LIKEWISE GROUP PLC
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Next accounts due
2026-06-30 (in 1mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-10-28 (in 5mo)
Last made up 2025-10-14
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£2M
-61.5% vs 2023
Net assets
£40M
+0.4% vs 2023
Employees
507
+8.6% vs 2023
Profit before tax
£25K
-86.5% vs 2023
Name history
Renamed 3 times since incorporation
- LIKEWISE GROUP PLC 2018-12-24 → present
- LIKEWISE GROUP LIMITED 2018-07-25 → 2018-12-24
- WILLIAM ARMES GROUP LIMITED 2018-03-06 → 2018-07-25
- FOOT FALL DISTRIBUTION LIMITED 2012-03-28 → 2018-03-06
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2024-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £139,538,014 | £149,793,661 | |
| Operating profit | £1,494,067 | £1,869,936 | |
| Profit before tax | £188,431 | £25,467 | |
| Net profit | £844,025 | £774,602 | |
| Cash | £5,709,229 | £2,199,078 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £62,133,350 | £61,390,869 | |
| Net assets | £39,522,581 | £39,677,147 | |
| Equity | £39,522,581 | £39,677,147 | |
| Average employees | 467 | 507 | |
| Wages | £18,215,855 | £20,581,935 |
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 | 1.1% | 1.2% | |
| Net margin | 0.6% | 0.5% | |
| Return on capital employed | 2.4% | 3.0% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 61.1% | 60.3% | |
| Current ratio | 1.11x | 1.08x | |
| Interest cover | 1.00x | 1.01x |
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
- Consolidated group
- Auditor
- Cooper Parry Group Limited
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“Having considered all relevant factors, the Directors have a reasonable expectation that the Group has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for a period of at least twelve months from the date of approval of the financial statements. Accordingly, the consolidated financial statements have been prepared on a going concern basis.”
Group structure
- LIKEWISE GROUP PLC · parent
- Likewise Floors Limited 100%
- Valley Wholesale Carpets Limited 100%
- Likewise Holdings Limited 100%
- H&V Carpets BVBA 100%
- Likewise Trading Limited 100%
- Valley Wholesale Carpets (2004) Limited 100%
- Delta Carpets (Holdings) Limited 100%
- Delta Carpets Limited 100%
- William Armes Limited 100%
- A. & A. Carpets Limited 100%
- Likewise Limited 100%
- Lewis Abbott Limited 100%
- Factory Flooring Outlet Ltd 100%
Significant events
- “The Glasgow Distribution Hub, established in the Spring 2023 is becoming increasingly important to the Likewise Logistics Network.”
- “A&A moved into a new Logistics Centre in Manchester in July 2024.”
- “Likewise Midlands in Birmingham was only created in 2022, but is now a very important part of the Group.”
- “In Newport, Likewise Wales, established in January 2024 has quickly become an important source of residential and commercial flooring.”
- “In Plymouth, the recently acquired Freehold Logistics Centre is now operational.”
- “The Group will launch a further Share Buyback Programme of up to £250,000 with further details to be announced in due course.”
- “In July 2024, the Group successfully completed the relocation and consolidation of the A&A business into new, significantly improved premises as part of the strategic investment to support future growth.”
- “The subsidiary, Valley Wholesale Carpets Limited, purchased a freehold Logistics Centre in Ivybridge, near Plymouth, for consideration of £1.15m on 6th February 2025.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
5 active · 5 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BAKER-ASHFORTH, Ben | Secretary | 2024-03-26 | — | — |
| BASSI, Paramjit Paul Singh | Director | 2018-12-17 | Mar 1962 | British |
| BREWER, Anthony John | Director | 2018-02-27 | May 1960 | British |
| SIMPSON, Andrew James William | Director | 2018-02-27 | Sep 1952 | British |
| STEVENTON, Michael Alan | Director | 2021-09-17 | Apr 1963 | British |
Show 5 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| POVEY, Roy | Secretary | 2018-12-24 | 2024-03-26 |
| LONG, Robert William | Director | 2012-03-28 | 2018-02-27 |
| POVEY, Roy | Director | 2018-12-17 | 2023-12-31 |
| WEST, Martin | Director | 2018-05-21 | 2018-12-17 |
| WOODHOUSE, Andrew James | Director | 2018-02-27 | 2018-12-17 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mr Anthony John Brewer | Individual | Shares 25–50%, Voting 25–50%, Appoints directors | 2018-02-27 | Ceased 2019-01-09 |
| Mr Robert William Long | Individual | Shares 75–100% | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2018-02-27 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 121 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2025-07-18 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-03-19 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2026-01-20 | SH04 | capital | Capital sale or transfer treasury shares with date currency capital figure | |
| 2025-10-14 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-08-11 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2025-07-18 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2025-07-17 | SH03 | capital | Capital return purchase own shares treasury capital date | |
| 2025-06-19 | SH03 | capital | Capital return purchase own shares treasury capital date | |
| 2025-06-09 | SH03 | capital | Capital return purchase own shares treasury capital date | |
| 2025-05-21 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2025-05-16 | SH03 | capital | Capital return purchase own shares treasury capital date | |
| 2025-05-16 | SH03 | capital | Capital return purchase own shares treasury capital date | |
| 2025-04-24 | SH03 | capital | Capital return purchase own shares | |
| 2025-03-03 | SH03 | capital | Capital return purchase own shares treasury capital date | |
| 2025-03-03 | SH03 | capital | Capital return purchase own shares treasury capital date | |
| 2025-01-22 | SH03 | capital | Capital return purchase own shares treasury capital date | |
| 2024-10-29 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2024-10-15 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-10-03 | SH03 | capital | Capital return purchase own shares treasury capital date | |
| 2024-10-03 | SH03 | capital | Capital return purchase own shares treasury capital date | |
| 2024-09-29 | RP04SH01 | capital | Second filing capital allotment shares |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 11
- Capital events
- 15
- 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
+7.3%
£139,538,014 £149,793,661
-
Cash
-61.5%
£5,709,229 £2,199,078
-
Net assets
+0.4%
£39,522,581 £39,677,147
-
Employees
+8.6%
467 507
-
Operating profit
+25.2%
£1,494,067 £1,869,936
-
Profit before tax
-86.5%
£188,431 £25,467
-
Wages
+13%
£18,215,855 £20,581,935
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