WOOLOVERS LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-12-31 (in 7mo)
Last filed for 2025-03-29
Confirmation statement due
2026-10-21 (in 5mo)
Last made up 2025-10-07
Watchouts
Cash
£544K
-58.5% lowest in 4 filed years
Net assets
£16M
+26.3% highest in 4 filed years
Employees
202
-3.3% vs 2024
Profit before tax
£2M
+26.6% vs 2024
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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1 PSC ceased in last 24 months
Significant control changed hands — see the Ownership section.
Net assets
6-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
6-year trend · latest reflected 2025-03-29
| Metric | Trend | 2020-03-28 | 2021-03-27 | 2022-03-26 | 2023-04-01 | 2024-03-30 | 2025-03-29 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £19,816,000 | — | — | — | £31,638,000 | £35,891,000 | |
| Operating profit | £983,000 | — | — | — | £1,825,000 | £2,278,000 | |
| Profit before tax | £985,000 | — | — | £2,513,000 | £1,691,000 | £2,141,000 | |
| Net profit | £856,000 | — | — | £2,046,000 | £1,125,000 | £1,526,000 | |
| Cash | £2,919,000 | — | — | £6,411,000 | £1,310,000 | £544,000 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £5,689,000 | — | — | £11,241,000 | £12,369,000 | £15,618,000 | |
| Net assets | £5,689,000 | — | — | £11,204,000 | £12,329,000 | £15,567,000 | |
| Equity | £5,689,000 | £7,817,000 | £9,158,000 | £11,204,000 | £12,329,000 | £15,567,000 | |
| Average employees | 90 | — | — | 196 | 209 | 202 | |
| Wages | £2,133,000 | — | — | £4,849,000 | £5,505,000 | £7,022,000 |
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 | 2020-03-28 | 2021-03-27 | 2022-03-26 | 2023-04-01 | 2024-03-30 | 2025-03-29 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 5.0% | — | — | — | 5.8% | 6.3% | |
| Net margin | 4.3% | — | — | — | 3.6% | 4.3% | |
| Return on capital employed | 17.3% | — | — | — | 14.8% | 14.6% | |
| Current ratio | — | — | — | — | 2.03x | 2.18x | |
| Interest cover | — | — | — | — | 7.70x | 11.62x |
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
- Moore Kingston Smith LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The parent group has also confirmed it will provide financial support if required for a period of at least 12 months from the anticipated sign off date of the financial statements. Consequently, the directors have a reasonable expectation that the group has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for more than one year from the date of approval of these financial statements.”
Group structure
- WOOLOVERS LIMITED · parent
- Scotts (2023) Limited 100%
Significant events
- “investment in acquisitions in sister companies”
- “A new facility was drawn down, at another level in the group, with a new provider which is secured by a fixed and floating charge over the trade and assets of the company and its subsidiary undertakings. The new facility increases the amount available to £12.5m.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
3 active · 11 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CAROE, Mark Frederick | Director | 2021-10-22 | Oct 1961 | British |
| KEHL, Stephen Peter | Director | 2023-01-05 | Mar 1995 | British |
| LESTER, Michael David | Director | 2018-01-12 | Feb 1975 | British |
Show 11 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| SHENTON, Clare | Secretary | 1997-10-09 | 2015-06-30 |
| BRIGHTON SECRETARY LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Secretary | 1997-10-07 | 1997-10-09 |
| COOMBS, Edmund Joseph | Director | 2015-06-30 | 2015-10-23 |
| SANSOM, Neil Jonathan | Director | 2015-10-16 | 2017-10-16 |
| SHENTON, Clare | Director | 1997-10-09 | 2015-06-30 |
| SHENTON, Mark | Director | 1997-10-09 | 2017-03-06 |
| SILLS, Anthony Christopher | Director | 2017-05-08 | 2018-04-30 |
| TATON, Simon William | Director | 2018-12-14 | 2020-09-30 |
| WATHERSTON, John Sean | Director | 2016-04-21 | 2017-04-07 |
| WIEGMAN, Albert Edward Bernard | Director | 2018-08-06 | 2021-10-22 |
| BRIGHTON DIRECTOR LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Director | 1997-10-07 | 1997-10-09 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wourth Group Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100% | 2024-08-01 | Active |
| Olive Bidco Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100% | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2024-08-01 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 117 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2025-04-29 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-03-23 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2026-03-23 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2026-03-23 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2026-03-23 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2026-03-23 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2025-11-05 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-10-27 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-04-29 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2025-04-17 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2024-12-11 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-11-11 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2024-08-07 | PSC02 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2024-08-07 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2023-12-19 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-11-06 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-08-04 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2023-08-04 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2023-08-04 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2023-01-18 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2022-12-08 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 7
- 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 2025-03-29 vs 2024-03-30
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Turnover
+13.4%
£31,638,000 £35,891,000
highest in 3 filed years
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Cash
-58.5%
£1,310,000 £544,000
lowest in 4 filed years
-
Net assets
+26.3%
£12,329,000 £15,567,000
highest in 4 filed years
-
Employees
-3.3%
209 202
-
Operating profit
+24.8%
£1,825,000 £2,278,000
highest in 3 filed years
-
Profit before tax
+26.6%
£1,691,000 £2,141,000
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Wages
+27.6%
£5,505,000 £7,022,000
highest in 4 filed years
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