WOOL GROWERS (GREAT BRITAIN) LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2027-01-31 (in 8mo)
Last filed for 2025-04-30
Confirmation statement due
2026-08-29 (in 3mo)
Last made up 2025-08-15
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£241K
-78.3% vs 2024
Net assets
£10M
0% vs 2024
Employees
5
-16.7% vs 2024
Profit before tax
£277K
-17.6% vs 2024
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Industrials median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2025-04-30
| Metric | Trend | 2024-04-30 | 2025-04-30 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £2,307,000 | £1,850,000 | |
| Operating profit | £317,000 | £253,000 | |
| Profit before tax | £336,000 | £277,000 | |
| Net profit | £330,000 | £275,000 | |
| Cash | £1,113,000 | £241,000 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £10,647,000 | £10,654,000 | |
| Net assets | £10,408,000 | £10,413,000 | |
| Equity | £10,408,000 | £10,413,000 | |
| Average employees | 6 | 5 | |
| Wages | £115,000 | £87,000 |
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 | 2024-04-30 | 2025-04-30 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 13.7% | 13.7% | |
| Net margin | 14.3% | 14.9% | |
| Return on capital employed | 3.0% | 2.4% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 14.9% | 15.1% | |
| Current ratio | 3.97x | 4.00x |
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
- Armstrong Watson Audit Limited
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“At 30 April 2025 the company had net current assets of £4,837,000 (2024: £4,692,000), including an amount of £5,475,000 (2024: £4,475,000) due from its parent company after more than one year. The company meets its day-to-day working capital requirements through its parent, the British Wool Marketing Board's cash and banking facilities.”
Group structure
- WOOL GROWERS (GREAT BRITAIN) LIMITED · parent
- Scottish Wool Growers Ltd
- Stewart & Ramsden Ltd
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
3 active · 64 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| HOGLEY, Andrew Joseph | Director | 2020-11-04 | Oct 1977 | British |
| ROBERTSON, James Weir | Director | 2020-04-30 | Mar 1960 | British |
| WHELAN, Andrew David | Director | 2020-04-30 | Mar 1981 | British |
Show 64 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| HUMPHRIES, Gillian Anne | Secretary | — | 2001-07-31 |
| LAMBERT, Martin | Secretary | 2017-05-30 | 2018-01-03 |
| MARSHALL-WILLAMS, Angela Vanessa | Secretary | 2010-09-01 | 2015-03-20 |
| NUNN, David | Secretary | 2001-08-01 | 2010-08-31 |
| PRESTON, Phillip Spencer | Secretary | 2015-03-21 | 2017-05-30 |
| BAREN, Peter Anthony | Director | 2015-04-01 | 2019-09-30 |
| BLYTHE, Hugh Crawford | Director | 2007-07-31 | 2015-03-06 |
| BRADLEY, Stephen Gawain Leigh, Mr. | Director | 2018-03-21 | 2019-09-18 |
| BRIGGS, David | Director | — | 1993-07-28 |
| BRODIE, Denis Francis | Director | 1994-07-27 | 2000-09-30 |
| BUCHANAN, Cameron Roy Marchand | Director | 2001-08-01 | 2010-04-30 |
| BUCHANAN, Ian | Director | 2006-05-25 | 2018-03-31 |
| CORBETT, Malcolm Francis | Director | 2009-04-23 | 2015-03-31 |
| CORNISH, Mark Conrad | Director | 2003-02-01 | 2007-07-31 |
| COTTRILL, Richard Anthony | Director | 2015-04-01 | 2017-07-21 |
| DALE, John | Director | 2003-02-01 | 2007-02-28 |
| DALLYN, Brian Charles | Director | 2007-04-26 | 2016-03-31 |
| DARKE, David | Director | 1994-07-27 | 2007-03-31 |
| DAVIES, Jeffrey Llewelyn | Director | — | 2007-03-31 |
| DAWSON, Francis Reginald | Director | 1994-07-27 | 2000-09-30 |
| DENNISON, Sandra | Director | 2009-12-01 | 2017-06-13 |
| DONOVAN, Judith | Director | 2009-10-01 | 2015-03-31 |
| ELLIOT, John | Director | — | 2000-09-30 |
| EVANS, Alun | Director | — | 2000-09-30 |
| EVANS, Emrys Lewis | Director | 1994-07-27 | 1995-03-31 |
| EVANS, Huw Alun | Director | 2017-04-01 | 2017-07-21 |
| EVANS, Michael John | Director | 1995-07-28 | 2000-09-30 |
| FARREN, Joseph Michael | Director | 2016-06-01 | 2020-11-04 |
| FORBES, Alexander David | Director | 1996-03-28 | 2000-09-30 |
