LISTER WILDER LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-05-25 (this month)
Last made up 2025-05-11
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£2M
-59.7% vs 2023
Net assets
£9M
+6.6% vs 2023
Employees
202
+9.8% vs 2023
Profit before tax
£817K
-43.9% vs 2023
Name history
Renamed 2 times since incorporation
- LISTER WILDER LIMITED 2000-02-14 → present
- LISTER FARM SALES LIMITED 1986-02-01 → 2000-02-14
- BULKSTAND LIMITED 1985-11-28 → 1986-02-01
Net assets
5-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
5-year trend · latest reflected 2024-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2020-12-31 | 2021-12-31 | 2022-12-31 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | — | — | — | £88,970,162 | £82,519,122 | |
| Operating profit | — | — | — | £1,944,349 | £1,350,294 | |
| Profit before tax | — | — | — | £1,455,906 | £817,066 | |
| Net profit | — | — | — | £894,353 | £585,369 | |
| Cash | — | — | — | £4,112,197 | £1,658,947 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | — | — | — | £16,421,593 | £16,607,474 | |
| Net assets | — | — | — | £8,884,104 | £9,469,473 | |
| Equity | £7,444,737 | £7,420,427 | £8,339,751 | £8,884,104 | £9,469,473 | |
| Average employees | — | — | — | 184 | 202 | |
| Wages | — | — | — | £7,969,868 | £8,485,899 |
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 | 2020-12-31 | 2021-12-31 | 2022-12-31 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | — | — | — | 2.2% | 1.6% | |
| Net margin | — | — | — | 1.0% | 0.7% | |
| Return on capital employed | — | — | — | 11.8% | 8.1% | |
| Current ratio | — | — | — | 1.78x | 1.95x | |
| Interest cover | — | — | — | 3.98x | 2.53x |
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
- Sumer Auditco Limited
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The directors believe the Company has sufficient cash reserves which will enable it to meet its liabilities as they fall due for at least 12 months from the date of approving these financial statements.”
Significant events
- “Turnover reduced to £82.5 million, down from just under £89 million in 2023, a reflection of macroeconomic headwinds that tempered customer confidence and delayed some larger purchasing decisions.”
- “The Construction business, while down slightly from the peak of 2023, continued to build on the momentum gained from the acquisition of the neighbouring Kubota Dealership, Harper Plant.”
- “The year saw us further invest in our hire fleet where we continued to see growth in demand”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
6 active · 6 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| KING, Denis John | Secretary | — | — | British |
| HUGHES, Phillip George | Director | 2014-01-01 | Apr 1975 | British |
| KING, Charles Edward | Director | 2010-01-01 | Aug 1981 | British |
| KING, Denis John | Director | — | Aug 1941 | British |
| KING, William John | Director | 2017-12-31 | Sep 1978 | British |
| SCOTT, Jason David | Director | 2002-08-01 | Feb 1970 | British |
Show 6 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| DOWN, Oliver Charles | Director | — | 2015-12-31 |
| HAINES, Alan Ronald | Director | 2019-05-01 | 2021-01-04 |
| HAYDEN, Gary | Director | 2000-02-01 | 2021-01-04 |
| NUTT, Ian Harold | Director | 2000-04-17 | 2021-01-04 |
| OSBORNE, Keith John | Director | 2000-02-01 | 2021-01-04 |
| SCOTT, James Bruce | Director | — | 2025-12-03 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lister Wilder Group Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 134 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-01-19 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2025-12-04 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-06-27 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-05-27 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-07-30 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2024-07-30 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2024-05-14 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-05-13 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2024-05-09 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2023-05-15 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-05-11 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2022-05-13 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2022-05-05 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-01-20 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2022-01-20 | PSC05 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2022-01-20 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2022-01-20 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2022-01-20 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2022-01-20 | CH03 | officers | Change person secretary company with change date | |
| 2022-01-20 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 4
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 0
- Officers resigned
- 1
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 2024-12-31 vs 2023-12-31
-
Turnover
-7.3%
£88,970,162 £82,519,122
-
Cash
-59.7%
£4,112,197 £1,658,947
-
Net assets
+6.6%
£8,884,104 £9,469,473
-
Employees
+9.8%
184 202
-
Operating profit
-30.6%
£1,944,349 £1,350,294
-
Profit before tax
-43.9%
£1,455,906 £817,066
-
Wages
+6.5%
£7,969,868 £8,485,899
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