WALON LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-12-31 (in 7mo)
Last filed for 2025-03-30
Confirmation statement due
2026-12-15 (in 7mo)
Last made up 2025-12-01
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£6M
+10.3% vs 2024
Net assets
£53M
+3.3% vs 2024
Employees
1,246
+12.3% vs 2024
Profit before tax
£2M
+163.4% vs 2024
Name history
Renamed 3 times since incorporation
- WALON LIMITED 1991-05-08 → present
- ABBEY HILL VEHICLE SERVICES LIMITED 1987-03-27 → 1991-05-08
- R.K. BASTABLE LIMITED 1978-12-31 → 1987-03-27
- SENGEM LIMITED 1978-11-06 → 1978-12-31
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Industrials median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2025-03-30
| Metric | Trend | 2024-03-31 | 2025-03-30 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £138,773,000 | £193,978,000 | |
| Operating profit | -£268,000 | £3,255,000 | |
| Profit before tax | -£3,370,000 | £2,135,000 | |
| Net profit | -£1,892,000 | £1,534,000 | |
| Cash | £5,361,000 | £5,911,000 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £73,152,000 | £77,945,000 | |
| Net assets | £51,300,000 | £52,992,000 | |
| Equity | £51,300,000 | £52,992,000 | |
| Average employees | 1,110 | 1,246 | |
| Wages | £54,871,000 | £66,268,000 |
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 | 2025-03-30 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | -0.2% | 1.7% | |
| Net margin | -1.4% | 0.8% | |
| Return on capital employed | -0.4% | 4.2% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 56.3% | 60.0% | |
| Current ratio | 1.17x | 1.14x | |
| Interest cover | -0.08x | 1.65x |
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
- PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“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. After making enquiries, the Directors have a reasonable expectation that the Company has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future. The Company therefore continues to adopt the going concern basis in preparing its financial statements.”
Group structure
- WALON LIMITED · parent
- Autolink Limited 100%
- Autotrax Limited 100%
- CTS (Corby) Limited 100%
- Sensible Automotive Limited 100%
- Walon Automotive Services Limited 100%
Significant events
- “On 3 April 2025, the Group completed the refinancing of its existing loan facilities. As a result the Company has entered into an agreement under the new finance facilities and has granted as security a fixed and floating charge over all its present and future assets.”
- “During the period the Company acquired the entire issued share capital of CTS (Corby) Limited for £4.5m.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
4 active · 39 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| LETZA, Martin Richard | Secretary | 2016-09-16 | — | — |
| GLENN, Nigel Gregory | Director | 2015-08-25 | Nov 1972 | British |
| LAMPERT, Timothy Giles | Director | 2025-03-27 | Mar 1970 | British |
| TROWELL, Nicholas John | Director | 2016-08-08 | Sep 1976 | British |
Show 39 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| ARMSTRONG, Colin | Secretary | 2001-08-01 | 2007-03-31 |
| ARMSTRONG, Philippa | Secretary | 2007-03-31 | 2008-04-30 |
| BROWN, Ian | Secretary | — | 1996-01-02 |
| FARRELLY, Ian | Secretary | 2015-08-25 | 2016-09-16 |
| HARRIS, David Francis | Secretary | 2008-04-30 | 2014-12-31 |
| LIGHT, John Michael Heathcote | Secretary | 1996-12-02 | 2001-08-01 |
| NICHOLS, Rupert Henry Conquest | Secretary | 2015-01-01 | 2015-08-25 |
| NUTTALL, Philip James | Secretary | 1996-01-02 | 1996-12-02 |
| ANDERSON, Roger | Director | 1998-08-01 | 1999-08-31 |
| BARBER, Timothy Ray | Director | 1999-09-01 | 2007-06-06 |
| BARBER, Timothy Ray | Director | 1996-10-29 | 1999-04-08 |
| BARCLAY, Gerard Michael | Director | 1999-09-01 | 2002-11-06 |
| BOWES, David John | Director | — | 2001-02-28 |
| BROWN, Ian | Director | 1993-01-01 | 1996-01-02 |
| BROWN, Russell Stephen | Director | 1998-08-01 | 2008-04-16 |
| GAUMET, Jean Pierre | Director | — | 1993-08-19 |
| GUINCHARD, Gilles | Director | 2003-10-29 | 2006-03-01 |
| HARRIS, David Francis | Director | 2010-03-25 | 2013-11-14 |
| HEATH, Reginald Frank | Director | 1995-05-01 | 1996-10-24 |
| HINDLEY, Mark Keith | Director | 2009-03-26 | 2013-01-10 |
| HODGKINSON, Marcus Stefan | Director | 1999-01-19 | 2001-01-01 |
| HUFFLETT, Christopher Simon | Director | 1996-10-29 | 1999-08-31 |
| LAMPERT, Timothy Giles | Director | 2015-08-25 | 2023-03-31 |
| LAMPERT, Timothy Giles | Director | 2003-09-03 | 2014-12-31 |
| LIGHT, John Michael Heathcote | Director | 2001-07-01 | 2013-06-03 |
| MALONE, Eduardo Alberto | Director | 1995-03-10 | 1996-10-25 |
| MCGURL, Kevin | Director | 2012-11-21 | 2013-01-10 |
| MEIR, David Keith | Director | 2015-01-01 | 2015-08-25 |
| MERRY, John Charles | Director | — | 2007-12-31 |
| MULLINS, James Anthony | Director | 2023-03-30 | 2025-03-27 |
| NUTTALL, Philip James | Director | 1996-01-02 | 2006-06-29 |
| OHRN, Sverker Claude Alexander | Director | — | 1996-01-01 |
| PALMER-BAUNACK, Avril | Director | 2007-12-31 | 2013-06-03 |
| PICKERING, David Brian | Director | 2015-01-01 | 2015-08-25 |
| SOMERVILLE, Andy Forbes | Director | 2015-08-25 | 2016-02-29 |
| SOMERVILLE, Andy Forbes | Director | 2007-12-31 | 2012-11-13 |
| STOBART, William | Director | 2013-06-03 | 2015-08-25 |
| TRANCHARD, Jean Pierre | Director | — | 1992-10-01 |
| YETTON, Albert John | Director | 2009-03-26 | 2013-01-10 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bca Automotive Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 368 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-12-28 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-12-02 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2025-09-24 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-05-07 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2025-04-08 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2025-04-02 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-04-02 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-12-12 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2024-11-27 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-09-13 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2024-01-03 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-12-13 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2023-03-31 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-03-31 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-01-05 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-12-06 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2022-09-23 | PSC05 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2022-09-12 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2022-01-04 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-12-10 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 4
- 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 2025-03-30 vs 2024-03-31
-
Turnover
+39.8%
£138,773,000 £193,978,000
-
Cash
+10.3%
£5,361,000 £5,911,000
-
Net assets
+3.3%
£51,300,000 £52,992,000
-
Employees
+12.3%
1,110 1,246
-
Operating profit
+1,314.6%
-£268,000 £3,255,000
-
Profit before tax
+163.4%
-£3,370,000 £2,135,000
-
Wages
+20.8%
£54,871,000 £66,268,000
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