| FRASER, Donald Maclean | Director | 2016-04-01 | 2017-07-21 |
| GRASS, Maurice | Director | — | 1994-04-30 |
| HARTLEY, Ian Malcolm | Director | — | 2016-05-31 |
| HAVARD, Gethin William Thomas | Director | 2007-04-26 | 2017-07-21 |
| HOLDER, Stephen Colin, Mr. | Director | 2019-03-05 | 2019-10-10 |
| HUTCHINGS, Dudley Anthony | Director | 2009-04-23 | 2015-03-31 |
| JONES, Bedwyr | Director | 2011-04-21 | 2017-03-31 |
| JONES, Colin | Director | — | 1995-09-30 |
| LAMBERT, Martin | Director | 2017-01-05 | 2018-01-03 |
| LANGRISH, Frank Richard | Director | 1996-08-01 | 2011-03-31 |
| LUCAS, Julia Catherine | Director | 2015-04-01 | 2017-07-21 |
| MACDONALD, Angus Stewart | Director | — | 1996-01-15 |
| MACKENZIE, Ruairidh Duncan | Director | 2000-10-26 | 2016-03-31 |
| MARSHALL, Alan | Director | 2016-04-01 | 2017-07-21 |
| MARSHALL-WILLIAMS, Angela Vanessa | Director | 2008-05-01 | 2015-03-20 |
| MCNAUGHTON, John Ewen | Director | 1994-07-27 | 2000-09-30 |
| MEGAHEY, Maurice Neely | Director | — | 2006-05-25 |
| METCALFE, John Pollard | Director | — | 2000-06-30 |
| MYLES, Peter David | Director | 2015-04-24 | 2017-03-31 |
| NUNN, David | Director | 2000-05-01 | 2010-08-31 |
| OLIVER, Thomas William | Director | 1994-07-27 | 2000-09-30 |
| POWELL, Mark Andrew | Director | 2008-05-01 | 2017-04-04 |
| RAINE, Robert William Seymour | Director | 2000-10-26 | 2010-04-30 |
| RICHARDS, Geoffrey Brenton | Director | — | 1996-03-31 |
| RICHARDS, Trevor John | Director | 2011-04-21 | 2020-04-29 |
| ROBERTS, Dafydd Hefin | Director | 2000-10-26 | 2002-03-31 |
| ROBERTSON, James Weir | Director | 2017-04-01 | 2017-07-21 |
| STEPHENSON, Carl | Director | 2015-04-01 | 2017-07-21 |
| SULLIVAN, John Leonard | Director | 1995-07-28 | 2000-09-30 |
| THOMAS, Helen | Director | 1996-08-01 | 2000-09-30 |
| THOMPSON, Philip Andrew | Director | 2000-10-26 | 2002-05-31 |
| TUDOR, Thomas Richard | Director | 2002-07-26 | 2011-03-31 |
| TURNER, John James | Director | 2000-10-26 | 2010-04-30 |
| WILLIAMS, John Nigel | Director | 2000-10-26 | 2015-03-31 |
| WOOD, Rognvald Sinclair | Director | 1994-07-27 | 2007-06-20 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| British Wool Marketing Board | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100% | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 228 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-01-29 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2025-09-23 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-08-15 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-08-29 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-08-20 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-01-19 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2023-09-26 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-08-16 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-08-15 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-08-09 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-09-22 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-08-16 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2020-12-17 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2020-11-10 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2020-11-10 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2020-08-25 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2020-06-02 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2020-06-02 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2020-06-02 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2020-02-20 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 3
- 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
FY2024 → FY2025 · period ending 2025-04-30 vs 2024-04-30
-
Turnover
-19.8%
£2,307,000 £1,850,000
-
Cash
-78.3%
£1,113,000 £241,000
-
Net assets
0%
£10,408,000 £10,413,000
-
Employees
-16.7%
6 5
-
Operating profit
-20.2%
£317,000 £253,000
-
Profit before tax
-17.6%
£336,000 £277,000
-
Wages
-24.3%
£115,000 £87,000
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