WALTER C PARSON LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-12-31 (in 7mo)
Last filed for 2025-04-05
Confirmation statement due
2026-11-03 (in 6mo)
Last made up 2025-10-20
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£150K
-35.9% vs 2024
Net assets
£5M
+3.2% highest in 4 filed years
Employees
83
+2.5% highest in 3 filed years
Profit before tax
£205K
+41.6% vs 2024
Name history
Renamed 1 time since incorporation
- WALTER C PARSON LIMITED 2000-01-14 → present
- WALTER C PARSON (PLYMPTON) LIMITED 1987-04-02 → 2000-01-14
Net assets
4-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
4-year trend · latest reflected 2025-04-05
| Metric | Trend | 2020-03-31 | 2021-03-31 | 2024-03-31 | 2025-04-05 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £4,565,978 | £4,266,418 | £4,455,707 | £5,072,462 | |
| Operating profit | £327,643 | £533,334 | £206,244 | £282,469 | |
| Profit before tax | £293,696 | £502,688 | £145,097 | £205,404 | |
| Net profit | £222,200 | £391,537 | £102,456 | £208,657 | |
| Cash | £140,101 | £285,812 | £233,235 | £149,587 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £5,177,483 | £5,636,140 | £5,587,489 | £5,700,336 | |
| Net assets | £4,127,290 | £4,512,506 | £4,541,193 | £4,686,306 | |
| Equity | £4,127,290 | £4,512,506 | £4,541,193 | £4,686,306 | |
| Average employees | — | 71 | 81 | 83 | |
| Wages | £1,348,201 | £1,280,900 | £1,483,613 | £1,624,075 |
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 | 2020-03-31 | 2021-03-31 | 2024-03-31 | 2025-04-05 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 7.2% | 12.5% | 4.6% | 5.6% | |
| Net margin | 4.9% | 9.2% | 2.3% | 4.1% | |
| Return on capital employed | 6.3% | 9.5% | 3.7% | 5.0% | |
| Current ratio | — | — | 0.51x | 0.49x | |
| Interest cover | 9.59x | 17.40x | 3.30x | 3.54x |
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
- Bishop Fleming Audit Limited
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“After reviewing the Company's forecasts and projections, which cover at least a 12-month period from the date of signing the financial statements, the directors have a reasonable expectation that the Company has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future”
Group structure
- WALTER C PARSON LIMITED · parent
- RICHARD WALTER PARSON LIMITED 100%
- WALTER CYRIL PARSON LTD 100%
- PENGELLY FUNERAL SERVICE LTD 100%
- PARSON FUNERAL SERVICES LTD 100%
- PARSON FUNERAL DIRECTORS LTD 100%
- JOHN WALTER PARSON LTD 100%
- OSCAR WALTER PARSON LTD 100%
- PIDGEN & SON FUNERAL SERVICE LTD 100%
Significant events
- “There have been no significant events affecting the Company since the period end.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
4 active · 6 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| MAY, Graham Philip | Director | — | Nov 1947 | British |
| PARSLOW, David John | Director | — | Jan 1958 | British |
| WARE, John Stephen | Director | 2016-04-22 | Apr 1991 | British |
| WARE, Stephen John | Director | — | Jan 1959 | British |
Show 6 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| MAY, Graham Philip | Secretary | 2000-06-01 | 2008-07-16 |
| MAY, Sylvia Patricia | Secretary | — | 2000-06-01 |
| DYKES, Geoffrey Donald | Director | 1993-02-01 | 1993-07-22 |
| MAY, Sylvia Patricia | Director | — | 2008-01-16 |
| PARSON, Richard Walter | Director | — | 2009-10-21 |
| PARSON, Walter Cyril | Director | — | 1999-12-08 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mr John Stephen Ware | Individual | Shares 25–50%, Voting 25–50% | 2022-11-19 | Active |
| Mr Graham Philip May | Individual | Shares 25–50%, Voting 25–50% | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2022-11-19 |
| Stephen John Ware | Individual | Shares 25–50%, Voting 25–50% | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 159 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2023-02-14 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-02-05 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-10-20 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2025-03-17 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-03-17 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-03-17 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-03-17 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-03-17 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2025-03-17 | PSC04 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2025-03-17 | PSC04 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2024-10-23 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-07-05 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-10-30 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2023-07-28 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-03-20 | PSC01 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2023-03-20 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2023-02-14 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2023-02-14 | SH08 | capital | Capital name of class of shares | |
| 2022-11-09 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-10-21 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2021-10-20 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates |
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
FY2024 → FY2025 · period ending 2025-04-05 vs 2024-03-31
-
Turnover
+13.8%
£4,455,707 £5,072,462
highest in 4 filed years
-
Cash
-35.9%
£233,235 £149,587
-
Net assets
+3.2%
£4,541,193 £4,686,306
highest in 4 filed years
-
Employees
+2.5%
81 83
highest in 3 filed years
-
Operating profit
+37%
£206,244 £282,469
-
Profit before tax
+41.6%
£145,097 £205,404
-
Wages
+9.5%
£1,483,613 £1,624,075
highest in 4 filed years
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