WICKES BUILDING SUPPLIES LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-28
Confirmation statement due
2026-10-15 (in 5mo)
Last made up 2025-10-01
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£3M
-48.3% vs 2023
Net assets
£210M
+1.1% vs 2023
Employees
7,774
-1.8% vs 2023
Profit before tax
£36M
-22.2% vs 2023
Name history
Renamed 1 time since incorporation
- WICKES BUILDING SUPPLIES LIMITED 1989-02-09 → present
- BUILDERS MATE LIMITED 1984-08-13 → 1989-02-09
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2024-12-28
| Metric | Trend | 2023-12-30 | 2024-12-28 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £1,559,200,000 | £1,534,500,000 | |
| Operating profit | £40,500,000 | £30,400,000 | |
| Profit before tax | £46,800,000 | £36,400,000 | |
| Net profit | £38,500,000 | £29,000,000 | |
| Cash | £6,000,000 | £3,100,000 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £258,400,000 | £261,400,000 | |
| Net assets | £207,800,000 | £210,000,000 | |
| Equity | £207,800,000 | £210,000,000 | |
| Average employees | 7,919 | 7,774 | |
| Wages | £202,900,000 | £202,600,000 |
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 | 2023-12-30 | 2024-12-28 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 2.6% | 2.0% | |
| Net margin | 2.5% | 1.9% | |
| Return on capital employed | 15.7% | 11.6% | |
| Current ratio | 1.44x | 1.53x |
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)
- Auditor
- KPMG LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“Based on the Company's liquidity position and cash flow projections, including a forward looking severe but plausible scenario, the Directors have a reasonable expectation that the Company has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the duration of the going concern period, being the 12 month period following the date of approval of these financial statements, and accordingly they continue to adopt the going concern basis of accounting in preparing the financial statements for the period ended 28 December 2024”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
9 active · 54 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ASTILL, Sonia Antonia | Director | 2021-03-23 | Jun 1969 | British |
| BLAIR, Steven Thomas | Director | 2025-03-10 | Jan 1981 | British |
| COOKE, Mark Owen Charles | Director | 2021-03-23 | Oct 1970 | British |
| EL FANICHI, Mohamed | Director | 2021-09-06 | Nov 1967 | British |
| GEORGE, Mark Alexander | Director | 2022-07-29 | Jul 1974 | British |
| KIBBLE, Gary | Director | 2021-03-23 | Dec 1971 | British |
| O'KEEFE, Helen Jane | Director | 2021-03-23 | Jul 1969 | British |
| TAITT, Sarah | Director | 2024-04-15 | Aug 1985 | British |
| WOOD, David Bernard | Director | 2019-06-14 | Dec 1969 | British |
Show 54 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| PIKE, Andrew Stephen | Secretary | 2005-02-11 | 2013-12-31 |
| RIMMER, Barbara | Secretary | 2001-06-29 | 2005-02-11 |
| STOKES-SMITH, Keith Reginald | Secretary | — | 2001-06-29 |
| TPG MANAGEMENT SERVICES LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 2014-04-01 | 2021-03-23 |
| ARCHER, William Ernest | Director | 2000-10-18 | 2005-02-11 |
| BARRY, Tom | Director | 1994-10-24 | 1995-10-18 |
| BELL, Norman | Director | 2013-04-08 | 2017-12-21 |
| BIRD, Jeremy | Director | 2004-05-10 | 2013-04-08 |
| BIRD, Richard Sidney | Director | — | 2006-07-27 |
| BIRNBAUM, Edwin | Director | 1993-08-09 | 1996-06-30 |
| BIRRELL, Shaun William Gordon | Director | 1996-08-28 | 1997-07-24 |
| BRADLEY, David Michael | Director | 1995-04-28 | 1996-02-05 |
| BUFFIN, Anthony David | Director | 2013-04-08 | 2017-07-11 |
| CARSON, Terence John | Director | — | 1997-05-06 |
| CARTER, John Peter | Director | 2005-02-11 | 2019-05-01 |
| COOPER, Geoffrey Ian | Director | 2005-02-11 | 2013-12-31 |
| EVANS, Colin Richard, Dr | Director | 1997-07-31 | 1999-05-24 |
| FLANAGAN, Michael Anthony | Director | — | 1992-09-21 |
| FURNESS, David | Director | 2007-08-06 | 2011-07-01 |
| GERRY, John Patrick | Director | 1992-03-02 | 1994-07-26 |
| GLADWIN, Robert | Director | 2006-03-13 | 2007-02-26 |
