RICHARD WELLOCK & SONS LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2027-01-31 (in 8mo)
Last filed for 2025-04-26
Confirmation statement due
2026-10-15 (in 5mo)
Last made up 2025-10-01
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£2M
Latest balance sheet
Net assets
£701K
-75.8% vs 2024
Employees
469
+2.9% vs 2024
Profit before tax
-£3M
-383.3% vs 2024
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2025-04-26
| Metric | Trend | 2024-04-26 | 2025-04-26 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £85,093,000 | £79,980,000 | |
| Operating profit | £1,494,000 | -£2,579,000 | |
| Profit before tax | £1,094,000 | -£3,099,000 | |
| Net profit | £825,000 | -£2,193,000 | |
| Cash | £0 | £2,204,000 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £9,639,000 | £13,648,000 | |
| Net assets | £2,894,000 | £701,000 | |
| Equity | £2,894,000 | £701,000 | |
| Average employees | 456 | 469 | |
| Wages | £14,746,000 | £15,316,000 |
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 | 2024-04-26 | 2025-04-26 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 1.8% | -3.2% | |
| Net margin | 1.0% | -2.7% | |
| Return on capital employed | 15.5% | -18.9% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 86.7% | 97.1% | |
| Current ratio | 1.00x | 1.35x | |
| Interest cover | 2.87x | -5.13x |
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 company has prepared forecasts up to April 2027 based upon what it considers to be prudent assumptions. After considering these forecasts, the directors consider that the company has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for a period of at least 12 months from the date of issue of these financial statements and believe it is appropriate to continue to adopt the going concern basis of accounting in preparing the financial statements.”
Significant events
- “It was a difficult year for the business due to a slowing foodservice market, particularly at the premium end of the market, where there have been several customer closures. In addition, we experienced significant disruption following an ERP systems launch in March 24. As a result, sales declined by 6.0% year on year.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
6 active · 15 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DENYER, Katie Amanda | Secretary | 2025-01-31 | — | — |
| MARTIN, Jillian Emma | Director | 2019-01-08 | Sep 1977 | British |
| MYERS, Leigh James | Director | 2022-10-31 | Nov 1978 | British |
| STUBBS, Joanne | Director | 2024-09-30 | Aug 1982 | British |
| WELLS, Lynne | Director | 2025-10-01 | Nov 1977 | British |
| WJS EXECUTIVES LIMITED | Corporate Director | 2018-06-14 | — | — |
Show 15 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| DENYER, Katie Amanda | Secretary | 2019-07-26 | 2024-07-19 |
| GREEN, Andrew John | Secretary | 2024-07-19 | 2025-01-31 |
| URMSTON, Gary Martin | Secretary | 2018-06-14 | 2019-07-26 |
| WELLOCK, Alistair Richard James | Secretary | 2001-10-01 | 2018-06-14 |
| WATERLOW SECRETARIES LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Secretary | 2001-10-01 | 2001-10-01 |
| BARRACLOUGH, Adam Alexander | Director | 2018-06-14 | 2018-11-12 |
| BEECH, Michael | Director | 2017-11-09 | 2019-11-29 |
| DANIELS, Joanne Ilona | Director | 2022-02-10 | 2024-11-28 |
| DAY, Michael Francis Edwin | Director | 2023-01-01 | 2024-02-02 |
| SCOTT, Clair Marie | Director | 2019-12-16 | 2022-01-14 |
| SOUTAR, Norman Graeme Scott | Director | 2018-06-14 | 2020-03-03 |
| URMSTON, Gary Martin | Director | 2018-06-14 | 2019-07-26 |
| WELLOCK, Alistair Richard James | Director | 2001-10-01 | 2020-03-03 |
| WELLOCK, Robert Andrew | Director | 2001-10-01 | 2011-11-09 |
| WATERLOW NOMINEES LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Director | 2001-10-01 | 2001-10-01 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Piper Acquisitions Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2018-06-14 | Active |
| Mrs Josephine Alison Wellock | Individual | Shares 25–50% | 2016-07-15 | Ceased 2018-06-14 |
| Mr Alistair Richard James Wellock | Individual | Shares 50–75% | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2018-06-14 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 127 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-01-08 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-10-07 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-10-02 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-08-26 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-01-31 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2025-01-31 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2024-12-20 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-12-03 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-11-07 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2024-10-01 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-10-01 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-07-19 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2024-03-06 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-01-31 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-10-12 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-10-11 | AD02 | address | Change sail address company with old address new address | |
| 2023-05-16 | AA01 | accounts | Change account reference date company previous extended | |
| 2023-05-02 | AA01 | accounts | Change account reference date company previous shortened | |
| 2023-01-05 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2022-12-30 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 4
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 1
- 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 2025-04-26 vs 2024-04-26
-
Turnover
-6%
£85,093,000 £79,980,000
-
Cash
—
Not reported
-
Net assets
-75.8%
£2,894,000 £701,000
-
Employees
+2.9%
456 469
-
Operating profit
-272.6%
£1,494,000 -£2,579,000
-
Profit before tax
-383.3%
£1,094,000 -£3,099,000
-
Wages
+3.9%
£14,746,000 £15,316,000
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