-20 | 2011-01-01 |
| CANELLAS, Francois | Director | 1995-12-14 | 2007-02-19 |
| CLAPDORP, Fernand | Director | — | 1995-12-06 |
| CRIGHTON, Paul Edmund | Director | — | 2003-01-15 |
| DELCROIX, Catherine | Director | 2002-09-25 | 2014-12-31 |
| FAVRELLE, Christophe Pierre, Group Chief Financial Officer | Director | 2015-01-01 | 2016-06-16 |
| FOURNIER-MONTGIEUX, Cyrille Marie-Francois | Director | 2014-05-15 | 2025-12-03 |
| HORSLEY, Christopher | Director | 2003-01-01 | 2021-05-31 |
| LEPOULTEL, Didier Pierre Yves | Director | 1995-12-14 | 2006-05-31 |
| ORPHELIN, Claude | Director | — | 1995-12-06 |
| RETRAINT, Jean Paul | Director | 1995-12-14 | 1998-09-30 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 152 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-03-16 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-12-08 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-10-01 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-03-17 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-01-04 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-04-11 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-09-07 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-04-25 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-08-19 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-04-14 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-06-01 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2021-05-25 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-05-10 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-03-10 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2020-11-30 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2020-04-02 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2020-03-05 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2019-12-10 | AUD | auditors | Auditors resignation company | |
| 2019-09-03 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2019-06-04 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 3
- 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
-
Turnover
+42.2%
£11,588,935 £16,475,179
-
Cash
-35.1%
£773,033 £501,381
-
Net assets
+8.7%
£4,049,795 £4,403,733
-
Employees
-1.6%
62 61
-
Operating profit
+64.2%
£476,200 £781,803
-
Profit before tax
+113.8%
£403,431 £862,528
-
Wages
+0.9%
£3,129,838 £3,158,233
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