WS SPECIALIST LOGISTICS LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-08-31 (in 3mo)
Last filed for 2024-11-30
Confirmation statement due
2026-12-25 (in 7mo)
Last made up 2025-12-11
Watchouts
None on the register
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
Net assets
3-year trend · vs Industrials median
Accounts
3-year trend · latest reflected 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 the company's annual accounts. — indicates the figure wasn't present under that line item in that period. About these numbers
Audit & accounting basis
- 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.”
Group structure
- WS SPECIALIST LOGISTICS LIMITED · parent
- WS Light Haulage Limited 67%
- Middlebrook Holding Limited 90%
- Middlebrook Transport Limited 90%
- Oliver Transport Services Limited 100%
- WS Freight Services Limited 100%
- Mbrook Holdings Limited 90%
- Mbrook Investments Limited 90%
- Direct Haulage Limited 100%
- WMB Logistics Limited 82.9%
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 and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. 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 |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 4
- Capital events
- 0
- 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 2024-11-30 vs 2023-11-30
-
Turnover
—
Not reported
-
Cash
+106.5%
£558,674 £1,153,736
-
Net assets
+23%
£6,737,698 £8,289,371
-
Employees
-8.5%
398 364
Each % is (latest − prior) ÷ |prior| for the line item as filed. Periods don't have to be exactly 12 months apart — a long or short period (typical around incorporation or year-end changes) will distort the comparison. Lines a company doesn't report are omitted. About these numbers