W. H. BOWKER INTERNATIONAL LIMITED
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Cash
£1.8m
-50.4% vs 2024
Net assets
£9.3m
+8.8% highest in 3 filed years
Employees
77
+13.2% highest in 3 filed years
Profit before tax
£696k
+7.9% highest in 3 filed years
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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1 PSC ceased in last 24 months
Significant control changed hands — see the Ownership section.
Net assets
3-year trend · vs Industrials median
Accounts
3-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2025-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £17,763,000 | £18,099,000 | £19,995,000 | +10.5% | |
| Operating profit | £704,000 | £701,000 | £765,000 | +9.1% | |
| Profit before tax | £653,000 | £645,000 | £696,000 | +7.9% | |
| Net profit | £440,000 | £523,000 | £749,000 | +43.2% | |
| Cash | £1,228,000 | £3,572,000 | £1,772,000 | -50.4% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £8,927,000 | £9,496,000 | £10,507,000 | +10.6% | |
| Net assets | £8,006,000 | £8,529,000 | £9,278,000 | +8.8% | |
| Equity | £8,006,000 | £8,529,000 | £9,278,000 | +8.8% | |
| Average employees | 67 | 68 | 77 | +13.2% | |
| Wages | £2,159,000 | £2,577,000 | £2,807,000 | +8.9% | |
| Directors' remuneration | £339,000 | £353,000 | £375,000 | +6.2% |
Values shown as filed in the company's annual accounts. — indicates the figure wasn't present under that line item in that period. The Δ column is the change from the prior filed period as a percentage of |prior|; lines a company doesn't report show —. About these numbers
Ratios
Computed from the line items above — sparklines read oldest → newest
| Ratio | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 4.0% | 3.9% | 3.8% | |
| Net margin | 2.5% | 2.9% | 3.7% | |
| Return on capital employed | 7.9% | 7.4% | 7.3% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | — | 28.0% | 32.2% | |
| Current ratio | 2.58x | 3.03x | 2.81x | |
| Interest cover | 13.80x | 12.52x | 11.09x |
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.
Name history
Renamed 1 time since incorporation
- W. H. BOWKER INTERNATIONAL LIMITED 1976-12-31 → present
- F. WEARING AND COMPANY LIMITED 1954-03-27 → 1976-12-31
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- Grant Thornton UK LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“Consequently, 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.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
11 active · 8 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| GEE, Andrew John | Secretary | 2018-11-30 | — | — |
| BOWKER, Anthony Paul | Director | 2007-04-10 | Apr 1968 | British |
| BOWKER, Helen Mary | Director | — | Jun 1946 | British |
| BOWKER, Kenneth Neil | Director | 1996-12-13 | Apr 1965 | British |
| BOWKER, Kenneth Neil | Director | — | Mar 1944 | British |
| BOWKER, William Henry | Director | 2024-12-18 | Aug 1988 | British |
| BOWKER, William Henry | Director | — | May 1960 | British |
| GEE, Andrew John | Director | 2019-02-01 | Jun 1965 | British |
| HANSEN, Peter Oesterby | Director | 2014-09-30 | Oct 1964 | Danish |
| KAY, Christopher | Director | 2025-06-12 | Mar 1977 | British |
| TURNER, Denis | Director | — | Jun 1945 | British |
Show 8 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| HEPPENSTALL, David | Secretary | — | 2000-01-04 |
| THOMASON, Darren | Secretary | 2000-01-04 | 2018-11-30 |
| BOWKER, Anthony Paul | Director | 2009-10-01 | 2009-10-01 |
| BOWKER, Rosemary Eleanor | Director | — | 2013-03-31 |
| BOWKER, William Henry | Director | — | 2017-09-18 |
| HARRISON, David John | Director | 1993-12-23 | 2012-01-01 |
| HEPPENSTALL, David | Director | — | 2000-06-02 |
| HUMPHREYS, John Michael | Director | 1996-12-13 | 2016-12-31 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mr William Henry Bowker | Individual | Shares 25–50%, Voting 25–50% | 2025-11-18 | Active |
| Mr William Henry Bowker | Individual | Shares 25–50% | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2025-11-18 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 176 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-07-12 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-12-31 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2025-11-20 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2025-11-20 | PSC01 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2025-10-22 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-07-10 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-06-13 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-12-20 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-10-22 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-07-15 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-01-11 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2023-10-23 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-07-26 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-10-24 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-07-13 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-11-10 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-08-06 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2020-10-22 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2020-10-06 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2019-10-21 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 5
- 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.