WATERMAN STRUCTURES LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-06-06 (in 1mo)
Last made up 2025-05-23
Watchouts
Cash
—
Latest balance sheet
Net assets
£2M
+5.8% vs 2023
Employees
122
-12.2% vs 2023
Profit before tax
£235K
-88% vs 2023
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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3 officer resignations in last 12 months
Multiple officers have left the board recently — see the People section for who.
Name history
Renamed 2 times since incorporation
- WATERMAN STRUCTURES LIMITED 2005-07-05 → present
- WATERMAN PARTNERSHIP LIMITED 2005-07-01 → 2005-07-05
- SPARKEASY LIMITED 1987-11-16 → 1988-01-01
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Industrials median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2024-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £18,390,000 | £17,654,000 | |
| Operating profit | £1,970,000 | £242,000 | |
| Profit before tax | £1,966,000 | £235,000 | |
| Net profit | £1,503,000 | £126,000 | |
| Cash | — | — | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £4,413,000 | £4,587,000 | |
| Net assets | £2,188,000 | £2,314,000 | |
| Equity | £2,188,000 | £2,314,000 | |
| Average employees | 139 | 122 | |
| Wages | £7,849,000 | £7,810,000 |
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 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 10.7% | 1.4% | |
| Net margin | 8.2% | 0.7% | |
| Return on capital employed | 44.6% | 5.3% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 81.8% | 79.6% | |
| Current ratio | 1.55x | 1.65x | |
| Interest cover | 492.50x | 34.57x |
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 101
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The Company meets its day-to-day working capital requirements through its cash reserves and borrowings. The current economic conditions continue to create uncertainty particularly over the level of future demand for the Company's services. The Company has an appropriate response plan in place for the economic challenges and has taken proactive measures to seek to mitigate the associated risks. The Company continues to trade profitably and generate positive cash flows. The Company's forecasts and projections, taking account of reasonably possible changes in trading performance, show that the Company should be able to operate for at least 12 months from approval of these financial statements. After making enquiries, the Directors have a reasonable expectation that the Company has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future. The directors have also received confirmation that Waterman Group plc currently intends to support the Company for at least one year after these financial statements are signed. The Company therefore continues to adopt the going concern basis in preparing its financial statements.”
Group structure
- WATERMAN STRUCTURES LIMITED · parent
- Waterman Consulting Engineers India Private Limited 1%
Significant events
- “The outlook for 2025 and beyond remains uncertain. Inflation has declined but continues to wobble while recent trade tariff uncertainties have shaken business confidence. Costs remain high and in the UK there is increasing pressure with rises in National Insurance Contributions now in effect.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
3 active · 37 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| HUMPHREY, Neil Robert John | Director | 2023-04-01 | May 1971 | British |
| STEELE, Alex Ann | Director | 2010-12-15 | Apr 1968 | British |
| WHITEHEAD, Richard | Director | 2020-08-12 | Jul 1972 | British |
Show 37 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| HISCOCKS, Graham Robert | Secretary | 1993-06-29 | 2016-12-19 |
| JOHNSTONE, John Samuel | Secretary | — | 1993-06-29 |
| AUSTIN, James Arthur | Director | — | 2012-10-08 |
| BERESFORD, Craig William Keith | Director | 1994-07-01 | 2023-03-31 |
| BLAND, Richard | Director | 2005-07-01 | 2014-12-31 |
| BRODERICK, Michael Martin | Director | 2015-01-01 | 2026-01-01 |
| BURTON, Alexander Charles | Director | — | 2008-06-30 |
| CAMPBELL, Robert Hugh | Director | — | 2001-06-30 |
| CHITTLEBOROUGH, David | Director | 1994-07-01 | 2012-12-31 |
| CLAMPITT, Frederick Arthur | Director | — | 1995-03-01 |
| DICKS, Christopher Albert Edward | Director | — | 2000-02-02 |
| DOBBINS, Barry | Director | 2012-07-01 | 2022-08-26 |
| DOCHERTY, Hugh | Director | — | 2007-06-07 |
| FROST, David Kevin | Director | 1994-07-01 | 1997-05-31 |
| FULLER, Stephen John | Director | 1994-07-01 | 2017-10-16 |
| FUNG, David King-Wo | Director | — | 2018-12-31 |
| GIBSON, Colin David | Director | 2003-07-01 | 2007-06-07 |
| GORDON, Alan | Director | — | 2001-06-30 |
| GORE, Barry John | Director | 1991-12-19 | 2001-06-30 |
| HANDY, Simon | Director | 1994-07-01 | 2004-04-05 |
| HARDEN, Simon Donald | Director | — | 2004-06-30 |
| HARRISON, Andrew John | Director | 2020-08-12 | 2026-01-01 |
| HISCOCKS, Graham Robert | Director | 1993-06-29 | 2010-12-15 |
| JOHNSTONE, John Samuel | Director | — | 1993-06-29 |
| MATHYS, James Henry | Director | — | 2004-02-29 |
| PAPWORTH, Richard Arthur | Director | 2016-01-01 | 2020-11-20 |
| PEET, Colin Eric | Director | — | 2004-06-30 |
| ROBERTS, James Denon | Director | 2002-07-01 | 2007-06-07 |
| SCOTT, Charles James | Director | 2010-07-01 | 2026-01-01 |
| SHUTT, Geoffrey William | Director | 1998-07-11 | 2007-06-07 |
| SMITH, Christopher John | Director | 1994-07-01 | 2010-05-31 |
| TAYLOR, Nicholas John | Director | 1994-07-01 | 2025-04-01 |
| TELLING, Karen | Director | 2012-07-01 | 2020-12-17 |
| THOMSON, Andrew Gordon | Director | — | 1997-11-20 |
| TOWERS, John | Director | 1998-07-01 | 2018-12-31 |
| WAITING, John Francis Graham | Director | 1994-07-01 | 2003-02-19 |
| WHITE, Bryan John | Director | — | 1991-12-31 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Waterman Group Plc | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100% | 2017-07-03 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 172 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-01-02 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2026-01-02 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2026-01-02 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-07-09 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-06-16 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-04-01 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-10-05 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-06-10 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-10-09 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-05-24 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-04-03 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-03-31 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2022-09-28 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-08-31 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2022-06-21 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-11-26 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-06-30 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2020-12-29 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2020-12-17 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2020-12-17 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 5
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 0
- Officers resigned
- 3
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
-4%
£18,390,000 £17,654,000
-
Cash
—
Not reported
-
Net assets
+5.8%
£2,188,000 £2,314,000
-
Employees
-12.2%
139 122
-
Operating profit
-87.7%
£1,970,000 £242,000
-
Profit before tax
-88%
£1,966,000 £235,000
-
Wages
-0.5%
£7,849,000 £7,810,000
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