WELBECK ESTATES COMPANY LIMITED(THE)
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Next accounts due
2026-12-31 (in 7mo)
Last filed for 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement due
2027-02-05 (in 9mo)
Last made up 2026-01-22
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£3M
-46.2% vs 2024
Net assets
£230M
-14.6% vs 2024
Employees
212
+11% vs 2024
Profit before tax
-£2M
-121.3% vs 2024
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Real Estate median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2025-03-31
| Metric | Trend | 2024-03-31 | 2025-03-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £22,118,000 | £23,770,000 | |
| Operating profit | -£2,386,000 | -£894,000 | |
| Profit before tax | £10,162,000 | -£2,169,000 | |
| Net profit | £13,285,000 | -£793,000 | |
| Cash | £6,316,000 | £3,401,000 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £340,635,000 | £299,407,000 | |
| Net assets | £269,836,000 | £230,485,000 | |
| Equity | £269,836,000 | £230,485,000 | |
| Average employees | 191 | 212 | |
| Wages | £5,723,000 | £6,304,000 |
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 | 2024-03-31 | 2025-03-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | -10.8% | -3.8% | |
| Net margin | 60.1% | -3.3% | |
| Return on capital employed | -0.7% | -0.3% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 23.4% | 26.4% | |
| Current ratio | 1.40x | 0.95x | |
| Interest cover | -0.85x | -0.30x |
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
- Consolidated group
- Auditor
- Dixon Wilson Audit Services 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
- WELBECK ESTATES COMPANY LIMITED(THE) · parent
- The Welbeck Farm Shop Limited 89.47%
- Welbeck Scottish Farms Limited 100%
- Woodhouse Hall Developments Limited 100%
- Welbeck Abbey Brewery Limited 90%
- Welbeck Estates Company (Title) Limited 100%
Significant events
- “Due to investment from outside the Group, the holding in The Ord Fund fell below 50% during the year. This means these financial statements now include only the Group's percentage holding in The Ord Fund, rather that the whole fund. This is the reason for the Group's investments falling by £37m.”
- “The Ord Fund ICVC changed from a subsidiary to an associate during the year due to investment from outside the Group diluting the Group's interest. The effect on the consolidated figures is presented as "Derecognition of subsidiary" on the Consolidated Statement of Changes in Equity, Consolidated Statement of Cash Flows, and this note under "Other listed investments" above.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
5 active · 3 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| GOODWIN, Ian | Secretary | 2018-07-11 | — | — |
| PARENTE, Daisy Margharita Amelia | Director | 2013-01-22 | Aug 1981 | British |
| PARENTE, Henry Joseph | Director | 2013-01-22 | Jan 1983 | British |
| PARENTE, William Henry Marcello | Director | — | Feb 1951 | British |
| SWAN, Malcolm Peter | Director | — | Jul 1949 | British |
Show 3 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| BROWN, Robin James | Secretary | — | 2018-07-11 |
| BENTINCK, Alexandra Margaret Anne, The Lady | Director | — | 2008-12-29 |
| PEEK, Alicia Laura | Director | 2024-03-01 | 2025-03-17 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nigel Timothy Bentley | Individual | voting-rights-25-to-50-percent-as-trust | 2023-01-18 | Active |
| Mr Nicholas Peter James Falla | Individual | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100% | 2020-10-30 | Active |
| Mr Nigel Timothy Bentley | Individual | ownership-of-shares-75-to-100-percent-as-trust, voting-rights-25-to-50-percent-as-trust | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2020-10-30 |
| Carina Robinson | Individual | voting-rights-25-to-50-percent-as-trust | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2019-02-01 |
| Mr Denis Boucault | Individual | ownership-of-shares-75-to-100-percent-as-trust | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2019-02-01 |
| Mr Ian Ledger | Individual | voting-rights-25-to-50-percent-as-trust | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2019-02-01 |
| William Parente | Individual | significant-influence-or-control-as-trust | 2016-04-06 | Active |
| Quadrangle Trustee Company | Corporate entity | significant-influence-or-control-as-trust | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 161 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2022-12-21 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
- 2022-12-21 MA Memorandum articles
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-02-04 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-12-27 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2025-08-06 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2025-03-24 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-01-24 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-01-23 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-12-05 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2024-03-04 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-02-05 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-12-06 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2023-02-06 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2023-02-06 | PSC01 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2023-02-01 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2023-02-01 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2023-02-01 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2023-01-18 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2023-01-18 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2022-12-21 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2022-12-21 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles | |
| 2022-12-19 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change 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 2025-03-31 vs 2024-03-31
-
Turnover
+7.5%
£22,118,000 £23,770,000
-
Cash
-46.2%
£6,316,000 £3,401,000
-
Net assets
-14.6%
£269,836,000 £230,485,000
-
Employees
+11%
191 212
-
Operating profit
+62.5%
-£2,386,000 -£894,000
-
Profit before tax
-121.3%
£10,162,000 -£2,169,000
-
Wages
+10.2%
£5,723,000 £6,304,000
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