WALKER CRIPS GROUP LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2027-03-31 (in 10mo)
Last filed for 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement due
2027-01-02 (in 8mo)
Last made up 2025-12-19
Watchouts
Cash
£13M
-9.8% vs 2024
Net assets
£19M
-12.4% vs 2024
Employees
235
+7.3% vs 2024
Profit before tax
-£3M
-946.3% vs 2024
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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3 officer resignations in last 12 months
Multiple officers have left the board recently — see the People section for who.
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Financials median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2025-03-31
| Metric | Trend | 2024-03-31 | 2025-03-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £31,574,000 | £31,345,000 | |
| Operating profit | £63,000 | -£3,644,000 | |
| Profit before tax | £387,000 | -£3,275,000 | |
| Net profit | £368,000 | -£2,528,000 | |
| Cash | £13,863,000 | £12,502,000 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £23,761,000 | £20,278,000 | |
| Net assets | £21,321,000 | £18,687,000 | |
| Equity | £21,321,000 | £18,687,000 | |
| Average employees | 219 | 235 | |
| Wages | £13,891,000 | £14,066,000 |
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 | 0.2% | -11.6% | |
| Net margin | 1.2% | -8.1% | |
| Return on capital employed | 0.3% | -18.0% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 62.8% | 66.3% | |
| Current ratio | 1.38x | 1.30x | |
| Interest cover | 0.52x | -33.13x |
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
- IFRS
- Reporting scope
- Consolidated group
- Auditor
- PKF Littlejohn LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The Group's forecasts and projections show sufficient cash resources, working capital and regulatory financial resources for its present requirements covering a period extending more than 12 months (see note 2 on page 55 for further details). Accordingly, the Directors continue to adopt the going concern basis for the preparation of the financial statements.”
Group structure
- WALKER CRIPS GROUP LIMITED · parent
- Walker Crips Investment Management Limited 100%
- London York Fund Managers Limited 100%
- Walker Crips Financial Planning Limited 100%
- Ebor Trustees Limited 100%
- EnOC Technologies Limited 100%
- Barker Poland Asset Management LLP 100%
- Walker Crips Financial Services Limited 100%
- G & E Investment Services Limited 100%
- Ebor Pensions Management Limited 100%
- Investorlink Limited 100%
- Walker Cambria Limited 100%
- Walker Crips Trustees Limited 100%
- W.B. Nominees Limited 100%
- WCWB (PEP) Nominees Limited 100%
- WCWB (ISA) Nominees Limited 100%
- WCWB Nominees Limited 100%
- Walker Crips Consultants Limited 100%
- Walker Crips Ventures Limited 100%
Significant events
- “Subsequent to the year end, the Group has entered into a loan agreement with PhillipCapital for provision of a working capital loan of £5m to the Group via a loan drawdown facility (the "Loan").”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
6 active · 31 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| READ, Amanda | Secretary | 2025-01-01 | — | — |
| DOUGAL, Christian Somerville | Director | 2025-07-09 | Jan 1969 | British |
| LAM, Sean Kin Wai | Director | 1999-06-15 | Mar 1969 | British |
| LIM, Hua Min | Director | 1993-03-03 | Apr 1946 | Singaporean |
| LINUS, Lim Wen Sheong | Director | 2025-02-06 | Nov 1975 | Singaporean |
| TAN, Meng Heng | Director | 2026-03-27 | May 1967 | Singaporean |
Show 31 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| FITZGERALD, Rodney Arnold | Secretary | 2018-07-23 | 2019-01-17 |
| FITZGERALD, Rodney Arnold | Secretary | 1999-04-06 | 2007-01-18 |
| GODDARD, Roderick | Secretary | 2019-01-17 | 2024-12-31 |
| HALL, David John | Secretary | 2007-01-18 | 2016-06-30 |
| JACKSON, Guy Jonathan Barton | Secretary | 2016-06-30 | 2018-07-23 |
| MORGAN, Douglas, Fcma | Secretary | 1997-08-01 | 1999-03-31 |
| NEWSOME, Jonathan Mark | Secretary | — | 1997-08-01 |
| BAILEY, Stephen John | Director | 1999-03-31 | 2012-04-12 |
| BOUCH, Clive | Director | 2017-03-31 | 2024-06-27 |
| BUTLER, Martin John | Director | — | 1993-01-07 |
| BYFORD, Larry George | Director | — | 2000-03-31 |
| COOPER, Glenn Anderson | Director | 1999-03-31 | 2004-04-06 |
| DANDENIYA, Sanath Sanjeewa | Director | 2019-09-30 | 2025-08-14 |
| ELLIOTT, Robert Alan | Director | 2005-04-11 | 2017-10-01 |
| FIELD, Raymond | Director | — | 2001-07-31 |
| FITZGERALD, Rodney Arnold | Director | 1999-04-06 | 2019-09-30 |
| GELBER, David | Director | 2007-01-18 | 2025-02-28 |
| HETHERTON, David | Director | 2005-04-11 | 2016-11-18 |
| JACKSON, Guy Jonathan Barton | Director | 2016-09-21 | 2018-07-23 |
| KASSEM, Tarek Jamal | Director | — | 1992-05-01 |
| KENNEDY, Graham Norbert | Director | 1999-04-06 | 2007-03-01 |
| LOH, Hoon Sun | Director | 1993-03-03 | 2007-01-18 |
| MORGAN, Douglas, Fcma | Director | 1996-11-01 | 1999-03-31 |
| NELLIGAN, Mark | Director | 2025-04-25 | 2026-03-03 |
| RUSHTON, Mark Justin Wells | Director | 2012-04-13 | 2019-01-30 |
| SAUNDERS, William Howard | Director | 2001-11-02 | 2008-12-31 |
| SIMMONDS, Nigel John | Director | — | 2004-04-06 |
| SIMPER, Stephen Vaughan | Director | — | 2004-04-06 |
| SUNDERLAND, Michael John | Director | — | 2011-02-28 |
| WELMAN, Jo Mark Pole | Director | 2025-03-31 | 2025-09-28 |
| WRIGHT, Martin James | Director | 1996-07-09 | 2025-04-30 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Phillipcapital Uk Ltd | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2026-03-03 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 399 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-04-09 | PSC02 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2026-04-09 | PSC09 | persons-with-significant-control | Withdrawal of a person with significant control statement | |
| 2026-04-08 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2026-03-12 | OC | miscellaneous | Court order | |
| 2026-03-09 | CERT10 | change-of-name | Certificate re registration public limited company to private | |
| 2026-03-09 | MAR | incorporation | Re registration memorandum articles | |
| 2026-03-09 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2026-03-09 | RR02 | change-of-name | Reregistration public to private company | |
| 2026-03-04 | AA01 | accounts | Change account reference date company current extended | |
| 2026-03-03 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2026-02-25 | PSC08 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control statement | |
| 2026-01-29 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2026-01-29 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles | |
| 2025-12-21 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2025-12-20 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-12-02 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-12-02 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-12-02 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-12-02 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-10-08 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 20
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 2
- Officers resigned
- 3
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
-0.7%
£31,574,000 £31,345,000
-
Cash
-9.8%
£13,863,000 £12,502,000
-
Net assets
-12.4%
£21,321,000 £18,687,000
-
Employees
+7.3%
219 235
-
Operating profit
-5,884.1%
£63,000 -£3,644,000
-
Profit before tax
-946.3%
£387,000 -£3,275,000
-
Wages
+1.3%
£13,891,000 £14,066,000
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