W B M GROUNDWORKS LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-12-31 (in 7mo)
Last filed for 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-08-03 (in 3mo)
Last made up 2025-07-20
Watchouts
Cash
£5M
-4.8% vs 2024
Net assets
£6M
-26.6% vs 2024
Employees
85
+9% vs 2024
Profit before tax
£3M
+13.4% vs 2024
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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1 PSC ceased in last 24 months
Significant control changed hands — see the Ownership section.
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 | £20,593,052 | £18,001,767 | |
| Operating profit | £2,813,194 | £3,039,119 | |
| Profit before tax | £2,831,345 | £3,210,055 | |
| Net profit | £2,126,408 | £2,407,542 | |
| Cash | £5,657,777 | £5,387,696 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £8,419,133 | £6,176,093 | |
| Net assets | £8,402,704 | £6,163,846 | |
| Equity | £8,402,704 | £6,163,846 | |
| Average employees | 78 | 85 | |
| Wages | £3,739,170 | £4,456,153 |
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 | 13.7% | 16.9% | |
| Net margin | 10.3% | 13.4% | |
| Return on capital employed | 33.4% | 49.2% | |
| Current ratio | 5.21x | 3.64x | |
| Interest cover | 139.94x | — |
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
- Blackwell Bate Ltd
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“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
- “Mr John Nicholls sold his 50 shares for £3.5 million, leading to a corresponding reduction in the company's net assets from £8.4 million to £6.2 million. This transaction represents a significant shareholder restructuring but does not impact the company's underlying trading strength or liquidity, which remain solid.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
3 active · 3 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| NICHOLLS, Meeta Jane | Secretary | 2005-07-20 | — | British |
| FOLLETT, Michael | Director | 2009-10-07 | Aug 1974 | British |
| NICHOLLS, Martin John | Director | 2005-07-20 | Nov 1972 | British |
Show 3 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| DUPORT SECRETARY LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Secretary | 2005-07-20 | 2005-07-21 |
| NICHOLLS, John Howard | Director | 2005-07-20 | 2025-03-31 |
| DUPORT DIRECTOR LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Director | 2005-07-20 | 2005-07-21 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mr John Howard Nicholls | Individual | Shares 25–50% | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2025-03-31 |
| Mr Martin John Nicholls | Individual | Shares 75–100% | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 61 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-11-25 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-07-21 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2025-05-07 | SH06 | capital | Capital cancellation shares | |
| 2025-05-07 | SH03 | capital | Capital return purchase own shares | |
| 2025-03-31 | PSC04 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2025-03-31 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-03-31 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2024-10-22 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-07-22 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-12-22 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-07-21 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-12-12 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-07-20 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-11-25 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type total exemption full | |
| 2021-07-20 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2020-09-30 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2020-07-20 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2020-07-20 | CH03 | officers | Change person secretary company with change date | |
| 2020-07-20 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2020-07-20 | PSC04 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 4
- Capital events
- 2
- 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 2025-03-31 vs 2024-03-31
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Turnover
-12.6%
£20,593,052 £18,001,767
-
Cash
-4.8%
£5,657,777 £5,387,696
-
Net assets
-26.6%
£8,402,704 £6,163,846
-
Employees
+9%
78 85
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Operating profit
+8%
£2,813,194 £3,039,119
-
Profit before tax
+13.4%
£2,831,345 £3,210,055
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Wages
+19.2%
£3,739,170 £4,456,153
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