WERFEN LIMITED
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Cash
£4.3M
-12.1% vs 2024
Net assets
£22M
+8.1% vs 2024
Employees
129
+1.6% highest in 6 filed years
Profit before tax
£2.4M
+21.5% first positive since 2021
Net assets
6-year trend · vs Industrials median
Accounts
6-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2025-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2020-12-31 | 2021-12-31 | 2022-12-31 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £45,967,871 | £46,616,259 | £49,322,986 | £53,044,206 | £57,273,666 | £64,456,918 | +12.5% | |
| Operating profit | £652,808 | -£107,803 | £1,416,258 | £3,390,760 | £1,487,839 | £2,429,127 | +63.3% | |
| Profit before tax | £569,984 | -£251,902 | £1,304,216 | £3,431,531 | £1,958,279 | £2,378,362 | +21.5% | |
| Net profit | — | — | — | £2,743,042 | £1,174,372 | £1,692,346 | +44.1% | |
| Cash | £2,198,522 | £1,944,198 | £6,302,882 | £8,065,719 | £4,870,274 | £4,281,891 | -12.1% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £28,827,482 | £27,635,724 | £27,790,954 | £30,402,706 | £24,697,319 | £24,806,464 | +0.4% | |
| Net assets | £14,272,698 | £18,180,211 | £21,933,461 | £27,308,386 | £20,458,508 | £22,105,854 | +8.1% | |
| Equity | £14,272,698 | £18,180,211 | £21,933,461 | £27,308,386 | £20,458,508 | £22,105,854 | +8.1% | |
| Average employees | 81 | 88 | 98 | 100 | 127 | 129 | +1.6% | |
| Wages | — | — | — | £6,593,920 | £8,871,753 | £8,624,538 | -2.8% | |
| Directors' remuneration | — | — | — | £243,640 | £277,728 | — | — |
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 | 2020-12-31 | 2021-12-31 | 2022-12-31 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 1.4% | -0.2% | 2.9% | 6.4% | 2.6% | 3.8% | |
| Net margin | — | — | — | 5.2% | 2.1% | 2.6% | |
| Return on capital employed | 2.3% | -0.4% | 5.1% | 11.2% | 6.0% | 9.8% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | — | — | — | 35.9% | 53.0% | 49.9% | |
| Current ratio | — | — | — | 2.45x | 1.36x | 1.40x | |
| Interest cover | 3.63x | -0.50x | 8.11x | 12.06x | 13.23x | 20.82x |
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
- WERFEN LIMITED 2014-09-02 → present
- INSTRUMENTATION LABORATORY (U K) LIMITED 1972-01-27 → 2014-09-02
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 101
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- PricewaterhouseCoopers LLC
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“Based on the work we have performed, we have not identified any material uncertainties relating to events or conditions that, individually or collectively, may cast significant doubt on the company's ability to continue as a going concern for a period of at least twelve months from when the financial statements are authorised for issue.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
2 active · 14 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CALDERBANK, Stephen Martin | Secretary | 2006-08-03 | — | British |
| HAMES, Richard Ian | Director | 2017-12-21 | Oct 1977 | British |
Show 14 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| BROOKS, Robert | Secretary | — | 1997-06-20 |
| LEWIS, Christopher James | Secretary | 1997-06-20 | 2006-08-03 |
| CASTELLINO, Michele | Director | — | 1991-10-23 |
| CODEGA, Paolo | Director | 1992-02-29 | 1993-12-31 |
| COSTA RIGAU, Jaime | Director | 1991-10-23 | 1997-07-31 |
| GRANT, Allan James | Director | 2006-05-05 | 2017-12-21 |
| HART, Gerard | Director | — | 2003-11-25 |
| KALFHAUS, Lars | Director | 2022-12-16 | 2026-05-08 |
| LEWIS, Clive James Gordon | Director | — | 2006-08-03 |
| MAIONE, Ted | Director | 2021-05-27 | 2022-12-16 |
| PASCUAL SANCHO, Carles | Director | 1994-01-03 | 2019-02-04 |
| RICE, Terence | Director | 2003-11-20 | 2006-05-02 |
| ROMOREN, Gurvin John | Director | — | 1992-02-29 |
| SERRA SAGRISTA, Jaume | Director | 2019-02-04 | 2021-05-27 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Werfen, S.A. | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2019-12-30 | Active |
| Werfen Holding Sl | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100% | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2019-12-30 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 163 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-05-19 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2026-05-17 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-07-01 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-06-12 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-06-14 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-05-13 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-07-19 | AAMD | accounts | Accounts amended with accounts type full | |
| 2023-06-16 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2023-06-09 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type total exemption full | |
| 2022-12-20 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2022-12-16 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2022-08-30 | AAMD | accounts | Accounts amended with accounts type full | |
| 2022-08-22 | PSC05 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2022-08-01 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type total exemption full | |
| 2022-06-23 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-10-13 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2021-07-29 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-06-15 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-05-28 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2021-05-27 | 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.