STORY HOMES LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-12-31 (in 7mo)
Last filed for 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-11-20 (in 6mo)
Last made up 2025-11-06
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£15M
+386.7% vs 2024
Net assets
£188M
+10% vs 2024
Employees
358
-2.7% vs 2024
Profit before tax
£24M
-3.3% vs 2024
Name history
Renamed 1 time since incorporation
- STORY HOMES LIMITED 2012-07-09 → present
- STORY CONSTRUCTION LIMITED 1988-07-08 → 2012-07-09
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Industrials median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2025-03-31
| Metric | Trend | 2024-03-31 | 2025-03-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £286,324,822 | £251,805,125 | |
| Operating profit | £26,869,478 | £24,398,923 | |
| Profit before tax | £24,327,892 | £23,520,583 | |
| Net profit | £18,307,999 | £17,990,714 | |
| Cash | £3,153,860 | £15,350,825 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £176,888,151 | £201,345,927 | |
| Net assets | £171,040,430 | £188,126,001 | |
| Equity | £171,040,430 | £188,126,001 | |
| Average employees | 368 | 358 | |
| Wages | £22,898,043 | £21,399,231 |
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 | 2024-03-31 | 2025-03-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 9.4% | 9.7% | |
| Net margin | 6.4% | 7.1% | |
| Return on capital employed | 15.2% | 12.1% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 28.4% | 34.2% | |
| Current ratio | 3.84x | 3.38x | |
| Interest cover | 10.57x | 17.63x |
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
- UNW LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“After making enquiries, the directors have a reasonable expectation that the company has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future. Accordingly, they continue to prepare the financial statements on a going concern basis.”
Group structure
- STORY HOMES LIMITED · parent
- Story Trustees Limited 100%
- Sadler Woods LLP 50%
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
3 active · 21 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| THOMPSON, Anthony William | Secretary | 2021-12-06 | — | — |
| STORY, Norman Frederick | Director | — | Oct 1956 | British |
| WOOD, Colin | Director | 2020-10-01 | Nov 1977 | British |
Show 21 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| DICKSON, Jennifer | Secretary | 2001-02-21 | 2004-07-07 |
| GASS, Roger Neil | Secretary | 2018-09-10 | 2021-12-05 |
| GASS, Roger Neil | Secretary | 2006-04-01 | 2014-05-19 |
| MARSHALL, Stuart Mcadam | Secretary | 2014-05-19 | 2018-09-10 |
| SEWELL, Ian James | Secretary | 2004-07-07 | 2006-04-01 |
| STOREY, Alan | Secretary | 1999-09-23 | 2001-02-21 |
| STORY, Vivien Judith | Secretary | — | 1999-09-23 |
| BENSON, Sharon Catherine Jean | Director | 2013-05-10 | 2014-07-31 |
| BROADBENT, David William | Director | 2009-08-27 | 2010-06-30 |
| CHOAT, Gerald | Director | 2012-06-21 | 2014-05-31 |
| COOK, Mark Anthony | Director | 2021-02-01 | 2022-10-14 |
| DIXON, Alan | Director | 2011-04-01 | 2011-08-12 |
| ERRINGTON, Steven | Director | 2012-08-06 | 2018-08-31 |
| LAMBERT, James Scott | Director | 2016-05-11 | 2018-03-13 |
| LITTLE, Barry Joseph | Director | 2006-04-01 | 2008-01-25 |
| POWNALL, Lindsey Jane | Director | 2018-03-13 | 2020-01-07 |
| SANDERSON, David | Director | 2011-04-01 | 2013-06-28 |
| SEWELL, Ian James | Director | 2006-04-01 | 2012-10-01 |
| STORY, John Frederick | Director | 2018-06-26 | 2020-10-12 |
| STORY, Vivien Judith | Director | — | 2015-08-05 |
| STYBELSKI, Peter Stefan | Director | 2012-10-01 | 2015-03-31 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mr John Frederick Story | Individual | Shares 25–50%, Voting 25–50% | 2025-11-24 | Active |
| Mrs Emma Margaret Porter | Individual | Shares 25–50%, Voting 25–50% | 2025-11-24 | Active |
| Mr Norman Frederick Story | Individual | Significant influence | 2016-12-03 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 359 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2025-12-17 MA Memorandum articles
- 2025-12-09 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
- 2024-12-28 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-03-06 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2026-03-06 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2025-12-17 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles | |
| 2025-12-16 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-12-12 | PSC01 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2025-12-10 | PSC01 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2025-12-10 | SH10 | capital | Capital variation of rights attached to shares | |
| 2025-12-10 | SH08 | capital | Capital name of class of shares | |
| 2025-12-09 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2025-12-05 | PSC04 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2025-12-05 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2025-11-07 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2025-07-10 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2025-04-21 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2025-04-11 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2025-01-20 | SH03 | capital | Capital return purchase own shares | |
| 2024-12-28 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2024-12-27 | SH06 | capital | Capital cancellation shares | |
| 2024-12-23 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-11-07 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 13
- Capital events
- 4
- 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 2025-03-31 vs 2024-03-31
-
Turnover
-12.1%
£286,324,822 £251,805,125
-
Cash
+386.7%
£3,153,860 £15,350,825
-
Net assets
+10%
£171,040,430 £188,126,001
-
Employees
-2.7%
368 358
-
Operating profit
-9.2%
£26,869,478 £24,398,923
-
Profit before tax
-3.3%
£24,327,892 £23,520,583
-
Wages
-6.5%
£22,898,043 £21,399,231
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