WADDELL LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-09-05 (in 4mo)
Last made up 2025-08-22
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£429K
-15.3% vs 2023
Net assets
-£3M
+10.3% vs 2023
Employees
85
-8.6% vs 2023
Profit before tax
£305K
+116.4% vs 2023
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2024-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £16,283,669 | £16,138,683 | |
| Operating profit | -£1,859,710 | £305,313 | |
| Profit before tax | -£1,859,710 | £305,313 | |
| Net profit | -£1,849,516 | £305,313 | |
| Cash | £506,326 | £428,765 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | -£2,959,923 | -£2,654,610 | |
| Net assets | -£2,959,923 | -£2,654,610 | |
| Equity | -£2,959,923 | -£2,654,610 | |
| Average employees | 93 | 85 | |
| Wages | £5,210,031 | £4,743,274 |
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 | -11.4% | 1.9% | |
| Net margin | -11.4% | 1.9% | |
| Return on capital employed | 62.8% | -11.5% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 203.6% | 183.3% | |
| Current ratio | 0.48x | 0.54x |
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
- Mercer & Hole LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The director has a reasonable expectation that the company has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for at least the next 12 month period from the date these financial statements were approved. The director is confident that the company will not be forced to liquidate or discontinue operations for any reason in the next 12 months and is able to do so within current and anticipated resources.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
2 active · 4 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| WADDELL, Susanne | Secretary | 1996-04-01 | — | British |
| HACK, Jefferson Winston | Director | 1999-03-30 | Jun 1971 | British |
Show 4 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| CAWLEY REGISTRARS LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 1995-04-01 | 1996-02-01 |
| TEMPLE SECRETARIES LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Secretary | 1995-03-29 | 1996-04-01 |
| WADDELL, John Rankin | Director | 1996-04-01 | 2024-11-07 |
| COMPANY DIRECTORS LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Director | 1995-03-29 | 1996-04-01 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dazed Group Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100% | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 111 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-12-05 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2025-11-25 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-09-02 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-04-07 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-04-04 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2025-03-15 | DISS40 | gazette | Gazette filings brought up to date | |
| 2025-03-04 | GAZ1 | gazette | Gazette notice compulsory | |
| 2024-11-07 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-09-16 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-05-31 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2024-04-16 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-09-04 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-06-07 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type total exemption full | |
| 2023-03-23 | DISS40 | gazette | Gazette filings brought up to date | |
| 2023-03-14 | GAZ1 | gazette | Gazette notice compulsory | |
| 2023-02-16 | AAMD | accounts | Accounts amended with accounts type total exemption full | |
| 2023-01-06 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type total exemption full | |
| 2023-01-05 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2022-08-23 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-06-29 | DISS40 | gazette | Gazette filings brought up to date |
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
FY2023 → FY2024 · period ending 2024-12-31 vs 2023-12-31
-
Turnover
-0.9%
£16,283,669 £16,138,683
-
Cash
-15.3%
£506,326 £428,765
-
Net assets
+10.3%
-£2,959,923 -£2,654,610
-
Employees
-8.6%
93 85
-
Operating profit
+116.4%
-£1,859,710 £305,313
-
Profit before tax
+116.4%
-£1,859,710 £305,313
-
Wages
-9%
£5,210,031 £4,743,274
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