WALTER CAREFOOT & SONS (CONSTRUCTION) LIMITED
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Cash
£4.2m
-4.6% vs 2025
Net assets
£2m
-73.3% lowest in 5 filed years
Employees
38
-5% lowest in 5 filed years
Profit before tax
-£4.7m
-430.5% lowest in 5 filed years
Net assets
5-year trend · vs Industrials median
Accounts
5-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2026-03-31
| Metric | Trend | 2021-03-31 | 2022-03-31 | 2024-03-31 | 2025-03-31 | 2026-03-31 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £22,126,789 | £26,264,003 | £22,388,141 | £17,571,828 | £19,250,944 | +9.6% | |
| Operating profit | £1,333,833 | £1,040,629 | £1,456,071 | £1,240,346 | -£4,756,810 | -483.5% | |
| Profit before tax | £1,247,445 | £769,125 | £1,523,456 | £1,406,995 | -£4,650,690 | -430.5% | |
| Net profit | £1,009,925 | £873,554 | £1,209,421 | £1,041,350 | -£5,029,758 | -583% | |
| Cash | £1,743,767 | £2,163,082 | £4,017,378 | £4,410,330 | £4,206,978 | -4.6% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £7,904,169 | £7,837,855 | £7,482,095 | £7,541,240 | £2,007,383 | -73.4% | |
| Net assets | £7,622,757 | £7,837,855 | £7,458,809 | £7,519,233 | £2,007,383 | -73.3% | |
| Equity | £7,622,757 | £7,837,855 | £7,458,809 | £7,519,233 | £2,007,383 | -73.3% | |
| Average employees | 55 | 53 | 47 | 40 | 38 | -5% | |
| Wages | £1,972,072 | £1,996,687 | £1,688,596 | £1,585,330 | £1,739,819 | +9.7% | |
| Directors' remuneration | £22,968 | £25,721 | £40,723 | £42,767 | £44,255 | +3.5% | |
| Directors' pension contributions | — | — | £55,616 | £60,000 | £60,000 | 0% |
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 | 2021-03-31 | 2022-03-31 | 2024-03-31 | 2025-03-31 | 2026-03-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 6.0% | 4.0% | 6.5% | 7.1% | -24.7% | |
| Net margin | 4.6% | 3.3% | 5.4% | 5.9% | -26.1% | |
| Return on capital employed | 16.9% | 13.3% | 19.5% | 16.4% | -237.0% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 25.9% | 26.9% | 44.0% | 30.7% | 74.4% | |
| Current ratio | — | — | 1.86x | 2.54x | 1.34x |
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
- WALTER CAREFOOT & SONS (CONSTRUCTION) LIMITED 1994-08-31 → present
- WALTER CAREFOOT AND SONS LIMITED 1959-04-17 → 1994-08-31
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- Pierce C A Limited
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“At the time of approving the financial statements, the directors have a reasonable expectation that the company has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future. Thus the directors continue to adopt the going concern basis of accounting”
Significant events
- “During the year, the Group to which the company belongs undertook a reorganisation of its structure, which resulted in exceptional expenditure of £6,217,493 being recognised in the profit and loss account.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
3 active · 9 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CAREFOOT, Charles Douglas | Director | — | Feb 1952 | British |
| CAREFOOT, Colin William Clive | Director | 1993-04-01 | Jun 1968 | British |
| CROSS, Andrew Raymond | Director | 2019-02-14 | Jun 1974 | British |
Show 9 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| BARRINGTON, Roy Thomas | Secretary | — | 2010-05-27 |
| GREEN, Garry Thomas | Secretary | 2010-05-27 | 2010-10-15 |
| CAREFOOT, Colin Michael John | Director | — | 1992-03-30 |
| CAREFOOT, Elsie | Director | — | 1992-03-30 |
| CAREFOOT, Stuart Walter Allan | Director | 1999-09-01 | 2015-04-06 |
| CAREFOOT, Walter | Director | — | 1992-03-30 |
| CAREFOOT, William Clive, Doctor | Director | — | 2006-06-29 |
| MORLEY, David | Director | 1993-04-01 | 2001-10-29 |
| WADSLEY, Trevor | Director | — | 1994-03-31 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Carefoot Plc | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100% | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 134 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2026-07-03 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
- 2026-06-23 MA Memorandum articles
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-09-29 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2026-07-03 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2026-06-24 | SH10 | capital | Capital variation of rights attached to shares | |
| 2026-06-23 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles | |
| 2025-11-03 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2025-11-02 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-11-02 | AD02 | address | Change sail address company with old address new address | |
| 2025-09-19 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-10-31 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2024-10-03 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-11-03 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-09-21 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-11-04 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-08-10 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-02-13 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2021-12-17 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2021-12-17 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2021-10-29 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-09-01 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2021-07-22 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 7
- Capital events
- 1
- 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.