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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

1 item

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

Name history

Renamed 2 times since incorporation

  1. WATERMAN STRUCTURES LIMITED 2005-07-05 → present
  2. WATERMAN PARTNERSHIP LIMITED 2005-07-01 → 2005-07-05
  3. SPARKEASY LIMITED 1987-11-16 → 1988-01-01

Accounts

2-year trend · latest reflected 2024-12-31

Metric Trend 2023-12-312024-12-31
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 139122
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 2023-12-312024-12-31
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 1.55x1.65x
Interest cover 492.50x34.57x

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

  1. WATERMAN STRUCTURES LIMITED · parent
    1. Waterman Consulting Engineers India Private Limited 1% · India · structural engineering consultancy services

Significant events

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 PDF
2026-01-02 TM01 officers Termination director company with name termination date PDF
2026-01-02 TM01 officers Termination director company with name termination date PDF
2025-07-09 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type full
2025-06-16 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with no updates PDF
2025-04-01 TM01 officers Termination director company with name termination date PDF
2024-10-05 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type full
2024-06-10 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with no updates PDF
2023-10-09 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type full
2023-05-24 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with no updates PDF
2023-04-03 AP01 officers Appoint person director company with name date PDF
2023-03-31 TM01 officers Termination director company with name termination date PDF
2022-09-28 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type full
2022-08-31 TM01 officers Termination director company with name termination date PDF
2022-06-21 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with no updates PDF
2021-11-26 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type full
2021-06-30 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with no updates PDF
2020-12-29 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type full
2020-12-17 TM01 officers Termination director company with name termination date PDF
2020-12-17 TM01 officers Termination director company with name termination date PDF

Public-record activity

Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months

Filings
5

last 12 months

Capital events
0

last 24 months

Officers appointed
0

last 12 months

Officers resigned
3

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

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

Official Companies House page