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WS SPECIALIST LOGISTICS LIMITED
Cash
£1M
+106.5% vs 2023
Net assets
£8M
+23% vs 2023
Employees
364
-8.5% vs 2023
Profit before tax
—
Period ending 2024-11-30
Profile
- Company number
- 08925253
- Status
- Active
- Incorporation
- 2014-03-06
- Last accounts made up
- 2024-11-30
- Account category
- GROUP
- Primary SIC
- 49410
Net assets
3-year trend · vs UK Logistics & Mobility median
Accounts
3-year trend · latest 2024-11-30
| Metric | Trend | 2022-11-30 | 2023-11-30 | 2024-11-30 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | — | — | — | |
| Operating profit | — | — | — | |
| Profit before tax | — | — | — | |
| Net profit | — | — | £1,551,673 | |
| Cash | — | £558,674 | £1,153,736 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | — | £7,379,573 | £8,910,645 | |
| Net assets | — | £6,737,698 | £8,289,371 | |
| Equity | £5,342,631 | £6,737,698 | £8,289,371 | |
| Average employees | — | 398 | 364 | |
| Wages | — | — | — |
Values shown as filed in iXBRL accounts. — indicates the figure was not present in the extracted filing (either not filed under that concept or absent from the period). About these numbers
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 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 continued profitability being generated from the Business, the directors have a reasonable expectation that the group has adequate resources to continue securely in operational existence for the foreseeable future.”
Subsidiaries
- WS Light Haulage Limited · 67% held · UK · Dormant Company
- Middlebrook Holding Limited · 90% held · UK · Dormant holding company
- Middlebrook Transport Limited · 90% held · UK · Road Haulage
- Oliver Transport Services Limited · 100% held · UK · Haulage and warehouse facility providers
- WS Freight Services Limited · 100% held · UK · Road haulage
- Mbrook Holdings Limited · 90% held · UK · Dormant holding company
- Mbrook Investments Limited · 90% held · UK · Haulage and warehouse providers
- Direct Haulage Limited · 100% held · UK · Road haulage
- WMB Logistics Limited · 82.9% held · UK · Warehouse management
Significant events
- “On 1st December 2024, WST Group Limited acquired 100% of the shareholding of WS Specialist Logistics Limited and became its controlling party. There were no changes to the company's ultimate controlling party.”
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 · 1 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| COX, David Norman | Director | 2014-03-06 | Apr 1979 | British |
| GRIFFITHS, David Christopher | Director | 2022-08-31 | Mar 1987 | British |
| MCMULLAN, Nigel | Director | 2014-10-01 | Aug 1979 | British |
| STOBART, Edward John | Director | 2014-03-06 | Nov 1990 | British |
Show 1 resigned officer
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| JONES, Andrew | Director | 2021-07-22 | 2022-08-31 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wst Group Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100% | 2024-12-01 | Active |
| Oakfield Manor Estates Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 25–50%, Voting 25–50% | 2020-10-14 | Active |
| Mr David Norman Cox | Individual | Shares 25–50% | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2020-10-14 |
| Mr Edward John Stobart | Individual | Shares 25–50% | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2020-10-14 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 53 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-12-24 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | confirmation statement with no updates |
| 2025-10-03 | AA | accounts | accounts with accounts type group |
| 2025-09-03 | CH01 | officers | change person director company with change date |
| 2025-09-03 | CH01 | officers | change person director company with change date |
| 2024-12-11 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | confirmation statement with updates |
| 2024-12-11 | PSC02 | persons-with-significant-control | notification of a person with significant control |
| 2024-11-28 | AA | accounts | accounts with accounts type group |
| 2024-11-21 | MR01 | mortgage | mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date |
| 2024-03-06 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | confirmation statement with no updates |
| 2023-12-06 | AA | accounts | accounts with accounts type group |
| 2023-08-18 | AA01 | accounts | change account reference date company previous extended |
| 2023-04-04 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | confirmation statement with updates |
| 2023-02-01 | AA | accounts | accounts with accounts type group |
| 2022-11-29 | AA01 | accounts | change account reference date company current shortened |
| 2022-09-13 | AP01 | officers | appoint person director company with name date |
| 2022-09-13 | TM01 | officers | termination director company with name termination date |
| 2022-04-07 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | confirmation statement with no updates |
| 2022-02-02 | PSC02 | persons-with-significant-control | notification of a person with significant control |
| 2022-02-02 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | cessation of a person with significant control |
| 2022-02-02 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | cessation of a person with significant control |
Credit score
Altman Z″ — composite of working capital, retained earnings, EBIT, and leverage
Activity Score
Filings velocity, capital events, officer churn, accounts trajectory