WORLD OPTIONS HOLDINGS LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2027-01-24 (in 8mo)
Last made up 2026-01-10
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£1M
-33.5% vs 2023
Net assets
£5M
+23.2% vs 2023
Employees
86
-4.4% vs 2023
Profit before tax
£2M
+49.5% vs 2023
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Unclassified median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2024-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £48,162,949 | £49,421,919 | |
| Operating profit | £1,653,896 | £2,002,987 | |
| Profit before tax | £1,054,150 | £1,576,043 | |
| Net profit | £1,517,786 | £1,024,053 | |
| Cash | £1,595,884 | £1,060,781 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £7,571,451 | £6,625,144 | |
| Net assets | £4,421,259 | £5,445,312 | |
| Equity | £4,421,259 | £5,445,312 | |
| Average employees | 90 | 86 | |
| Wages | £4,284,756 | £3,495,231 |
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 | 3.4% | 4.1% | |
| Net margin | 3.2% | 2.1% | |
| Return on capital employed | 21.8% | 30.2% | |
| Current ratio | 0.64x | 0.63x | |
| Interest cover | 2.74x | 4.54x |
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
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Consolidated group
- Auditor
- Studholme-Bell Limited
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“In auditing the financial statements, we have concluded that the directors' use of the going concern basis of accounting in the preparation of the financial statements is appropriate. Based on the work we have performed, we have not identified any material uncertainties relating to events or conditions that, individually or collectively, may cast significant doubt on the group's and the parent company's ability to continue as a going concern for a period of at least twelve months from when the financial statements are authorised for issue.”
Group structure
- WORLD OPTIONS HOLDINGS LIMITED · parent
- World Options Limited 100%
- World Options Systems Limited 100%
- World Options (Franchise) Ltd 100%
- World Options Inc 100%
- Mail Boxes Etc. (UK) Limited 100%
- Siid Limited 100%
- Pack and Send UK Limited 100%
- Pack and Send Trading Limited 100%
Significant events
- “During the year ended 31 December 2024 the Group saw growth in business activity, with turnover generated increasing by 2.60% from £48.2m in 2023, to £49.4m in 2024.”
- “Wages and salary costs have fallen by £0.90m to £3.88m in 2024, compared to £4.78m in 2023, mainly due to the reduced number of employees as part of the streamlining process in the current year following the company acquisitions in the prior year.”
- “Investment in computer software and portal development amounted to £2.00m during the year ended 31 December 2024.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
5 active · 4 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BUTLER, Stewart Michael | Director | 2016-04-08 | Apr 1974 | British |
| EDWARDS, James Andrew | Director | 2016-04-08 | Dec 1975 | English |
| FARRIS, Ryan | Director | 2025-07-10 | Aug 1975 | American |
| MENNELLA, Valeria | Director | 2025-10-20 | Mar 1978 | Italian |
| SPACCIA, Samuele | Director | 2022-07-02 | May 1980 | Italian |
Show 4 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| COMINONE, Paolo | Director | 2022-07-02 | 2025-07-10 |
| FERGUSON, Warren James | Director | 2016-04-08 | 2018-05-25 |
| JACKSON, Andrew | Director | 2016-04-08 | 2018-09-03 |
| RUDI, Giuseppe | Director | 2022-07-02 | 2025-10-20 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mbe Worldwide S.P.A | Corporate entity | Shares 50–75%, Voting 50–75% | 2022-07-02 | Active |
| Mr Stewart Michael Butler | Individual | Shares 50–75%, Voting 50–75% | 2016-04-08 | Ceased 2022-07-02 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 76 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2022-08-15 MA Memorandum articles
- 2022-08-10 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-02-06 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-11-07 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-11-07 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-07-30 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-07-30 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-07-29 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2025-01-24 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-08-31 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2024-01-25 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-10-04 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2023-01-10 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2023-01-06 | SH06 | capital | Capital cancellation shares | |
| 2023-01-06 | SH03 | capital | Capital return purchase own shares | |
| 2022-09-30 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2022-08-30 | SH06 | capital | Capital cancellation shares | |
| 2022-08-30 | SH03 | capital | Capital return purchase own shares | |
| 2022-08-15 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles | |
| 2022-08-11 | SH10 | capital | Capital variation of rights attached to shares | |
| 2022-08-10 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2022-08-10 | SH02 | capital | Capital alter shares subdivision |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 6
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 2
- Officers resigned
- 2
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
+2.6%
£48,162,949 £49,421,919
-
Cash
-33.5%
£1,595,884 £1,060,781
-
Net assets
+23.2%
£4,421,259 £5,445,312
-
Employees
-4.4%
90 86
-
Operating profit
+21.1%
£1,653,896 £2,002,987
-
Profit before tax
+49.5%
£1,054,150 £1,576,043
-
Wages
-18.4%
£4,284,756 £3,495,231
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