WILLIAM WILSON LTD.
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Next accounts due
2027-04-30 (in 11mo)
Last filed for 2025-07-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-09-19 (in 4mo)
Last made up 2025-09-05
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£4M
+3.9% vs 2024
Net assets
£22M
+9.7% vs 2024
Employees
210
-1.9% vs 2024
Profit before tax
£6M
-16.7% vs 2024
Name history
Renamed 1 time since incorporation
- WILLIAM WILSON LTD. 1994-04-01 → present
- WILLIAM WILSON & COMPANY (ABERDEEN) LIMITED 1927-07-18 → 1994-04-01
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2025-07-31
| Metric | Trend | 2024-07-31 | 2025-07-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £77,273,000 | £77,787,000 | |
| Operating profit | £7,400,000 | £6,430,000 | |
| Profit before tax | £7,349,000 | £6,120,000 | |
| Net profit | £7,039,000 | £5,906,000 | |
| Cash | £3,554,000 | £3,691,000 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £26,415,000 | £28,624,000 | |
| Net assets | £19,702,000 | £21,608,000 | |
| Equity | £19,702,000 | £21,608,000 | |
| Average employees | 214 | 210 | |
| Wages | £6,405,000 | £6,510,000 |
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 | 2024-07-31 | 2025-07-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 9.6% | 8.3% | |
| Net margin | 9.1% | 7.6% | |
| Return on capital employed | 28.0% | 22.5% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 54.8% | 47.4% | |
| Current ratio | 1.82x | 2.27x | |
| Interest cover | 23.34x | 14.48x |
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 101
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- Deloitte LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The Directors are confident that the Company will have sufficient funds to continue to meet its liabilities as they fall due for at least 12 months from the date of approval of the financial statements and therefore have prepared the financial statements on a going concern basis.”
Group structure
- WILLIAM WILSON LTD. · parent
- Bassetts (Wolseley) Limited 100%
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
4 active · 27 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| RANDLE, Nicky Paul | Secretary | 2020-12-04 | — | — |
| BERARD, Patrick Louis Jean | Director | 2026-03-27 | Apr 1953 | French |
| RANDLE, Nicky Paul | Director | 2024-01-01 | Feb 1984 | British |
| THOMAS, Nicola | Director | 2024-01-01 | Jan 1976 | British |
Show 27 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| FRENCH, Vanessa | Secretary | 2013-06-14 | 2018-05-31 |
| MCCORMICK, Katherine Mary | Secretary | 2018-05-31 | 2020-12-04 |
| MIDDLEMISS, Graham | Secretary | 2005-10-31 | 2013-06-14 |
| NICOL, Grant Joss | Secretary | — | 1994-09-30 |
| SKIDMORE, Robert William | Secretary | 1994-10-01 | 2005-10-31 |
| BARDEN, Adrian | Director | 2005-10-31 | 2006-10-31 |
| BISSET, Robert Angus | Director | 1995-07-12 | 2007-02-10 |
| BISSET, Robert Angus | Director | — | 1994-03-31 |
| CRAIG, Frederick John Robert | Director | 1994-03-01 | 1999-05-19 |
| FRASER, Grant Mckenzie | Director | — | 1994-03-31 |
| GRAY, Simon | Director | 2018-03-01 | 2025-09-30 |
| HANCOX, Elizabeth Louise, Dr | Director | 2016-07-08 | 2018-03-02 |
| HARDING, Derek John | Director | 2010-07-01 | 2013-07-30 |
| JONES, Keith Harold Davenport | Director | 2008-09-15 | 2014-07-31 |
| MACDONALD, Angus Donald Mackintosh | Director | — | 2005-10-31 |
| MORRIS, Anthony Charles | Director | 2008-09-15 | 2011-10-31 |
| NEVILLE, Matthew James | Director | 2005-10-31 | 2011-10-31 |
| NICOL, Grant Joss | Director | 1989-04-01 | 1994-03-31 |
| PERCY, Ian, Professor | Director | 1995-07-12 | 2005-10-31 |
| RONCHETTI, Marc Arthur | Director | 2014-07-31 | 2016-07-29 |
| SKIDMORE, Robert William | Director | 1995-07-12 | 2007-02-28 |
| TILLOTSON, Ian | Director | 2006-04-28 | 2008-10-17 |
| TURNER, Paul Gerard | Director | 2013-07-09 | 2014-08-12 |
| WILSON, Alexander | Director | — | 1989-04-01 |
| WILSON, Colin Alexander | Director | 1992-04-01 | 1994-03-31 |
| WILSON, Graeme Joss | Director | — | 2000-10-13 |
| WOLSELEY DIRECTORS LIMITED | Corporate Director | 2014-07-31 | 2023-12-31 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| William Wilson Holdings Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 200 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-03-30 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2026-02-17 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2026-01-23 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2025-11-24 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-10-30 | ANNOTATION | miscellaneous | Legacy | |
| 2025-10-07 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2025-10-07 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2025-10-07 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2025-10-07 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2025-10-07 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2025-10-07 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2025-09-24 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2025-09-17 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2025-09-12 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2025-09-08 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2025-09-08 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2025-09-08 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2025-09-08 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2025-09-08 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2025-09-08 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 20
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 1
- 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
FY2024 → FY2025 · period ending 2025-07-31 vs 2024-07-31
-
Turnover
+0.7%
£77,273,000 £77,787,000
-
Cash
+3.9%
£3,554,000 £3,691,000
-
Net assets
+9.7%
£19,702,000 £21,608,000
-
Employees
-1.9%
214 210
-
Operating profit
-13.1%
£7,400,000 £6,430,000
-
Profit before tax
-16.7%
£7,349,000 £6,120,000
-
Wages
+1.6%
£6,405,000 £6,510,000
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