WESTLAKES RESEARCH LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2027-04-30 (in 11mo)
Last filed for 2025-07-31
Confirmation statement due
2027-04-03 (in 11mo)
Last made up 2026-03-20
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£2M
+2.6% vs 2024
Net assets
£4M
-2.8% vs 2024
Employees
0
Average over period
Profit before tax
-£103K
-470.2% vs 2024
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2025-07-31
| Metric | Trend | 2024-07-31 | 2025-07-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | — | — | |
| Operating profit | — | — | |
| Profit before tax | £27,924 | -£103,374 | |
| Net profit | £27,924 | -£103,374 | |
| Cash | £1,604,735 | £1,647,238 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £3,698,183 | £3,594,809 | |
| Net assets | £3,698,183 | £3,594,809 | |
| Equity | £3,698,183 | £3,594,809 | |
| Average employees | 0 | 0 | |
| Wages | — | — |
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 | 2024-07-31 | 2025-07-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 0.0% | 0.0% | |
| Current ratio | 22.17x | 10.81x |
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
- KPMG LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“These accounts have been prepared on a 'going concern' basis. The Trustees are satisfied that it is appropriate for the Company to prepare accounts on a 'going concern' basis, as the company's existing underlying financial strength is sufficient to allow it to meet unforeseen circumstances for some period of time. In addition, its primary income”
Significant events
- “In 2024/25 expenditure exceeded income before loss on revaluation of investment property by £63,374 (2023/24 by £12,924 surplus). In 24/25 expenditure on research costs has increased due to recruitment of 3 additional research assistant.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
6 active · 43 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| WINTERS, Fiona | Secretary | 2025-05-01 | — | — |
| CREAN, Vincent Stjohn, Professor | Director | 2018-09-20 | Jan 1959 | British |
| FYFE, John, Professor | Director | 2007-01-01 | Sep 1942 | British |
| HEASLIP, Michael Joseph | Director | 2014-04-29 | May 1952 | British,Irish |
| HOLDEN, Alexis Jane, Dr | Director | 2021-11-01 | Aug 1968 | British |
| SLAVIN, William | Director | 2015-04-17 | Jul 1939 | British |
Show 43 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| COULTHARD, George | Secretary | 1998-11-27 | 2006-12-07 |
| FISHER, Ian | Secretary | 2021-06-01 | 2025-04-30 |
| JONES, Richard Martin Vaughan | Secretary | 2006-12-07 | 2021-06-01 |
| MCHARRY, James | Secretary | 1992-03-20 | 1993-08-31 |
| REID, Colin Stuart | Secretary | 1993-08-31 | 1998-11-27 |
| ABERCROMBIE, Nicholas, Professor | Director | 2003-12-11 | 2004-07-01 |
| ATKINS, Madeleine Julia, Professor | Director | 2001-08-01 | 2003-06-13 |
| AUCKLAND, David William, Professor | Director | 1997-01-27 | 1997-11-27 |
| BALDWIN, Graham, Professor | Director | 2008-09-23 | 2014-07-31 |
| BUTLER, Gregg Glen, Prof | Director | 1994-12-07 | 2000-10-13 |
| CALDWELL, John, Professor | Director | 2003-12-11 | 2005-08-18 |
| CRAMPTON, Julian Moray, Professor | Director | 2000-03-01 | 2003-09-11 |
| DIXON, Kenneth | Director | 1997-01-22 | 2005-08-18 |
| DUBROW MARSHALL, Roderick Paul | Director | 2011-06-20 | 2014-02-28 |
| DUCKWORTH, Elizabeth Lynne | Director | 2010-03-31 | 2013-12-31 |
| ELLWOOD, Derek Clifford, Prof | Director | 1994-12-07 | 1996-05-22 |
| FARLEY, Michael | Director | 2009-09-25 | 2016-07-01 |
| FYFE, John, Professor | Director | 1995-01-26 | 2005-08-18 |
| GIBSON, James Joseph | Director | 2007-12-13 | 2009-06-26 |
| GRANT, Michael Ernest, Professor | Director | 2002-09-12 | 2005-08-18 |
| HAMNETT, Andrew, Dr | Director | 1997-01-08 | 2003-06-12 |
| HARRIS, William Trevor | Director | 1992-03-20 | 1996-05-22 |
| HYETT, Peter Andrew | Director | 2017-04-12 | 2021-05-24 |
| HYETT, Peter Andrew | Director | 2005-08-18 | 2012-01-31 |
| JENNINGS, John | Director | 2002-12-05 | 2005-05-03 |
| KNOWLES, Timothy John | Director | 1992-03-20 | 1996-05-22 |
| LAVIN, Deborah Margaret | Director | 1995-01-26 | 2001-09-20 |
| LIVESEY, Lynne Margaret | Director | 2015-10-16 | 2021-10-29 |
| LONSDALE, John William Edward | Director | 2014-04-29 | 2018-09-20 |
| LOWTHER, William | Director | 1997-04-28 | 2005-08-18 |
| MARTIN, Eileen Mary | Director | 2005-08-18 | 2009-09-25 |
| MCGHEE, Patrick Ciaran, Prof. | Director | 2005-08-18 | 2009-12-31 |
| MCSWEENEY, John Damian | Director | 2009-06-26 | 2014-04-29 |
| MINTO, William, Councillor | Director | 1999-07-20 | 2003-06-05 |
| NELLIST, John | Director | 2001-08-01 | 2005-08-18 |
| PURDHAM, Sarah Elizabeth | Director | 2014-04-29 | 2015-05-25 |
| SMITH, Grahame Reginald | Director | 2001-12-06 | 2012-12-01 |
| STAINTON, Tracy Dawn | Director | 2012-12-01 | 2014-04-29 |
| TIPLADY, Peter, Doctor | Director | 2003-12-11 | 2005-08-18 |
| WALKER, Robert Douglas, Dr | Director | 2003-12-11 | 2007-10-31 |
| WALSH, Robert William, Professor | Director | 2014-05-29 | 2015-10-16 |
| WILLIAMS, Thomas Alan | Director | 1996-12-18 | 2005-08-18 |
| WILLIAMS, Thomas Alan | Director | 1992-03-20 | 1992-10-23 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| University Of Central Lancashire | Corporate entity | Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2023-03-22 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 183 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2025-07-28 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
- 2025-06-13 MA Memorandum articles
- 2023-05-13 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
- 2023-05-01 MA Memorandum articles
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-03-20 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2026-03-20 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2026-03-02 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-07-28 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2025-06-13 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles | |
| 2025-05-02 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2025-04-30 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2025-04-24 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-01-09 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-03-20 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-01-19 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-05-13 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2023-05-01 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles | |
| 2023-03-27 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-03-22 | PSC08 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control statement | |
| 2023-03-22 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2023-03-07 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-03-22 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-02-21 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-12-16 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 6
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 1
- 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 2025-07-31 vs 2024-07-31
-
Turnover
—
Not reported
-
Cash
+2.6%
£1,604,735 £1,647,238
-
Net assets
-2.8%
£3,698,183 £3,594,809
-
Employees
—
Not reported
-
Profit before tax
-470.2%
£27,924 -£103,374
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