WILLIAMS SOUTHERN LIMITED

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Next accounts due

2027-04-30 (in 11mo)

Last filed for 2025-07-31

Confirmation statement due

2026-07-14 (in 2mo)

Last made up 2025-06-30

Watchouts

None on the register

Cash

£2M

-6.2% vs 2024

Net assets

£6M

-8.9% vs 2024

Employees

105

-1.9% lowest in 6 filed years

Profit before tax

£624K

+66% vs 2024

Name history

Renamed 2 times since incorporation

WILLIAMS SOUTHERN LIMITED 2010-12-03 → present
WILLIAMS (SOUTHERN) LIMITED 1988-06-29 → 2010-12-03
HALFPLUS LIMITED 1988-05-26 → 1988-06-29

Net assets

6-year trend · vs Industrials median

WILLIAMS SOUTHERN LIMITED·Industrials median · n=2875

Accounts

6-year trend · latest reflected 2025-07-31

Metric	2020-07-31	2021-07-31	2022-07-31	2023-07-31	2024-07-31	2025-07-31
Turnover	£33,048,568	£43,846,842	£43,704,178	£51,169,100	£33,363,521	£38,529,393
Operating profit	£414,251	£746,177	£374,976	£794,938	£122,677	£462,964
Profit before tax	£424,535	£748,203	£383,028	£948,851	£376,024	£624,275
Net profit	—	—	—	—	—	—
Cash	£3,153,459	£2,335,957	£2,087,751	£2,639,180	£2,467,799	£2,315,880
Total assets less current liabilities	£5,133,529	£5,751,345	£5,624,324	£6,383,466	£6,056,676	£5,567,981
Net assets	£5,122,470	£5,740,286	£5,610,420	£6,367,949	£6,046,845	£5,507,465
Equity	£5,122,470	£5,740,286	£5,610,420	£6,367,949	£6,046,845	£5,507,465
Average employees	129	125	121	114	107	105
Wages	£5,778,532	£5,963,383	£6,101,897	£6,409,656	£6,206,935	£6,337,277

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	2020-07-31	2021-07-31	2022-07-31	2023-07-31	2024-07-31	2025-07-31
Operating margin	1.3%	1.7%	0.9%	1.6%	0.4%	1.2%
Return on capital employed	8.1%	13.0%	6.7%	12.5%	2.0%	8.3%
Interest cover	1677.13x	—	—	185.78x	—	—

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.

People

3 active · 5 resigned

Name	Role	Appointed	Born	Nationality
WILLIAMS, Richard Rodney	Secretary	2015-05-14	—	—
WHITTAKER, John David	Director	2002-11-18	Sep 1965	British
WILLIAMS, Richard Rodney	Director	2002-11-18	Feb 1976	British

Show 5 resigned officers

Name	Role	Appointed	Resigned
OGDEN, Richard	Secretary	—	1996-05-28
WILLIAMS, Linda Vera	Secretary	1996-05-28	2015-05-14
OGDEN, Richard	Director	—	1996-12-20
WILLIAMS, Linda Vera	Director	—	2015-05-14
WILLIAMS, Rodney Joseph	Director	—	2013-05-23

Ownership

Persons with significant control

Name	Kind	Nature of control	Notified	Status
Williamsbuild Management Limited	Corporate entity	Shares 75–100%	2020-04-20	Active
Mr David Joseph Williams	Individual	Shares 25–50%	2016-04-06	Ceased 2020-04-23
Mr Richard Rodney Williams	Individual	Shares 25–50%	2016-04-06	Ceased 2020-04-23
Mr John David Whittaker	Individual	Shares 25–50%	2016-04-06	Ceased 2020-04-20

Filing timeline

Last 20 of 142 total filings

Date	Type	Category	Description
2026-04-23	AA	accounts	Accounts with accounts type full	PDF
2025-07-10	CS01	confirmation-statement	Confirmation statement with no updates	PDF
2025-04-24	AA	accounts	Accounts with accounts type full	PDF
2024-07-09	CS01	confirmation-statement	Confirmation statement with no updates	PDF
2024-04-24	AA	accounts	Accounts with accounts type full	PDF
2023-07-04	CS01	confirmation-statement	Confirmation statement with no updates	PDF
2023-04-27	AA	accounts	Accounts with accounts type full	PDF
2022-07-13	CS01	confirmation-statement	Confirmation statement with no updates	PDF
2022-04-29	AA	accounts	Accounts with accounts type full	PDF
2021-07-01	CS01	confirmation-statement	Confirmation statement with no updates	PDF
2021-04-29	AA	accounts	Accounts with accounts type full	PDF
2020-07-22	AA	accounts	Accounts with accounts type full	PDF
2020-07-06	CS01	confirmation-statement	Confirmation statement with no updates	PDF
2020-04-23	PSC02	persons-with-significant-control	Notification of a person with significant control	PDF
2020-04-23	PSC07	persons-with-significant-control	Cessation of a person with significant control	PDF
2020-04-23	PSC07	persons-with-significant-control	Cessation of a person with significant control	PDF
2020-04-23	PSC07	persons-with-significant-control	Cessation of a person with significant control	PDF
2020-04-23	PSC09	persons-with-significant-control	Withdrawal of a person with significant control statement	PDF
2019-07-02	CS01	confirmation-statement	Confirmation statement with no updates	PDF
2019-04-25	AA	accounts	Accounts with accounts type full

Public-record activity

Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months

Filings: 2
Capital events: 0
Officers appointed: 0
Officers resigned: 0

Direct counts from the register. No score, no rating — see the Filing timeline for the underlying events.

Year-on-year

FY2024 → FY2025 · period ending 2025-07-31 vs 2024-07-31

Turnover

+15.5%

£33,363,521 £38,529,393
Cash

-6.2%

£2,467,799 £2,315,880
Net assets

-8.9%

£6,046,845 £5,507,465
Employees

-1.9%

107 105

lowest in 6 filed years
Operating profit

+277.4%

£122,677 £462,964
Profit before tax

+66%

£376,024 £624,275
Wages

+2.1%

£6,206,935 £6,337,277

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

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