W.F.B. BAIRD & CO., LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-12-31 (in 7mo)
Last filed for 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-10-16 (in 5mo)
Last made up 2025-10-02
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£3M
+96.4% vs 2024
Net assets
£22M
+5.3% vs 2024
Employees
—
Average over period
Profit before tax
£1M
-32.4% vs 2024
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2025-03-31
| Metric | Trend | 2024-03-31 | 2025-03-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £10,829,428 | £9,300,586 | |
| Operating profit | £2,066,907 | £1,416,154 | |
| Profit before tax | £2,020,227 | £1,364,964 | |
| Net profit | £1,617,408 | £1,091,120 | |
| Cash | £1,598,882 | £3,139,501 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £20,736,607 | £21,827,727 | |
| Net assets | £20,736,607 | £21,827,727 | |
| Equity | £20,736,607 | £21,827,727 | |
| Average employees | — | — | |
| 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
Ratios
Computed from the line items above — sparklines read oldest → newest
| Ratio | Trend | 2024-03-31 | 2025-03-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 19.1% | 15.2% | |
| Net margin | 14.9% | 11.7% | |
| Return on capital employed | 10.0% | 6.5% | |
| Current ratio | 6.73x | 10.21x | |
| Interest cover | 44.28x | 27.66x |
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
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- Moore (N.I.) LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The directors have prepared the financial statements on the going concern basis which assumes that the company will continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future. The directors do not believe that there is a material uncertainty which may cast significant doubt on the company's ability to continue as a going concern and, therefore, about its ability to realise assets and discharge its liabilities in the normal course of business.”
Group structure
- W.F.B. BAIRD & CO., LIMITED · parent
- Baird McNutt Inc. 100%
- W.F.B. Baird Europe 100%
- Flax Fibre Sp. Zoo 100%
- W.F.B. Baird & Company India Private Limited 100%
Significant events
- “The Company has broadly maintained its margins for 2024/25 and believes it will continue to do so for the foreseeable future even with the challenges it is presenting. The revenue and profitability of the Group has maintained its growth trajectory in 2025/26.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
3 active · 2 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| MCCLEAN, David | Secretary | 2010-10-20 | — | — |
| BAIRD, William James Burgoyne | Director | — | Dec 1957 | British |
| MCCLEAN, David William John | Director | 2015-05-04 | Feb 1954 | British |
Show 2 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| JOHNSTON, Mark | Secretary | — | 2010-10-20 |
| BAIRD, Hugh Burgoyne | Director | — | 2013-10-22 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Union Street (Lurgan) Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100% | 2016-04-30 | Active |
| Electroedit Belfast Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100% | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2016-04-30 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 212 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-04-03 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-10-21 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-03-14 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-10-24 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-01-04 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-11-06 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2023-01-05 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-11-08 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2022-11-08 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2022-10-05 | AA01 | accounts | Change account reference date company previous shortened | |
| 2022-05-04 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-11-12 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-05-05 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2020-10-28 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2020-01-31 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2019-10-25 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2019-02-15 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2018-10-19 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2018-02-02 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2017-11-16 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 2
- 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
FY2024 → FY2025 · period ending 2025-03-31 vs 2024-03-31
-
Turnover
-14.1%
£10,829,428 £9,300,586
-
Cash
+96.4%
£1,598,882 £3,139,501
-
Net assets
+5.3%
£20,736,607 £21,827,727
-
Employees
—
Not reported
-
Operating profit
-31.5%
£2,066,907 £1,416,154
-
Profit before tax
-32.4%
£2,020,227 £1,364,964
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