WINKWORTH FRANCHISING LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2027-03-31 (in 10mo)
Last made up 2026-03-17
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£2M
-15.6% vs 2023
Net assets
£5M
+11% vs 2023
Employees
32
+18.5% vs 2023
Profit before tax
£3M
+14.8% vs 2023
Name history
Renamed 1 time since incorporation
- WINKWORTH FRANCHISING LIMITED 2001-03-06 → present
- CENTRAL LONDON MANAGEMENT LIMITED 2000-03-17 → 2001-03-06
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Real Estate median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2024-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £6,575,000 | £7,305,000 | |
| Operating profit | £2,018,000 | £2,348,000 | |
| Profit before tax | £2,299,000 | £2,639,000 | |
| Net profit | £1,797,000 | £2,030,000 | |
| Cash | £2,847,000 | £2,403,000 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £4,456,000 | £4,894,000 | |
| Net assets | £4,378,000 | £4,859,000 | |
| Equity | £4,378,000 | £4,859,000 | |
| Average employees | 27 | 32 | |
| Wages | £1,735,000 | £2,013,000 |
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 | 30.7% | 32.1% | |
| Net margin | 27.3% | 27.8% | |
| Return on capital employed | 45.3% | 48.0% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 36.3% | 32.0% | |
| Current ratio | 2.01x | 2.08x | |
| Interest cover | 144.14x | 469.60x |
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
- IFRS
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- Crowe U.K. LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The Board of Directors has undertaken a recent thorough review of the company's budgets and forecasts and has produced detailed and realistic cash flow projections. These cash flow projections, when considered in conjunction with the company's existing cash balances (including consideration of reasonable possible changes in trading performance), demonstrate that the company has sufficient working capital for the foreseeable future. Consequently, the directors believe that the company has adequate resources to continue its operational existence. The financial statements have accordingly been prepared on a going concern basis.”
Group structure
- WINKWORTH FRANCHISING LIMITED · parent
- Winkworth Financial Services Limited 100%
- Winkworth Client Services Limited 100%
- See Things Differently Limited 100%
- Winkworth Auctions Limited 100%
- Winkworth Conveyancing Limited 100%
- Winkworth Land and New Homes Limited 100%
- Winkworth Management Limited 100%
- Winkworth Private Clients Limited 100%
- Winkworth Property Management Limited 100%
- Winkworth Residential Lettings Limited 100%
- Winkworth Residential Sales Limited 100%
- Winkworth Short Lets Limited 100%
- Winkworth Surveying Limited 100%
- Winkworth Surveyors Limited 100%
- Winkworth Surveys Limited 100%
- Tooting Estates Limited 95%
- Crystal Palace Estates Limited 90%
- Winkworth Development and Commercial Investment Limited 100%
- Lumley 1 Limited 100%
- Lumley 2 Limited 100%
- Lumley 3 Limited 100%
- Lumley 4 Limited 100%
Significant events
- “An interim dividend of £1,549,055 (2023 - £1,887,238) per share on the ordinary shares was paid during the year. The directors recommend that no final dividend be paid on these shares.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
6 active · 11 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| NICOL, Andrew John Diarmid | Secretary | 2024-10-23 | — | — |
| AGACE, Dominic Charles Mackay | Director | 2004-07-12 | Oct 1979 | British |
| AGACE, Simon Peter | Director | 2000-03-17 | Nov 1942 | British |
| DUNSMORE HARDY, Hugh | Director | 2005-06-07 | Oct 1946 | British |
| NICOL, Andrew John Diarmid | Director | 2016-10-17 | Dec 1963 | British |
| TAN, Thuang Lin | Director | 2020-02-11 | Mar 1970 | British |
Show 11 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| DOREGOS, Margaret Ogunbunmi | Secretary | 2007-03-20 | 2024-10-23 |
| HO TERRY, Irene | Secretary | 2000-08-16 | 2002-05-01 |
| PEARSON, Shelley Anne | Secretary | 2005-04-20 | 2007-03-20 |
| PERRIN, Stephen | Secretary | 2000-03-17 | 2000-08-16 |
| TAN, Thuang Lin | Secretary | 2002-05-01 | 2005-04-20 |
| KING, David John Gregory | Director | 2010-01-01 | 2013-02-01 |
| NEOH, Christopher Paul | Director | 2006-01-20 | 2008-03-03 |
| RAMPLEY, Amber Claire | Director | 2007-05-09 | 2013-10-04 |
| SNAREY, Anthony John | Director | 2002-03-26 | 2013-12-06 |
| TAN, Tara Thuang Lin | Director | 2004-07-12 | 2006-09-04 |
| TRIMBLE, James Michael | Director | 2012-05-08 | 2016-07-15 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| M Winkworth Plc | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, ownership-of-shares-75-to-100-percent-as-firm, Voting 75–100%, voting-rights-75-to-100-percent-as-firm, right-to-appoint-and-remove-directors-as-firm, significant-influence-or-control-as-firm | 2017-03-17 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 111 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-05-08 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-09-08 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-04-07 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-02-04 | PSC05 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2025-01-29 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2024-11-05 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2024-11-05 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2024-07-10 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-03-27 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-09-20 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-04-04 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-02-21 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2023-02-21 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2023-02-20 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2022-09-16 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-04-21 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-08-05 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-05-11 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2020-05-20 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2020-04-14 | 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
FY2023 → FY2024 · period ending 2024-12-31 vs 2023-12-31
-
Turnover
+11.1%
£6,575,000 £7,305,000
-
Cash
-15.6%
£2,847,000 £2,403,000
-
Net assets
+11%
£4,378,000 £4,859,000
-
Employees
+18.5%
27 32
-
Operating profit
+16.4%
£2,018,000 £2,348,000
-
Profit before tax
+14.8%
£2,299,000 £2,639,000
-
Wages
+16%
£1,735,000 £2,013,000
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