WOLFORD LONDON LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-10-04 (in 5mo)
Last made up 2025-09-20
Watchouts
Cash
£462K
-5.3% vs 2023
Net assets
£1M
+9.4% vs 2023
Employees
24
-17.2% vs 2023
Profit before tax
£135K
-10.2% vs 2023
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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Material uncertainty over going concern
While the directors of the Company remain confident that support will continue for a period of at least 12 months from the date of approval of the Financial Statements, they recognise that there is material uncertainty in respect of going concern.
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Audit opinion: Qualified
Latest auditor's report carried a non-clean opinion.
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 | £5,423,862 | £3,036,852 | |
| Operating profit | £156,291 | £140,852 | |
| Profit before tax | £150,161 | £134,916 | |
| Net profit | £99,744 | £87,598 | |
| Cash | £487,304 | £461,503 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £1,139,217 | £1,246,729 | |
| Net assets | £1,139,217 | £1,246,729 | |
| Equity | £1,139,217 | £1,246,729 | |
| Average employees | 29 | 24 | |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 2.9% | 4.6% | |
| Net margin | 1.8% | 2.9% | |
| Return on capital employed | 13.7% | 11.3% | |
| Current ratio | 1.53x | 1.83x | |
| Interest cover | 24.60x | 23.73x |
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)
- Abridged
- Yes — abridged accounts (limited disclosure)
- Auditor
- Hawsons Chartered Accountants
- Audit opinion
- Qualified
- Going concern
- Material uncertainty disclosed
“While the directors of the Company remain confident that support will continue for a period of at least 12 months from the date of approval of the Financial Statements, they recognise that there is material uncertainty in respect of going concern.”
Significant events
- “a capital increase was successfully implemented at the beginning of financial year 2024”
- “further restructuring measures were carried on even in fiscal year 2025, focusing on efficiency improvements, cost savings and concentration on core products and growth markets, accompanied by an increase in sales prices.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
3 active · 35 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| POLITO, Ralf Lino | Director | 2023-07-31 | May 1975 | German |
| POZZO, Marco | Director | 2025-09-09 | Jun 1970 | Italian |
| ROSSI, Andrea | Director | 2025-01-17 | Oct 1974 | Italian |
Show 35 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| BORDONI, Christine Allison | Secretary | — | 2015-05-31 |
| THOMPSON, Norman Peter | Secretary | 2015-06-01 | 2016-10-03 |
| AZZALI, Silvia, Ms. | Director | 2019-06-19 | 2024-06-14 |
| BEREUTER, Burghard | Director | — | 1993-04-30 |
| BEREUTER, Walter | Director | — | 1992-10-01 |
| BLUNDELL, Angela May | Director | 2014-04-01 | 2016-01-01 |
| BORDONI, Christine Allison | Director | — | 2015-05-31 |
| DAHMEN, Holger | Director | 2004-01-07 | 2008-07-21 |
| DREHER, Axel | Director | 2016-10-03 | 2019-10-31 |
| FISCHER, Hermann | Director | — | 1995-10-31 |
| GERONZI, Roberto Pietro | Director | 2002-02-14 | 2004-01-07 |
| GIORDANO, Domenico | Director | 2025-01-17 | 2025-09-09 |
| HUMER, Fritz | Director | — | 2004-01-07 |
| KOTRBA, Paul | Director | 2022-08-01 | 2023-07-31 |
| KURZ, Brigitte | Director | 2017-08-01 | 2019-10-31 |
| LAUNCHBURY, Carole | Director | 2001-07-16 | 2005-12-16 |
| LENZ, Martin | Director | 1992-10-01 | 1993-12-31 |
| LORRAINE, Paul | Director | 2008-07-21 | 2011-03-18 |
| MEERSMANS, Helga | Director | 2015-11-20 | 2017-07-31 |
| MELZER, Thomas | Director | 2013-04-01 | 2015-04-30 |
| METZLER, Joseph | Director | 1995-11-01 | 2004-01-07 |
| MICHEL, Yves | Director | 2017-08-01 | 2019-06-19 |
| MILLAUER, Karl Michael | Director | 1995-11-01 | 2000-12-31 |
| PAYNE, John David | Director | — | 1992-09-10 |
| PECKHAUS, Simone | Director | 2015-05-01 | 2017-07-31 |
| RAINONE, Valentina | Director | 2023-07-31 | 2024-02-29 |
| RIMBERT, Regis Patrick René | Director | 2024-06-14 | 2025-01-17 |
| SENSARMA, Ashish | Director | 2015-05-01 | 2017-07-31 |
| SIMMA, Peter | Director | 2011-03-01 | 2012-03-31 |
| SIMMA, Peter | Director | 2004-01-01 | 2008-07-21 |
| STEFANUTTO, Ermes | Director | 2012-04-01 | 2013-04-01 |
| THOMPSON, Norman Peter | Director | 2015-06-01 | 2016-10-03 |
| THORNDIKE, Andrew | Director | 2019-10-31 | 2022-07-31 |
| TRESNAN, Guy | Director | 1998-10-02 | 2000-10-31 |
| WHITE, Jolyon Charles | Director | — | 1993-04-30 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mr Ralph Bartel | Individual | Shares 25–50% | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2018-06-27 |
| Wolford Ag | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 202 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-03-18 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2026-03-09 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2026-03-09 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-09-22 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-03-28 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-03-25 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-03-25 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-03-12 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type small | |
| 2024-09-24 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-09-19 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-07-05 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-03-07 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-02-28 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2023-10-13 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type small | |
| 2023-09-21 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-08-11 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-08-11 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-08-11 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-06-14 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type small | |
| 2023-05-04 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 4
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 1
- 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
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Turnover
-44%
£5,423,862 £3,036,852
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Cash
-5.3%
£487,304 £461,503
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Net assets
+9.4%
£1,139,217 £1,246,729
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Employees
-17.2%
29 24
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Operating profit
-9.9%
£156,291 £140,852
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Profit before tax
-10.2%
£150,161 £134,916
Each % is (latest − prior) ÷ |prior| for the line item as filed. Periods don't have to be exactly 12 months apart — a long or short period (typical around incorporation or year-end changes) will distort the comparison. Lines a company doesn't report are omitted. About these numbers