WILLIAM RUSSELL LIMITED
Get an alert when WILLIAM RUSSELL LIMITED files next
Leroy will email you the moment a new filing lands at Companies House — one short note per filing, nothing else.
Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2027-03-03 (in 10mo)
Last made up 2026-02-17
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£9M
+7.9% vs 2023
Net assets
£9M
+0.6% vs 2023
Employees
56
-3.4% vs 2023
Profit before tax
£451K
-36.9% vs 2023
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Financials median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2024-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £7,929,624 | £7,245,885 | |
| Operating profit | £620,257 | £231,226 | |
| Profit before tax | £714,949 | £451,213 | |
| Net profit | £548,675 | £203,917 | |
| Cash | £8,511,434 | £9,186,769 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £8,617,435 | £8,616,136 | |
| Net assets | £8,488,681 | £8,542,431 | |
| Equity | £8,488,681 | £8,542,431 | |
| Average employees | 58 | 56 | |
| Wages | £2,964,156 | £2,921,065 |
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 | 7.8% | 3.2% | |
| Net margin | 6.9% | 2.8% | |
| Return on capital employed | 7.2% | 2.7% | |
| Current ratio | 2.43x | 2.48x | |
| Interest cover | 308.13x | 13.91x |
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
- Consolidated group
- Auditor
- Menzies LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“In auditing the financial statements, we have concluded that the Directors' use of the going concern basis of accounting in the preparation of the financial statements is appropriate. Based on the work we have performed, we have not identified any material uncertainties relating to events or conditions that, individually or collectively, may cast significant doubt on the Group's or the parent Company's ability to continue as a going concern for a period of at least twelve months from when the financial statements are authorised for issue.”
Group structure
- WILLIAM RUSSELL LIMITED · parent
- William Russell Europe SRL 100%
Significant events
- “There have been no significant events affecting the Group since the year end.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
2 active · 6 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| COOPER, Inez Alison | Director | 1992-02-17 | Sep 1958 | British |
| COOPER, William James | Director | 2023-05-31 | Jul 1991 | British |
Show 6 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| COOPER, William Mckim | Secretary | 1992-02-17 | 2003-12-11 |
| OLDING, Keith | Secretary | 2003-12-11 | 2012-06-29 |
| MBC SECRETARIES LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Secretary | 1992-02-17 | 1992-02-17 |
| COOPER, James Waistel | Director | 1996-11-05 | 2023-05-31 |
| COOPER, William Mckim | Director | 1992-02-17 | 2016-12-31 |
| MBC NOMINEES LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Director | 1992-02-17 | 1992-02-17 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| William James Cooper | Individual | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2025-11-18 | Active |
| Mr James Waistel Cooper | Individual | Significant influence | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2023-05-31 |
| Inez Alison Cooper | Individual | Shares 50–75%, Voting 50–75%, Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 106 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2025-11-24 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
- 2025-11-24 MA Memorandum articles
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-02-23 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2025-11-24 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2025-11-24 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles | |
| 2025-11-20 | SH10 | capital | Capital variation of rights attached to shares | |
| 2025-11-20 | SH08 | capital | Capital name of class of shares | |
| 2025-11-20 | PSC01 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2025-11-20 | PSC04 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2025-10-04 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2025-02-28 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-10-12 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2024-02-19 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2024-01-13 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2023-06-14 | SH06 | capital | Capital cancellation shares | |
| 2023-06-14 | SH03 | capital | Capital return purchase own shares | |
| 2023-06-13 | PSC04 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2023-06-13 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2023-06-05 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-06-05 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-02-17 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-01-05 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 8
- Capital events
- 2
- 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
FY2023 → FY2024 · period ending 2024-12-31 vs 2023-12-31
-
Turnover
-8.6%
£7,929,624 £7,245,885
-
Cash
+7.9%
£8,511,434 £9,186,769
-
Net assets
+0.6%
£8,488,681 £8,542,431
-
Employees
-3.4%
58 56
-
Operating profit
-62.7%
£620,257 £231,226
-
Profit before tax
-36.9%
£714,949 £451,213
-
Wages
-1.5%
£2,964,156 £2,921,065
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