WAREMOSS LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-05-31 (this month)
Last filed for 2024-08-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-09-21 (in 4mo)
Last made up 2025-09-07
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£5M
+1% vs 2023
Net assets
£42M
+8.1% vs 2023
Employees
1,231
+8.3% vs 2023
Profit before tax
£5M
+75.9% vs 2023
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2024-08-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-08-31 | 2024-08-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £123,562,243 | £134,102,277 | |
| Operating profit | £3,022,715 | £3,817,922 | |
| Profit before tax | £2,764,650 | £4,862,120 | |
| Net profit | £1,668,216 | £3,182,618 | |
| Cash | £5,365,690 | £5,420,044 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £42,070,276 | £48,621,069 | |
| Net assets | £39,109,629 | £42,292,247 | |
| Equity | £39,109,629 | £42,292,247 | |
| Average employees | 1,137 | 1,231 | |
| Wages | £23,422,600 | £27,470,005 |
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 | 2023-08-31 | 2024-08-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 2.4% | 2.8% | |
| Net margin | 1.4% | 2.4% | |
| Return on capital employed | 7.2% | 7.9% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 32.3% | 35.7% | |
| Current ratio | 2.50x | 2.61x | |
| Interest cover | 9.80x | 7.47x |
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
- Watson Associates (Audit Services) Ltd
- 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, individuall”
Group structure
- WAREMOSS LIMITED · parent
- Allied Pharmacy Ltd 100%
- Sutton Chase Limited 100%
- Pharmacy Initiative 2 Ltd 100%
- Sussex Apothecary Ltd 100%
- Lotus Chemists Ltd 100%
- D.T. Williams Ltd 100%
- Northlands H.H Ltd 100%
Significant events
- “The group continues to achieve growth by seeking and acquiring more pharmacies, however no additional pharmacies have been acquired since 31 August 2024. In February 2025 two pharmacies have closed, leaving the total number of pharmacies, and opticians within the group at eighty-four, with plans to open another soon as”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
2 active · 3 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CHOTAI, Bharat Kamarshi | Director | 2020-01-18 | Mar 1957 | British |
| CHOTAI, Bipinchandra Kamarshi | Director | — | Sep 1947 | British |
Show 3 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| CHOTAI, Anna Piyoosh, Mrs. | Secretary | 2013-08-30 | 2023-10-31 |
| CHOTAI, Piyoosh Kamarshibhai | Secretary | — | 2013-08-30 |
| CHOTAI, Piyoosh Kamarshibhai | Director | — | 2020-01-18 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mrs Anna Piyoosh Chotai | Individual | Shares 25–50%, Voting 25–50% | 2022-08-04 | Active |
| The Estate Of Sunila Chotai | Individual | Shares 25–50%, Voting 25–50% | 2022-05-01 | Ceased 2022-05-01 |
| Mr Bharat Kamarshi Chotai | Individual | ownership-of-shares-25-to-50-percent-as-trust, voting-rights-25-to-50-percent-as-trust | 2022-05-01 | Active |
| Mr Bipin Chotai | Individual | Significant influence | 2022-04-06 | Active |
| Mrs Sunila Chotai | Individual | Shares 25–50%, Voting 25–50% | 2021-09-21 | Ceased 2022-05-01 |
| Mr Piyoosh Kamarshibhai Chotai | Individual | Significant influence | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2020-01-18 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 186 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-11-12 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2025-09-17 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-06-03 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2024-09-18 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-06-04 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2024-05-13 | PSC04 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2024-05-10 | PSC04 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2023-11-06 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2023-11-01 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2023-10-31 | PSC04 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2023-10-31 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2023-10-31 | PSC01 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2023-09-26 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2023-06-07 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2023-02-24 | RP04CS01 | confirmation-statement | Second filing of confirmation statement with made up date | |
| 2023-02-23 | PSC01 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2023-02-23 | PSC01 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2023-02-23 | PSC01 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2023-02-23 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2022-09-14 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates |
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
FY2023 → FY2024 · period ending 2024-08-31 vs 2023-08-31
-
Turnover
+8.5%
£123,562,243 £134,102,277
-
Cash
+1%
£5,365,690 £5,420,044
-
Net assets
+8.1%
£39,109,629 £42,292,247
-
Employees
+8.3%
1,137 1,231
-
Operating profit
+26.3%
£3,022,715 £3,817,922
-
Profit before tax
+75.9%
£2,764,650 £4,862,120
-
Wages
+17.3%
£23,422,600 £27,470,005
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