MANCHESTER WORKING LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-07-07 (in 2mo)
Last made up 2025-06-23
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£489K
+194.6% vs 2023
Net assets
£368K
-24.4% vs 2023
Employees
0
-100% vs 2023
Profit before tax
-£91K
+81.7% vs 2023
Name history
Renamed 1 time since incorporation
- MANCHESTER WORKING LIMITED 2006-08-08 → present
- MANCHESTER MORRISON LIMITED 2006-06-23 → 2006-08-08
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Industrials median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2024-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £647,000 | £254,000 | |
| Operating profit | -£459,000 | -£91,000 | |
| Profit before tax | -£497,000 | -£91,000 | |
| Net profit | -£502,000 | -£119,000 | |
| Cash | £166,000 | £489,000 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | — | — | |
| Net assets | £487,000 | £368,000 | |
| Equity | £487,000 | £368,000 | |
| Average employees | 1 | 0 | |
| Wages | £35,000 | £0 |
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 | -70.9% | -35.8% | |
| Net margin | -77.6% | -46.9% | |
| Current ratio | 1.35x | 2.02x | |
| Interest cover | -12.08x | — |
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 101
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
- 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
- “The principal activity of the Company is the provision of property and estate maintenance services, predominantly for Manchester City Council. The Company has taken a strategic decision to bid no further works, and therefore the focus of activity in the last twelve months has been resolution of defects and remedial works, and agreement of the final commercial settlements. Once these activities have concluded, the entity will remain in existence for the forseeable future.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
4 active · 30 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| WESTRAN, Ben Robert | Secretary | 2012-11-07 | — | — |
| HINDLE, Paul Robert | Director | 2019-10-02 | Jan 1968 | British |
| SMITH, Andrew Christopher Melville | Director | 2012-11-07 | Jun 1972 | British |
| WESTRAN, Ben Robert | Director | 2020-01-29 | Jan 1977 | British |
Show 30 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| SHEPHEARD, Geoffrey Arthur George | Secretary | 2007-02-06 | 2012-11-07 |
| WALLACE, Lesley Ann | Secretary | 2006-10-23 | 2017-09-08 |
| MACROBERTS | Corporate Secretary | 2006-06-23 | 2006-10-23 |
| ALLAN, Robert James | Director | 2006-07-17 | 2008-11-23 |
| ANDREWS, Paul Gerrard, Councillor | Director | 2009-06-04 | 2019-08-12 |
| BALDWIN, Peter James | Director | 2020-01-29 | 2026-01-31 |
| BENNETT, Matthew Selwyn | Director | 2019-08-13 | 2023-05-09 |
| BOYD, John Millar | Director | 2010-01-04 | 2010-01-04 |
| COGHILL, Bill | Director | 2006-07-04 | 2010-01-04 |
| CULLEY, Carol Ann | Director | 2016-06-01 | 2019-10-01 |
| EDEN, Graham Roy | Director | 2008-06-05 | 2009-05-31 |
| HOLDSWORTH, Roderick Antony | Director | 2006-07-17 | 2007-05-06 |
| HOWELL, Nigel | Director | 2008-10-17 | 2012-11-07 |
| MIDDLEMASS, Colin Edward | Director | 2020-01-29 | 2024-04-30 |
| MILES, David John | Director | 2012-11-07 | 2025-12-31 |
| MORRIS, Desmond | Director | 2007-10-25 | 2017-09-08 |
| MURPHY, Paul, Councillor | Director | 2006-08-29 | 2007-10-25 |
| O'HARA, Kevin | Director | 2006-07-04 | 2008-10-01 |
| PAVER, Richard | Director | 2006-08-29 | 2016-06-01 |
| PRIEST, Bernard, Dr | Director | 2007-10-25 | 2009-05-01 |
| RUSSELL, Phillip Malcolm | Director | 2008-08-01 | 2008-08-01 |
| RUSSELL, Phillip Malcolm | Director | 2006-07-04 | 2008-08-01 |
| RUSSELL, Phillip Malcolm | Director | 2006-07-04 | 2008-05-19 |
| SMITH, Desmond Anthony | Director | 2007-03-15 | 2008-08-31 |
| TRUSCOTT, Kevin Andrew | Director | 2006-07-10 | 2007-03-15 |
| TURNER, Michael | Director | 2006-07-10 | 2011-04-21 |
| WAKELEY, Guy Richard | Director | 2009-03-03 | 2012-11-07 |
| WALLACE, Lesley Ann | Director | 2006-10-23 | 2017-09-08 |
| WILSON, Andrew | Director | 2017-10-09 | 2019-03-29 |
| MACROBERTS CORPORATE SERVICES LIMITED | Corporate Director | 2006-06-23 | 2006-07-04 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Manchester City Council | Corporate entity | right-to-appoint-and-remove-directors-as-firm | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2016-04-06 |
| Morrison Facilities Services Limited | Corporate entity | ownership-of-shares-75-to-100-percent-as-firm, voting-rights-75-to-100-percent-as-firm, right-to-appoint-and-remove-directors-as-firm | 2016-04-06 | Active |
| Manchester City Council | Legal person | Significant influence | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 123 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-02-02 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2026-01-06 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-07-09 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-07-06 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2025-07-06 | PSC03 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2025-07-06 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2024-10-11 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2024-10-11 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2024-10-11 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2024-10-10 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2024-10-10 | CH03 | officers | Change person secretary company with change date | |
| 2024-10-10 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2024-08-29 | AUD | auditors | Auditors resignation company | |
| 2024-07-10 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type small | |
| 2024-06-26 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-06-13 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-10-10 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type small | |
| 2023-06-28 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-05-31 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2022-09-28 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 6
- 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
FY2023 → FY2024 · period ending 2024-12-31 vs 2023-12-31
-
Turnover
-60.7%
£647,000 £254,000
-
Cash
+194.6%
£166,000 £489,000
-
Net assets
-24.4%
£487,000 £368,000
-
Employees
-100%
1 0
-
Operating profit
+80.2%
-£459,000 -£91,000
-
Profit before tax
+81.7%
-£497,000 -£91,000
-
Wages
-100%
£35,000 £0
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