WESTERN BIDCO LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-11-16 (in 6mo)
Last made up 2025-11-02
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£11M
-61.9% vs 2023
Net assets
£565K
-97.7% vs 2023
Employees
496
+7.8% vs 2023
Profit before tax
-£21M
-166% vs 2023
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Industrials median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2024-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £78,105,000 | £79,812,000 | |
| Operating profit | £12,957,000 | £8,781,000 | |
| Profit before tax | -£7,796,000 | -£20,735,000 | |
| Net profit | -£13,760,000 | -£20,412,000 | |
| Cash | £28,092,000 | £10,704,000 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £471,819,000 | £475,068,000 | |
| Net assets | £24,309,000 | £565,000 | |
| Equity | £24,309,000 | £565,000 | |
| Average employees | 460 | 496 | |
| Wages | £13,747,000 | £15,560,000 |
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 | 16.6% | 11.0% | |
| Net margin | -17.6% | -25.6% | |
| Return on capital employed | 2.7% | 1.8% | |
| Current ratio | 2.25x | 4.05x | |
| Interest cover | 0.47x | 0.27x |
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
- PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“After careful consideration, including taking account of severe but plausible downside scenarios, cash and banking facilities available, and the current market conditions, the directors confirm they are satisfied that the Group has adequate resources to continue operating for the foreseeable future. Accordingly, they continue to adopt the going concern basis for preparing the financial statements.”
Group structure
- WESTERN BIDCO LIMITED · parent
- Westerleigh WGH Limited 100%
- Westerleigh Group Holdings Limited 100%
- Westerleigh Group Limited 100%
- A.K. Lander Limited 100%
- Crematoria Management Ltd 100%
- Next Environmental Services Limited 100%
- Torbay Cemetery and Crematorium Limited 100%
- Cemetery + Crematorium Services Ltd 100%
- New Southgate Cemetery and Crematorium Limited 100%
- Forest Park Cemetery and Crematorium Limited 100%
- Kent County Crematorium Limited 100%
- Community Crematoria Limited 100%
- Westerleigh Propco 1 Limited 100%
- Distinct Cremations Holdings Limited 100%
- Distinct Cremations Limited 100%
- Distinct Funeral Plans Limited 100%
- Bishopbriggs Crematorium Limited 100%
Significant events
- “In March 2024 the Group successfully completed the refinancing of our debt facilities, with a new £282.5m 7-year facility.”
- “At the year end the Group operated 41 crematoria having successfully opened one new crematorium during the year, Bishopbriggs Crematorium in Glasgow.”
- “Subsequent to the balance sheet date, but prior to signing of the financial statements, Crematoria Management Limited, a subsidiary within the Group, successfully completed the purchase of land at York on 5 March 2025 for a purchase price of £2,590,000.”
- “Crematoria Management Ltd, a subsidiary of the Company, completed the acquisition of Bishopbriggs Crematorium Limited as a 100% owned subsidiary on 10 January 2024.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
5 active · 11 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ADAM, James Alexander | Director | 2016-11-03 | Oct 1970 | British |
| FYFIELD, John Lewis | Director | 2016-12-16 | Aug 1972 | British |
| HEWSON, Robert Nicholas Alan | Director | 2019-11-05 | May 1976 | British |
| KAMINS, Scott | Director | 2021-04-29 | Apr 1989 | Canadian |
| SMITH, Deborah Kay | Director | 2022-01-10 | Feb 1965 | British |
Show 11 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| JOHN, Dafydd Rhys | Secretary | 2017-02-28 | 2021-03-05 |
| BRUNNING, Charlotte Louise | Director | 2019-03-06 | 2021-04-29 |
| BUCKNELL, Stephen John | Director | 2016-12-19 | 2018-07-01 |
| EVANS, Richard David | Director | 2016-12-19 | 2018-12-04 |
| HORSNALL, Robert William | Director | 2016-11-03 | 2019-11-05 |
| JOHN, Dafydd Rhys | Director | 2016-12-19 | 2021-03-05 |
| MCLAUGHLAN, Roger | Director | 2020-03-26 | 2022-01-10 |
| NOWACK, Jacob | Director | 2018-02-01 | 2018-11-13 |
| THOMAZI, Charles | Director | 2016-12-16 | 2018-02-01 |
| TINDALL-DOMAN, Zoe | Director | 2021-04-01 | 2025-12-01 |
| WILLIS, James Michael George | Director | 2019-11-05 | 2020-03-26 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Uss Western Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 25–50%, Voting 25–50% | 2016-11-03 | Ceased 2016-11-03 |
| Western Topco Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2016-11-03 | Ceased 2016-11-03 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 57 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2024-03-20 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-12-11 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-11-05 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-08-21 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2024-11-05 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2024-08-27 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2024-03-20 | SH19 | capital | Capital statement capital company with date currency figure | |
| 2024-03-20 | SH20 | capital | Legacy | |
| 2024-03-20 | CAP-SS | insolvency | Legacy | |
| 2024-03-20 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2023-11-06 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-09-25 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2022-11-07 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-09-21 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2022-01-18 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2022-01-18 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2021-11-12 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-09-24 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2021-07-06 | PSC08 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control statement | |
| 2021-07-06 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2021-05-13 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 3
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 0
- Officers resigned
- 1
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
+2.2%
£78,105,000 £79,812,000
-
Cash
-61.9%
£28,092,000 £10,704,000
-
Net assets
-97.7%
£24,309,000 £565,000
-
Employees
+7.8%
460 496
-
Operating profit
-32.2%
£12,957,000 £8,781,000
-
Profit before tax
-166%
-£7,796,000 -£20,735,000
-
Wages
+13.2%
£13,747,000 £15,560,000
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