WILLIAM STOBART & SON LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-12-31 (in 7mo)
Last filed for 2024-11-30
Confirmation statement due
2026-12-30 (in 7mo)
Last made up 2025-12-16
Watchouts
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.
Accounts
Audit & accounting basis
- 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.”
Group structure
- WILLIAM STOBART & SON LIMITED · parent
- ETS House Holdings Limited 100%
- ETS House Investments Limited 100%
- ITT Holdings Limited 100%
- ITT Investments Limited 100%
- Relief Holdings Limited 100%
- Relsto Investments Limited 100%
- H E Payne Holdings Limited 100%
- H E Payne Investments Limited 100%
- H.E.Payne Transport Ltd. 100%
- ETS Elliott Transport Services Limited 100%
- In Transit Transport Services Ltd 100%
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 and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. 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 |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 10
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 2
- Officers resigned
- 2
last 12 months
last 24 months
last 12 months
last 12 months
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Year-on-year
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