A.J. WELLS & SONS LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2027-03-31 (in 10mo)
Last filed for 2025-06-30
Confirmation statement due
2026-08-13 (in 3mo)
Last made up 2025-07-30
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£2M
-31.5% vs 2024
Net assets
£18M
-6% vs 2024
Employees
145
-14.7% vs 2024
Profit before tax
-£1M
-256.4% vs 2024
Name history
Renamed 1 time since incorporation
- A.J. WELLS & SONS LIMITED 1999-10-11 → present
- RP 221 LIMITED 1999-07-19 → 1999-10-11
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Industrials median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2025-06-30
| Metric | Trend | 2024-06-30 | 2025-06-30 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £17,772,877 | £13,530,084 | |
| Operating profit | £815,337 | -£1,456,337 | |
| Profit before tax | £873,071 | -£1,365,746 | |
| Net profit | £962,324 | -£1,142,891 | |
| Cash | £3,385,259 | £2,317,813 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £20,108,211 | £18,945,907 | |
| Net assets | £19,005,942 | £17,863,051 | |
| Equity | £19,005,942 | £17,863,051 | |
| Average employees | 170 | 145 | |
| Wages | £6,103,270 | £5,240,940 |
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 | 2024-06-30 | 2025-06-30 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 4.6% | -10.8% | |
| Net margin | 5.4% | -8.4% | |
| Return on capital employed | 4.1% | -7.7% | |
| Current ratio | 7.30x | 7.22x | |
| Interest cover | 77.11x | -266.29x |
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
- Menzies LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“In auditing the financial statements, we have concluded that the Directors' use of the going concern basis of accounting in the preparation of the financial statements is appropriate. 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 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.”
Significant events
- “On 15 August 2023, an employee sustained serious injuries at the Company's facility. Following the investigation, the Health and Safety Executive determined that a breach of the Health and Safety at Work etc Act 1974 had occurred and brought prosecution proceedings against the Company.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
5 active · 9 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| WELLS, Cedric Charles | Director | 2010-04-14 | Nov 1976 | British |
| WELLS, Guy Richard | Director | 2010-04-14 | Sep 1979 | British |
| WELLS, Hugh John | Director | 2010-04-14 | Apr 1975 | British |
| WELLS, Paul | Director | 2000-01-11 | May 1961 | British |
| WELLS, Thomas Edward | Director | 2014-01-01 | Jan 1985 | British |
Show 9 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| HOLMES, Anthony Peter | Secretary | 1999-07-19 | 2000-01-11 |
| WELLS, John | Secretary | 2000-01-11 | 2024-11-27 |
| BOYCE, Martin Russell | Director | 2010-11-24 | 2012-06-28 |
| HOLMES, Anthony Peter | Director | 1999-07-19 | 2000-01-11 |
| LEDGER, Philip Peter | Director | 1999-07-19 | 2000-01-11 |
| WELLS, Alan Loughnan | Director | 2000-01-11 | 2003-01-31 |
| WELLS, Alistair David | Director | 2000-01-11 | 2010-04-14 |
| WELLS, John | Director | 2000-01-11 | 2024-11-27 |
| WELLS, Philip Stephen | Director | 2000-01-11 | 2004-09-30 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aj Wells & Sons Group Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100% | 2021-02-10 | Active |
| Mr Paul Wells | Individual | Shares 25–50% | 2016-07-22 | Ceased 2021-02-10 |
| Mr John Wells | Individual | Shares 25–50% | 2016-07-22 | Ceased 2019-04-04 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 112 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2021-03-02 MA Memorandum articles
- 2021-03-02 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-04-12 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-09-04 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-03-31 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-01-23 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2025-01-23 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-09-04 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-03-27 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-09-06 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2023-04-05 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-09-05 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-04-05 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-09-02 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-07-03 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-03-08 | RP04PSC02 | persons-with-significant-control | Second filing notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2021-03-08 | RP04PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Second filing cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2021-03-02 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles | |
| 2021-03-02 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2021-02-03 | PSC02 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2021-02-03 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2020-08-12 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates |
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
FY2024 → FY2025 · period ending 2025-06-30 vs 2024-06-30
-
Turnover
-23.9%
£17,772,877 £13,530,084
-
Cash
-31.5%
£3,385,259 £2,317,813
-
Net assets
-6%
£19,005,942 £17,863,051
-
Employees
-14.7%
170 145
-
Operating profit
-278.6%
£815,337 -£1,456,337
-
Profit before tax
-256.4%
£873,071 -£1,365,746
-
Wages
-14.1%
£6,103,270 £5,240,940
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