WILLIAM BLAIR INTERNATIONAL, LTD
Get an alert when WILLIAM BLAIR INTERNATIONAL, LTD files next
Leroy will email you the moment a new filing lands at Companies House — one short note per filing, nothing else.
Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-09-03 (in 4mo)
Last made up 2025-08-20
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£59M
+34.8% vs 2023
Net assets
£59M
+16.6% vs 2023
Employees
222
-2.6% vs 2023
Profit before tax
£12M
+189.8% vs 2023
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Financials median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2024-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £68,653,000 | £123,729,000 | |
| Operating profit | -£9,864,000 | £15,153,000 | |
| Profit before tax | -£13,235,000 | £11,883,000 | |
| Net profit | -£10,662,000 | £8,804,000 | |
| Cash | £43,706,000 | £58,908,000 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £117,491,000 | £122,279,000 | |
| Net assets | £50,698,000 | £59,136,000 | |
| Equity | £50,698,000 | £59,136,000 | |
| Average employees | 228 | 222 | |
| Wages | £43,095,000 | £69,397,000 |
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 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | -14.4% | 12.2% | |
| Net margin | -15.5% | 7.1% | |
| Return on capital employed | -8.4% | 12.4% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 65.9% | 63.1% | |
| Current ratio | 1.95x | 2.14x | |
| Interest cover | -2.85x | 4.41x |
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
- UK-adopted International Accounting Standards
- Reporting scope
- Consolidated group
- Auditor
- PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The directors have taken into account all relevant information available covering a period of at least twelve months from the date of approval of the financial statements. Based on the work we have performed, we have not identified any material uncertainties relating to events or conditions that, individually or collectively, may cast significant doubt on the group's and the company's ability to continue as a going concern for a period, of at least twelve months from when the financial statements are authorised for issue.”
Group structure
- WILLIAM BLAIR INTERNATIONAL, LTD · parent
- William Blair Investment Services (Zurich) GmbH 100%
- Wo Bai Business Consulting (Shanghai) Co., Ltd 100%
- William Blair International (Singapore) Pte. Ltd. 100%
Significant events
- “Since 31 December 2024 to the date of approving the financial statements, there have been no significant subsequent events.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
7 active · 26 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CITARDI, Cissie | Secretary | 2023-08-29 | — | — |
| CITARDI, Cissie | Director | 2022-01-15 | Jun 1975 | American |
| GLEDHILL, Brent Walker | Director | 2016-08-04 | Jul 1969 | American |
| JOHNSTONE, Simon | Director | 2025-04-01 | Oct 1974 | British |
| LICUDI, Stewart | Director | 2025-01-01 | Jul 1970 | British |
| ROSS, Thomas | Director | 2017-03-03 | May 1968 | British |
| TRIMBERGER, Michael | Director | 2023-07-01 | Nov 1972 | American |
Show 26 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| ANDERSON, Marili | Secretary | 2022-01-15 | 2023-03-07 |
| BURKE, Timothy Lee | Secretary | 1998-08-20 | 2012-11-13 |
| CREWE, Sonia Louise | Secretary | 2023-03-07 | 2023-08-29 |
| SIMON, Arthur Joseph | Secretary | 2012-11-13 | 2022-01-15 |
| BENNETT, James Alexander | Director | 2019-01-21 | 2025-04-01 |
| BRAMING, Stephanie | Director | 2018-05-19 | 2022-01-15 |
| BURKE, Timothy Lee | Director | 1998-08-20 | 2012-11-13 |
| CAPPABIANCA, Edward Charles | Director | 2000-08-01 | 2001-06-29 |
| COOLIDGE III, Edgar David | Director | 1998-08-20 | 2012-10-01 |
| DRAPER, John Marshall | Director | 1998-08-20 | 2000-07-31 |
| ETTELSON, John Roger | Director | 2002-06-01 | 2022-01-15 |
| FORDHAM, John | Director | 1999-03-24 | 2000-07-31 |
| GLEDHILL, Brent Walker | Director | 2005-08-31 | 2009-03-23 |
| GOOCH, Matthew | Director | 2009-03-23 | 2019-01-11 |
| KAYSER, John Paul | Director | 1998-08-20 | 2002-06-01 |
| KIPHART, Richard Paul | Director | 1998-08-20 | 2002-07-25 |
| LACHER, Albert Joseph | Director | 1998-08-20 | 2009-03-23 |
| MASTRANGELO, Ralph Anthony | Director | 2005-08-31 | 2018-09-30 |
| MOORE, John | Director | 2009-03-23 | 2022-01-15 |
| SEITZ, Michelle Renae | Director | 2012-10-01 | 2017-08-23 |
| SHARMA, Anurag, Dr | Director | 2019-03-07 | 2025-01-01 |
| SIMON, Arthur Joseph | Director | 2002-07-25 | 2022-01-15 |
| SMIRL, Richard William | Director | 2012-10-01 | 2017-03-03 |
| TIMMERMAN, Mark Allen | Director | 2000-08-01 | 2005-08-31 |
| WILSON, Daniel Joseph | Director | 2000-08-01 | 2005-08-31 |
| ZINDEL, Jon | Director | 2012-11-28 | 2023-07-01 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| William Blair & Company Llc | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, right-to-appoint-and-remove-directors-as-firm, significant-influence-or-control-as-firm | 2016-08-20 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 142 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-08-22 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-08-15 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2025-04-08 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-04-08 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-01-06 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-01-06 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-08-25 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2024-08-21 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-08-31 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-08-31 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2023-08-31 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2023-08-15 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2023-07-04 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-07-04 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-05-19 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2023-03-16 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2023-03-16 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2022-09-06 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2022-08-23 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-01-28 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 2
- 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
+80.2%
£68,653,000 £123,729,000
-
Cash
+34.8%
£43,706,000 £58,908,000
-
Net assets
+16.6%
£50,698,000 £59,136,000
-
Employees
-2.6%
228 222
-
Operating profit
+253.6%
-£9,864,000 £15,153,000
-
Profit before tax
+189.8%
-£13,235,000 £11,883,000
-
Wages
+61%
£43,095,000 £69,397,000
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