WILLIAM SINCLAIR & SONS (STATIONERS) LIMITED

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Next accounts due

2026-05-31 (this month)

Last filed for 2024-08-31

Confirmation statement due

2027-04-14 (in 11mo)

Last made up 2026-03-31

Watchouts

None on the register

Cash

£7M

+66.8% vs 2023

Net assets

£20M

+1.7% vs 2023

Employees

132

+10% vs 2023

Profit before tax

£965K

+14.3% vs 2023

Net assets

2-year trend · vs Basic Materials median

WILLIAM SINCLAIR & SONS (STATIONERS) LIMITED·Basic Materials median · n=623

Accounts

2-year trend · latest reflected 2024-08-31

Metric	2023-08-31	2024-08-31
Turnover	£21,077,845	£20,455,361
Operating profit	£751,167	£754,902
Profit before tax	£844,336	£964,700
Net profit	£578,594	£638,798
Cash	£3,958,695	£6,603,697
Total assets less current liabilities	£19,770,491	£20,300,178
Net assets	£19,245,461	£19,572,433
Equity	£19,245,461	£19,572,433
Average employees	120	132
Wages	£4,251,973	£4,890,736

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	2023-08-31	2024-08-31
Operating margin	3.6%	3.7%
Net margin	2.7%	3.1%
Return on capital employed	3.8%	3.7%
Current ratio	7.01x	9.47x

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 102
Reporting scope: Standalone (parent only)
Auditor: Auker Rhodes Professional Services LLP
Audit opinion: Unqualified (clean)
Going concern: Affirmed
“In auditing the financial statements, we have concluded that the director's 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 original financial statements were authorised for issue.”

Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers

People

5 active · 4 resigned

Name	Role	Appointed	Born	Nationality
HOWARD, Paul Michael	Secretary	2013-08-01	—	—
CLOUGH, John, Mr.	Director	2006-09-01	Dec 1971	British
HOWARD, Andrew	Director	—	Jul 1953	British
HOWARD, Paul Michael	Director	2006-02-20	Apr 1981	British
MEDLEY, Simon William	Director	2022-01-04	May 1984	British

Show 4 resigned officers

Name	Role	Appointed	Resigned
HOWARD, Andrew	Secretary	—	2013-08-01
MEDLEY, Jonathan Roger	Director	1991-09-02	2006-01-27
MOXON, David	Director	—	2005-09-01
SINCLAIR, William Michael	Director	—	2017-10-24

Ownership

Persons with significant control

Name	Kind	Nature of control	Notified	Status
Mrs Anne Maureen Howard	Individual	Shares 25–50%	2016-04-06	Active
Mrs Susan Margaret Preston	Individual	Shares 25–50%	2016-04-06	Active

Filing timeline

Last 20 of 106 total filings

Date	Type	Category	Description
2026-04-14	CS01	confirmation-statement	Confirmation statement with no updates	PDF
2026-03-16	CH01	officers	Change person director company with change date	PDF
2025-05-16	AA	accounts	Accounts with accounts type full
2025-04-17	CS01	confirmation-statement	Confirmation statement with no updates	PDF
2024-05-20	AA	accounts	Accounts with accounts type full
2024-04-12	CS01	confirmation-statement	Confirmation statement with no updates	PDF
2023-05-20	AA	accounts	Accounts with accounts type full
2023-04-13	CS01	confirmation-statement	Confirmation statement with no updates	PDF
2022-05-17	AA	accounts	Accounts with accounts type full
2022-04-13	CS01	confirmation-statement	Confirmation statement with no updates	PDF
2022-01-14	AP01	officers	Appoint person director company with name date	PDF
2021-05-18	AA	accounts	Accounts with accounts type full
2021-04-13	CS01	confirmation-statement	Confirmation statement with no updates	PDF
2020-05-28	AA	accounts	Accounts with accounts type full
2020-04-03	CS01	confirmation-statement	Confirmation statement with no updates	PDF
2019-05-17	AA	accounts	Accounts with accounts type full
2019-04-05	CS01	confirmation-statement	Confirmation statement with no updates	PDF
2018-12-19	CH01	officers	Change person director company with change date	PDF
2018-12-19	CH03	officers	Change person secretary company with change date	PDF
2018-05-18	AA	accounts	Accounts with accounts type full

Public-record activity

Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months

Filings: 3
Capital events: 0
Officers appointed: 0
Officers resigned: 0

Direct counts from the register. No score, no rating — see the Filing timeline for the underlying events.

Year-on-year

FY2023 → FY2024 · period ending 2024-08-31 vs 2023-08-31

Turnover

-3%

£21,077,845 £20,455,361
Cash

+66.8%

£3,958,695 £6,603,697
Net assets

+1.7%

£19,245,461 £19,572,433
Employees

+10%

120 132
Operating profit

+0.5%

£751,167 £754,902
Profit before tax

+14.3%

£844,336 £964,700
Wages

+15%

£4,251,973 £4,890,736

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

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