| GOLDRICK, Patrick Kieran | Director | — | 1994-04-08 |
| GRIMSEY, William | Director | 1996-07-01 | 2000-12-23 |
| HAMPDEN SMITH, Paul Nigel | Director | 2005-02-11 | 2013-02-28 |
| HIRST, Ian Grenville | Director | 1995-01-30 | 1995-10-31 |
| HOSKINS, William John | Director | 1996-09-30 | 2001-01-08 |
| KAVANAGH, Carol | Director | 2009-09-15 | 2018-05-09 |
| KELLEY, Terry Leigh | Director | 1994-01-09 | 1997-01-06 |
| KING, Simon Theodore | Director | 2013-05-30 | 2019-06-28 |
| LONGDEN, Fraser Alexander | Director | 2021-03-23 | 2025-04-22 |
| MARTIN-LAW, John Richard | Director | 1995-02-01 | 1995-09-04 |
| MCGRATH, William Joseph | Director | — | 1993-12-31 |
| MEECH, Martin Richard | Director | 2007-02-26 | 2021-03-23 |
| MILES, Christopher | Director | 1996-04-01 | 1996-07-02 |
| MORRISON, Andrew Douglas | Director | 2014-01-27 | 2017-10-22 |
| MURPHY, Ian Fraser | Director | 2013-05-30 | 2013-12-12 |
| MURRAY, Rob | Director | 2007-12-03 | 2013-12-02 |
| NORRIS, Barrington Michael John | Director | 2002-07-10 | 2002-10-24 |
| OOSTEN, Jean-Jacques Michel Van | Director | 2013-04-30 | 2014-02-10 |
| PENNY, Michael William Harrison | Director | 2004-05-10 | 2006-04-28 |
| PREEDY, Ian | Director | 2009-09-15 | 2016-02-08 |
| PROCTOR, Robin David | Director | 2009-09-15 | 2016-10-06 |
| RICE, John Michael | Director | 2000-10-18 | 2002-10-24 |
| ROSENTHAL, Leslie | Director | — | 1996-07-02 |
| SAUNDERSON, David Paul | Director | 2009-09-15 | 2013-04-26 |
| SWEETBAUM, Henry Alan | Director | 1993-10-29 | 1996-06-26 |
| WATERWORTH, Austin | Director | — | 1996-06-30 |
| WEST, Gary | Director | 2006-03-13 | 2007-12-31 |
| WILCHER, Roger Lewis | Director | — | 1994-05-27 |
| WILLIAMS, Alan Richard | Director | 2017-07-11 | 2021-03-23 |
| WILSON, Geoffrey Charles | Director | 2000-10-18 | 2005-02-11 |
| WIRTH, Julie Ann | Director | 2021-03-23 | 2022-07-29 |
| YOUNGER, Ian Mcintyre | Director | 1994-11-07 | 2001-06-29 |
| TP DIRECTORS LTD | Corporate Director | 2015-04-16 | 2021-03-23 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wickes Group Holdings Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2021-04-27 | Active |
| Travis Perkins Plc | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2016-12-21 | Ceased 2021-04-27 |
| Wickes Holdings Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2016-12-21 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 451 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-10-02 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-07-16 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-04-28 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-03-12 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-10-02 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-08-07 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2024-06-05 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-04-16 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-03-19 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2023-10-02 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-06-23 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-10-03 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-08-01 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2022-07-29 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2022-06-10 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-10-01 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-09-06 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2021-05-21 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-05-10 | AD02 | address | Change sail address company with old address new address | |
| 2021-04-28 | PSC02 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 2
- 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 2024-12-28 vs 2023-12-30
-
Turnover
-1.6%
£1,559,200,000 £1,534,500,000
-
Cash
-48.3%
£6,000,000 £3,100,000
-
Net assets
+1.1%
£207,800,000 £210,000,000
-
Employees
-1.8%
7,919 7,774
-
Operating profit
-24.9%
£40,500,000 £30,400,000
-
Profit before tax
-22.2%
£46,800,000 £36,400,000
-
Wages
-0.1%
£202,900,000 £202,600,000
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