WILLIAM COOK CAST PRODUCTS LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2027-03-29 (in 10mo)
Last filed for 2025-06-28
Confirmation statement due
2026-07-14 (in 2mo)
Last made up 2025-06-30
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£65
0% vs 2024
Net assets
£5M
-26.7% vs 2024
Employees
177
-1.1% vs 2024
Profit before tax
-£2M
-214.2% vs 2024
Name history
Renamed 1 time since incorporation
- WILLIAM COOK CAST PRODUCTS LIMITED 1994-05-05 → present
- BROOMCO (577) LIMITED 1992-06-30 → 1994-05-05
Net assets
3-year trend · vs Basic Materials median
Accounts
3-year trend · latest reflected 2025-06-28
| Metric | Trend | 2023-06-30 | 2024-06-29 | 2025-06-28 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | — | £35,572,615 | £26,644,643 | |
| Operating profit | — | £1,957,563 | -£2,234,679 | |
| Profit before tax | — | £1,957,563 | -£2,234,679 | |
| Net profit | — | £1,686,749 | -£1,658,554 | |
| Cash | — | £65 | £65 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | — | £9,702,781 | £12,523,520 | |
| Net assets | — | £6,215,384 | £4,556,830 | |
| Equity | £4,528,635 | £6,215,384 | £4,556,830 | |
| Average employees | — | 179 | 177 | |
| Wages | — | £6,237,799 | £6,435,616 |
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 | 2023-06-30 | 2024-06-29 | 2025-06-28 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | — | 5.5% | -8.4% | |
| Net margin | — | 4.7% | -6.2% | |
| Return on capital employed | — | 20.2% | -17.8% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | — | 65.3% | 79.5% | |
| Current ratio | — | 1.55x | 1.50x |
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
- Forvis Mazars LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“Consequently, the directors are confident that the Company will have sufficient funds to continue to meet its liabilities as they fall due for at least 12 months from the date of approval of the financial statements and therefore have prepared the financial statements on a going concern basis.”
Group structure
- WILLIAM COOK CAST PRODUCTS LIMITED · parent
- William Cook Leeds Limited 100%
- Simpson Patterns Limited 75%
- ADA Machining Services Limited 100%
- Chesterfield Metal Technologies Limited 100%
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
3 active · 28 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ROSS, Philip John | Secretary | 2024-07-26 | — | — |
| ROSS, Philip John | Director | 2024-04-24 | Oct 1976 | British |
| SEYMOUR, Christopher David | Director | 2016-07-15 | May 1973 | British |
Show 28 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| CALDWELL, John Christopher | Secretary | 1995-08-31 | 2001-12-31 |
| CARRICK, Neil Richard | Secretary | 1994-12-23 | 1995-08-31 |
| HODGSON, Michael Keith | Secretary | 2008-10-31 | 2024-07-26 |
| MASKREY, Neil Anthony | Secretary | 2003-04-07 | 2008-10-31 |
| MOORE, Peter John | Secretary | 2001-12-31 | 2003-04-04 |
| MUSGROVE, Kevin | Secretary | 1992-08-28 | 1994-12-23 |
| DLA SECRETARIAL SERVICES LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Secretary | 1992-06-30 | 1992-02-28 |
| ALDOUS, Jeffrey Robert | Director | 1997-04-15 | 2012-06-29 |
| ALEXANDER, Simon John | Director | 2015-07-01 | 2017-11-30 |
| CALDWELL, John Christopher | Director | 1996-10-25 | 2001-12-31 |
| CARRICK, Neil Richard | Director | 1994-12-23 | 1995-08-31 |
| COOK, Andrew John, Sir | Director | 1992-08-28 | 2017-04-03 |
| COOK, William James | Director | 2013-07-18 | 2016-01-04 |
| DUNKINSON, Ian | Director | 1994-12-23 | 1996-03-11 |
| FRANCIS, Ian | Director | 2002-12-20 | 2004-08-05 |
| GERARD, Ian Robert | Director | 2002-07-01 | 2003-03-28 |
| GERARD, Ian Robert | Director | 1995-01-23 | 2000-06-30 |
| GRAYLEY, Kevin John | Director | 1995-05-01 | 2015-07-01 |
| HENSON, Roy | Director | 1994-12-23 | 2003-06-30 |
| HODGSON, Michael Keith | Director | 2018-03-23 | 2024-04-24 |
| KITE, Philip John | Director | 1997-03-26 | 2006-09-21 |
| LIPSCOMB, Timothy Vincent | Director | 1998-02-27 | 2002-07-31 |
| MASKREY, Neil Anthony | Director | 2003-04-07 | 2008-10-31 |
| MCDONALD, Robert Gregory Nicholas | Director | 1997-03-26 | 2000-01-31 |
| MOORE, Peter John | Director | 1995-05-01 | 2003-04-04 |
| MUSGROVE, Kevin | Director | 1992-08-28 | 1994-12-23 |
| PARKES, Brian | Director | 1994-12-23 | 2000-06-30 |
| DLA SECRETARIAL SERVICES LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Director | 1992-06-30 | 1992-02-28 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| William Cook Holdings Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100% | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 193 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-03-26 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-08-06 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-07-11 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-07-26 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2024-07-26 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2024-07-11 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-07-03 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-04-25 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-04-24 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-07-11 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-04-24 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-07-12 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-03-15 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-07-08 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-07-06 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2020-07-03 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2020-06-09 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2019-07-11 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2019-06-14 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2019-03-27 | AA01 | accounts | Change account reference date company previous shortened |
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 2025-06-28 vs 2024-06-29
-
Turnover
-25.1%
£35,572,615 £26,644,643
-
Cash
0%
£65 £65
-
Net assets
-26.7%
£6,215,384 £4,556,830
-
Employees
-1.1%
179 177
-
Operating profit
-214.2%
£1,957,563 -£2,234,679
-
Profit before tax
-214.2%
£1,957,563 -£2,234,679
-
Wages
+3.2%
£6,237,799 £6,435,616
Each % is (latest − prior) ÷ |prior| for the line item as filed. Periods don't have to be exactly 12 months apart — a long or short period (typical around incorporation or year-end changes) will distort the comparison. Lines a company doesn't report are omitted. About these numbers