WILLIAMS TRADE SUPPLIES LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2027-08-31 (in 1y)
Last filed for 2025-11-30
Confirmation statement due
2027-01-28 (in 8mo)
Last made up 2026-01-14
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£4M
+149.5% vs 2024
Net assets
£19M
-2.2% vs 2024
Employees
323
-15.7% vs 2024
Profit before tax
-£525K
+87.6% vs 2024
Name history
Renamed 2 times since incorporation
- WILLIAMS TRADE SUPPLIES LIMITED 1985-03-13 → present
- MIKE WILLIAMS LIMITED 1984-12-17 → 1985-03-13
- VITILIN LIMITED 1984-11-19 → 1984-12-17
Net assets
3-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
3-year trend · latest reflected 2025-11-30
| Metric | Trend | 2023-11-30 | 2024-11-30 | 2025-11-30 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | — | £118,968,000 | £110,958,000 | |
| Operating profit | — | -£3,520,000 | £67,000 | |
| Profit before tax | — | -£4,222,000 | -£525,000 | |
| Net profit | — | -£3,193,000 | -£425,000 | |
| Cash | — | £1,705,000 | £4,254,000 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | — | £22,378,000 | £20,566,000 | |
| Net assets | — | £19,102,000 | £18,677,000 | |
| Equity | — | £19,102,000 | £18,677,000 | |
| Average employees | — | 383 | 323 | |
| Wages | — | £11,338,000 | £10,949,000 |
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 | 2023-11-30 | 2024-11-30 | 2025-11-30 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | — | -3.0% | 0.1% | |
| Net margin | — | -2.7% | -0.4% | |
| Return on capital employed | — | -15.7% | 0.3% | |
| Current ratio | — | 1.67x | 1.66x | |
| Interest cover | — | -5.01x | 0.11x |
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
- TC Group
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“Based on the above assessment, and having reviewed the company's liquidity and facility position, the directors have a reasonable expectation that the company has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future. Accordingly, these financial statements have been prepared on a going concern basis.”
Significant events
- “The year ended 30 November 2025 represents a decisive structural recovery in the company's financial performance. Following the strategic reset implemented in Financial Year(FY) 24 and executed during FY25 the business delivered its strongest year-on-year improvement in operating result and profit before taxation in over a decade.”
- “Following a detailed assessment of branch-level performance undertaken during the year, the directors approved a decision in late November 2025 not to renew the lease on one underperforming branch when the existing lease expires in April 2026.”
- “During the year, the company also made significant progress in resolving legacy lease obligations arising from branches closed in prior periods. Leases relating to two previously closed locations were successfully assigned to third parties following formal landlord consent and assessment of the assignees' financial standing.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
9 active · 12 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BARNETSON, Graham | Secretary | 2024-10-31 | — | — |
| BARNETSON, Graham | Director | 2024-10-31 | Nov 1968 | British |
| BROWN, Martin Alexander | Director | 2019-03-29 | May 1972 | British |
| MOORE, Rachel Anne | Director | 1995-12-01 | Aug 1970 | British |
| MOSS, Paul Thomas | Director | 2019-08-01 | Aug 1958 | British |
| PREEDY, Ian Lewis | Director | 2019-08-01 | Jul 1972 | British |
| SKILTON, Patrick Ross | Director | 2022-09-29 | Sep 1987 | British |
| STAFFORD, Ramon | Director | 1994-12-01 | Aug 1962 | British |
| WILLIAMS, Michael Terence | Director | — | Sep 1948 | British |
Show 12 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| CAMPBELL, Lucy Jane | Secretary | 2017-01-09 | 2017-10-04 |
| CHEWTER, Martin Ronald | Secretary | 1993-01-27 | 1996-06-30 |
| MOORE, Rachel | Secretary | 1995-12-01 | 2017-01-09 |
| TRAWALLY, Janice | Secretary | 2013-10-11 | 2015-04-23 |
| WILLIAMS, Janice Helen | Secretary | — | 1993-01-27 |
| CAMPBELL, Lucy Jane | Director | 2017-01-09 | 2017-10-04 |
| CHEWTER, Martin Ronald | Director | — | 1996-06-30 |
| ELLIOTT, Stephen Clinton | Director | 2019-03-29 | 2021-09-17 |
| MANN, Michael Alan | Director | 2020-04-01 | 2024-03-01 |
| TARRANT, Stephen Michael | Director | 2017-04-14 | 2019-01-03 |
| WILLIAMS, Ann | Director | 2011-05-01 | 2015-04-23 |
| WILLIAMS, Janice Helen | Director | — | 2004-03-31 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Williams Trade Supplies Holdings Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100% | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 166 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-03-12 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2026-01-27 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2025-09-02 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-01-27 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2024-11-05 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2024-11-05 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-08-16 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-03-01 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-01-18 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-05-24 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2023-05-15 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-01-23 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-11-01 | RP04AP01 | officers | Second filing of director appointment with name | |
| 2022-10-31 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2022-04-28 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-01-19 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-12-10 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2021-11-10 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2021-05-26 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2021-05-21 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full |
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
FY2024 → FY2025 · period ending 2025-11-30 vs 2024-11-30
-
Turnover
-6.7%
£118,968,000 £110,958,000
-
Cash
+149.5%
£1,705,000 £4,254,000
-
Net assets
-2.2%
£19,102,000 £18,677,000
-
Employees
-15.7%
383 323
-
Operating profit
+101.9%
-£3,520,000 £67,000
-
Profit before tax
+87.6%
-£4,222,000 -£525,000
-
Wages
-3.4%
£11,338,000 £10,949,000
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