WEST DESIGN PRODUCTS LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-10-31 (in 5mo)
Last filed for 2025-01-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-06-30 (in 1mo)
Last made up 2025-06-16
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£89K
-73.5% vs 2024
Net assets
£7M
-1.1% vs 2024
Employees
98
-10.9% vs 2024
Profit before tax
-£34K
+93.8% vs 2024
Name history
Renamed 1 time since incorporation
- WEST DESIGN PRODUCTS LIMITED 1992-09-01 → present
- BLAZEHURST SERVICES LIMITED 1992-06-16 → 1992-09-01
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2025-01-31
| Metric | Trend | 2024-01-31 | 2025-01-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £13,444,950 | £13,474,998 | |
| Operating profit | -£509,893 | £32,724 | |
| Profit before tax | -£549,065 | -£34,047 | |
| Net profit | -£526,105 | -£68,334 | |
| Cash | £337,126 | £89,403 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £7,563,087 | £7,476,729 | |
| Net assets | £7,563,087 | £7,476,729 | |
| Equity | £7,563,087 | £7,476,729 | |
| Average employees | 110 | 98 | |
| Wages | £2,701,377 | £2,712,123 |
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 | 2024-01-31 | 2025-01-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | -3.8% | 0.2% | |
| Net margin | -3.9% | -0.5% | |
| Return on capital employed | -6.7% | 0.4% | |
| Current ratio | 3.42x | 3.14x | |
| Interest cover | -13.02x | 0.49x |
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
- Barnes Roffe Audit Limited
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The trading loss in the current year is predominantly attributable to low Revenue level. West Design Products has significant cash reserves accessible through its invoice financing facility, and a continued focus on efficiency gains in the manufacturing process and reductions in administrative expenses will enable the business to meet these challenges. On the basis of the above the directors believe it appropriate for the accounts to be prepared on the going concern basis.”
Significant events
- “There have been no significant events affecting the company since the year end.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
3 active · 9 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BRAY, Michael David | Secretary | 1997-06-30 | — | British |
| BRAY, Owen John | Director | 2011-02-21 | Jul 1982 | English |
| PILLAI, Joanna Claire | Director | 2011-02-21 | Jul 1982 | British |
Show 9 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| BENNELL, Stafford John | Secretary | 1992-07-21 | 1997-06-30 |
| SAME-DAY COMPANY SERVICES LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Secretary | 1992-06-16 | 1992-07-21 |
| BENNELL, Stafford John | Director | 1992-07-21 | 1997-06-30 |
| BRAY, Marion | Director | 1997-05-12 | 2020-07-15 |
| BRAY, Michael David | Director | 1997-05-12 | 2025-04-30 |
| DAVIES, John Glen | Director | 1997-05-12 | 2012-04-27 |
| TAYLOR, Ronald Alexander | Director | 1992-07-21 | 2006-06-30 |
| WILLS, Robert | Director | 1992-07-21 | 2005-08-26 |
| WILDMAN & BATTELL LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Director | 1992-06-16 | 1992-07-21 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Smeeth Holdings | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100% | 2020-01-31 | Active |
| Mr Michael David Bray | Individual | Significant influence, significant-influence-or-control-as-firm | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2020-01-31 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 125 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-07-24 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-06-30 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-05-02 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-12-16 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2024-06-29 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-06-21 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-07-14 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-06-30 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-07-21 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-06-23 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-06-30 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2021-06-25 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-04-27 | PSC02 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2021-04-27 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2020-12-16 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2020-09-10 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2020-06-25 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2019-10-31 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2019-07-18 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2018-10-15 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 3
- Capital events
- 0
- 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 2025-01-31 vs 2024-01-31
-
Turnover
+0.2%
£13,444,950 £13,474,998
-
Cash
-73.5%
£337,126 £89,403
-
Net assets
-1.1%
£7,563,087 £7,476,729
-
Employees
-10.9%
110 98
-
Operating profit
+106.4%
-£509,893 £32,724
-
Profit before tax
+93.8%
-£549,065 -£34,047
-
Wages
+0.4%
£2,701,377 £2,712,123
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