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WILLIAM STOBART & SON LIMITED
Profile
- Company number
- 08816175
- Status
- Active
- Incorporation
- 2013-12-16
- Last accounts made up
- 2024-11-30
- Account category
- GROUP
- Primary SIC
- 49410
Accounts
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Audit & accounting basis
From AI-extracted PDF accounts
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Consolidated (group)
- Auditor
- Harts Limited
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The Financial Statements have been prepared on the going concern basis. The Directors have prepared appropriate forecasts and believe that due to the strong liquidity position and the strong long term relationships with Customers, Banks, and Suppliers the group will continue to operate with substantial headroom. The group has continued to navigate global and macroeconomic factors such as the Covid Pandemic and supply chain issues which have arisen from the War in Ukraine in the past, as well as more recent domestic challenges such as the economic downturn in the United Kingdom. For these reasons and the injection of a £3 million long term loan post year end, the directors have a reasonable expectation that the group has adequate resources to continue securely in operational existence for the foreseeable future.”
Subsidiaries
- ETS House Holdings Limited · 100% held · England · Dormant holding company
- ETS House Investments Limited · 100% held · Cheshire · Dormant holding company
- ITT Holdings Limited · 100% held · England · Dormant holding company
- ITT Investments Limited · 100% held · England · Dormant holding company
- Relief Holdings Limited · 100% held · England · Dormant holding company
- Relsto Investments Limited · 100% held · England · Dormant holding company
- H E Payne Holdings Limited · 100% held · England · Dormant holding company
- H E Payne Investments Limited · 100% held · England · Dormant holding company
- H.E.Payne Transport Ltd. · 100% held · Cheshire · Haulage and storage contracting
- ETS Elliott Transport Services Limited · 100% held · Cheshire · Warehouse management
- In Transit Transport Services Ltd · 100% held · England · Haulage and storage contracting
Significant events
- “On 1st December 2024, the subsidiaries HE Payne Investments Limited, HE Payne Holdings and HE Payne Transport Limited were disposed from this group. On 7th October 2025, the shareholders of William Stobart & Son Limited sold 100% of the issued share capital to Framtid Bidco 2 Limited. As a result of this transaction, Framtid Bidco 2 Limited became the new ultimate parent undertaking of the group.”
Auditor / going-concern / subsidiary information is extracted from the PDF version of the latest annual accounts and is not tagged in iXBRL. About these numbers
People
4 active · 3 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| PICKERING, David Brian | Director | 2026-01-05 | Mar 1973 | British |
| RIDDLE, Kevin John | Director | 2025-10-07 | Nov 1965 | British |
| STOBART, Edward John | Director | 2019-08-08 | Nov 1990 | British |
| STOBART, William | Director | 2013-12-16 | Nov 1961 | British |
Show 3 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| GRIFFITHS, David Christopher | Director | 2022-08-31 | 2025-11-20 |
| JONES, Andrew | Director | 2021-07-22 | 2022-08-31 |
| MCMULLAN, Nigel | Director | 2020-11-13 | 2025-11-20 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Framtid Bidco 2 Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2025-10-07 | Active |
| Oakfield Manor Estates Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 25–50%, Voting 25–50% | 2020-11-11 | Ceased 2025-10-07 |
| Blossom Hill Estates Ltd | Corporate entity | Shares 25–50%, Voting 25–50% | 2020-11-11 | Ceased 2020-11-13 |
| Mr William Stobart | Individual | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2020-11-11 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 52 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-01-14 | AP01 | officers | appoint person director company with name date |
| 2025-12-18 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | confirmation statement with updates |
| 2025-12-18 | AA01 | accounts | change account reference date company current extended |
| 2025-12-03 | AA | accounts | accounts with accounts type group |
| 2025-11-27 | TM01 | officers | termination director company with name termination date |
| 2025-11-27 | TM01 | officers | termination director company with name termination date |
| 2025-11-20 | AD01 | address | change registered office address company with date old address new address |
| 2025-10-30 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | cessation of a person with significant control |
| 2025-10-27 | AP01 | officers | appoint person director company with name date |
| 2025-10-22 | PSC02 | persons-with-significant-control | notification of a person with significant control |
| 2024-12-16 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | confirmation statement with no updates |
| 2024-11-21 | MR01 | mortgage | mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date |
| 2024-11-13 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | confirmation statement with no updates |
| 2024-09-04 | AA | accounts | accounts with accounts type group |
| 2023-12-06 | AA | accounts | accounts with accounts type group |
| 2023-11-13 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | confirmation statement with no updates |
| 2023-08-16 | AA01 | accounts | change account reference date company previous extended |
| 2023-02-01 | AA | accounts | accounts with accounts type group |
| 2022-11-29 | AA01 | accounts | change account reference date company current shortened |
| 2022-11-29 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | confirmation statement with updates |
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