WATKIN JONES & SON LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-06-30 (in 1mo)
Last filed for 2024-09-30
Confirmation statement due
2026-09-07 (in 4mo)
Last made up 2025-08-24
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£92M
+101.9% vs 2023
Net assets
£232M
+11.7% vs 2023
Employees
307
-9.7% vs 2023
Profit before tax
£21M
+223.7% vs 2023
Name history
Renamed 1 time since incorporation
- WATKIN JONES & SON LIMITED 1990-10-31 → present
- WATKIN JONES (HOLDINGS) LIMITED 1990-09-17 → 1990-10-31
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Industrials median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2024-09-30
| Metric | Trend | 2023-09-30 | 2024-09-30 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £309,935,000 | £296,682,000 | |
| Operating profit | -£15,106,000 | £5,200,000 | |
| Profit before tax | -£17,051,000 | £21,093,000 | |
| Net profit | -£7,164,000 | £23,544,000 | |
| Cash | £45,349,000 | £91,561,000 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £207,246,000 | £231,558,000 | |
| Net assets | £207,246,000 | £231,558,000 | |
| Equity | £207,246,000 | £231,558,000 | |
| Average employees | 340 | 307 | |
| Wages | £25,276,000 | £24,072,000 |
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 | 2023-09-30 | 2024-09-30 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | -4.9% | 1.8% | |
| Net margin | -2.3% | 7.9% | |
| Return on capital employed | -7.3% | 2.2% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 50.5% | 46.0% | |
| Current ratio | 1.68x | 1.68x | |
| Interest cover | -5.25x | 1.55x |
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
- Deloitte 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 to trade for the period to 31 July 2026 (the 'forecast period'). For this reason, they continue to adopt the going concern basis in preparing the financial statements.”
Group structure
- WATKIN JONES & SON LIMITED · parent
- Anderson Wharf (Student) Limited 100%
- Battersea Park Road London Limited 100%
- Bailey Lane Student Limited 100%
- Fresh Property Group Ltd 100%
- DR (Student) Limited 100%
- Watkin Jones AM Limited 100%
- Dunaskin Student Limited 100%
Significant events
- “During the year ended 30 September 2024, the Company sold its former subsidiary Grove Crescent Stratford Limited to a related party, the joint venture entity Watkin Jones (Grove Crescent) Holdings Limited.”
- “Following the balance sheet date the Company has amended and extended its bank facilities with HSBC.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
4 active · 29 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BUNYAN, Michael Joseph | Director | 2025-02-03 | Dec 1983 | British |
| JONES, Simon David Ainslie | Director | 2024-06-10 | Jan 1970 | British |
| PEASE, Alex | Director | 2013-03-31 | Sep 1979 | British |
| PRITCHARD, Gwyn Emlyn | Director | 2021-04-01 | Feb 1980 | Welsh |
Show 29 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| BYROM, Philip Martin | Secretary | 2005-12-31 | 2021-06-23 |
| DEXTER, Graeme Peter Andrew | Secretary | 2002-07-17 | 2005-12-31 |
| DEXTER, Graeme Peter Andrew | Secretary | — | 2000-07-11 |
| JONES, Judith Anne | Secretary | 2000-07-11 | 2002-07-17 |
| MCGHIN, Adam | Secretary | 2024-10-22 | 2026-02-10 |
| WATSON, Kerry Anne | Secretary | 2021-06-23 | 2024-08-30 |
| ATKINSON, Terence Allen | Director | 2002-01-01 | 2003-10-20 |
| BINGHAM, Nigel Leigh, Design & Build Director | Director | 1998-10-01 | 2015-09-30 |
| BYROM, Philip Martin | Director | 2002-12-11 | 2022-02-01 |
| DAVIES, Graham | Director | 2010-09-01 | 2021-11-30 |
| DAVIES, James Miles | Director | 2005-10-01 | 2021-02-28 |
| DEXTER, Graeme Peter Andrew | Director | 2000-07-11 | 2002-11-01 |
| EVANS, Berwyn | Director | 2003-10-01 | 2020-03-27 |
| HAIGH, David William | Director | 1998-10-01 | 2003-09-30 |
| HARRIS, Richard John | Director | 2021-02-28 | 2025-02-03 |
| JONES, Joan Megan | Director | — | 1997-10-06 |
| JONES, Watkin | Director | — | 1997-10-06 |
| MCDONOUGH, Andrew Francis | Director | 2014-09-01 | 2019-11-01 |
| MCGHIN, Adam | Director | 2024-10-22 | 2026-02-06 |
| MENDOZA, Jonathan | Director | — | 2008-08-26 |
| MORGAN, Geraint | Director | — | 2024-04-30 |
| QUINN, Trevor Charles | Director | — | 1993-06-30 |
| SCOTT, Simon John | Director | 2010-09-01 | 2013-03-31 |
| SERGEANT, Sarah Jane | Director | 2021-11-12 | 2024-06-18 |
| SIMPSON, Richard Charles | Director | 2019-01-02 | 2023-07-18 |
| SUNDERLAND, Alvin Gerald | Director | 1993-06-01 | 2003-05-31 |
| WATKIN JONES, Glyn | Director | — | 2016-02-12 |
| WATKIN JONES, Jennifer Anne | Director | 1997-10-06 | 2001-12-31 |
| WATKIN JONES, Mark | Director | 1994-06-15 | 2019-01-02 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Watkin Jones Holdings Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100% | 2016-08-31 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 377 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-02-17 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2026-02-16 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2025-10-24 | AAMD | accounts | Accounts amended with accounts type full | |
| 2025-09-04 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-08-05 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-02-03 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-02-03 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-10-22 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-10-22 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2024-10-01 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-08-30 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2024-08-09 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-08-09 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2024-06-19 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-06-10 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-06-10 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-08-30 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-07-26 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-07-24 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-09-06 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 5
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 0
- Officers resigned
- 2
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 2024-09-30 vs 2023-09-30
-
Turnover
-4.3%
£309,935,000 £296,682,000
-
Cash
+101.9%
£45,349,000 £91,561,000
-
Net assets
+11.7%
£207,246,000 £231,558,000
-
Employees
-9.7%
340 307
-
Operating profit
+134.4%
-£15,106,000 £5,200,000
-
Profit before tax
+223.7%
-£17,051,000 £21,093,000
-
Wages
-4.8%
£25,276,000 £24,072,000
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