THE WOODS GROUP LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-12-31 (in 7mo)
Last filed for 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-11-14 (in 6mo)
Last made up 2025-10-31
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£228K
-50.9% vs 2024
Net assets
£7M
+2.9% vs 2024
Employees
145
-4.6% vs 2024
Profit before tax
£252K
+2,436.9% vs 2024
Name history
Renamed 1 time since incorporation
- THE WOODS GROUP LIMITED 2005-09-08 → present
- WOODS RESPONSE SERVICES LTD 1998-11-11 → 2005-09-08
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Industrials median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2025-03-31
| Metric | Trend | 2024-03-31 | 2025-03-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £11,863,174 | £12,296,630 | |
| Operating profit | £33,002 | £279,963 | |
| Profit before tax | £9,947 | £252,346 | |
| Net profit | £65,048 | £191,980 | |
| Cash | £463,661 | £227,806 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £7,041,722 | £7,061,042 | |
| Net assets | £6,614,258 | £6,806,238 | |
| Equity | £6,614,258 | £6,806,238 | |
| Average employees | 152 | 145 | |
| Wages | £4,966,216 | £5,021,693 |
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 | 2024-03-31 | 2025-03-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 0.3% | 2.3% | |
| Net margin | 0.5% | 1.6% | |
| Return on capital employed | 0.5% | 4.0% | |
| Current ratio | 2.22x | 2.24x | |
| Interest cover | 1.37x | 9.94x |
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
- RSM UK Audit LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The directors are confident that the steps they have taken to mitigate associated risk, in tandem with future plans for the company as set out in the Strategic Report will ensure the company is well positioned to continue to trade throughout the current uncertain economic environment. They have therefore concluded that there is no material uncertainty about the ability of the company to continue as a going concern and that it remains appropriate to prepare the financial statements on a going concern basis.”
Group structure
- THE WOODS GROUP LIMITED · parent
- Charity Direct Debits Limited
- Woods Response Services Limited
- Ha'penny Press Limited
Significant events
- “During the year, the directors conducted a review of the recoverability of amounts due by members of the group, and concluded that some historic balances due from other members of the group are irrecoverable, and have been since 31 March 2022. Under FRS 102, these balances should have been fully impaired at that date. It is therefore the directors' view that this impairment should be treated as a prior period error.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
2 active · 19 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BAKER, Nicholas Paul | Director | 2014-02-07 | Apr 1963 | British |
| SCARR, Ian Paul | Director | 2002-04-02 | Apr 1966 | British |
Show 19 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| BALLINGER, Christopher Paul | Secretary | 2007-07-17 | 2011-02-10 |
| DIAS, Raymond | Secretary | 2005-06-10 | 2007-07-17 |
| DIX, Barry John | Secretary | 2011-02-12 | 2025-05-15 |
| SHUTTER, Andrew Charles | Secretary | 2008-06-20 | 2012-10-30 |
| SHUTTER, Roger Charles | Secretary | 1998-11-11 | 2007-11-27 |
| DATASEARCH CORPORATE SECRETARIES LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Secretary | 1998-11-11 | 1998-11-11 |
| BALLINGER, Christopher Paul | Director | 2009-04-01 | 2011-02-10 |
| DIAS, Raymond | Director | 2003-10-20 | 2014-02-07 |
| DIX, Barry John | Director | 2012-07-09 | 2025-05-15 |
| LOWNDES, John William | Director | 2014-02-07 | 2023-10-04 |
| MILES, Jason William John | Director | 2002-04-02 | 2007-11-30 |
| SCOTT, Sandra | Director | 2000-07-03 | 2000-11-01 |
| SHUTTER, Andrew Charles | Director | 2008-06-20 | 2014-02-07 |
| SHUTTER, Patricia Jean | Director | 1999-09-20 | 2014-02-07 |
| SHUTTER, Philip Leonard Batson | Director | 1998-11-11 | 2010-11-07 |
| SHUTTER, Rachael Margaret | Director | 2008-03-20 | 2014-02-07 |
| SHUTTER, Roger Charles | Director | 1998-11-11 | 2013-01-07 |
| TAYLOR, Andrew | Director | 2012-07-10 | 2015-11-30 |
| DATASEARCH NOMINEES LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Director | 1998-11-11 | 1998-11-11 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Woods Consolidated Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2017-08-31 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 146 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-12-30 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-11-17 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-05-22 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2025-05-22 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-01-06 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-12-20 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-01-06 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-11-17 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-10-18 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-01-04 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-11-11 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-06-22 | PSC05 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2022-01-04 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-11-05 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2020-12-29 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2020-12-22 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2020-12-22 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2019-11-25 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2019-11-14 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2019-10-07 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 4
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 0
- Officers resigned
- 2
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 2025-03-31 vs 2024-03-31
-
Turnover
+3.7%
£11,863,174 £12,296,630
-
Cash
-50.9%
£463,661 £227,806
-
Net assets
+2.9%
£6,614,258 £6,806,238
-
Employees
-4.6%
152 145
-
Operating profit
+748.3%
£33,002 £279,963
-
Profit before tax
+2,436.9%
£9,947 £252,346
-
Wages
+1.1%
£4,966,216 £5,021,693
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