WINGATE ELECTRICAL PLC
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Cash
£9.8M
-33% vs 2024
Net assets
£30M
+16.4% vs 2024
Employees
316
+5.7% vs 2024
Profit before tax
£8.3M
+11.8% vs 2024
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Industrials median
Accounts
2-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2025-09-30
| Metric | Trend | 2024-09-30 | 2025-09-30 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £65,072,623 | £71,870,117 | +10.4% | |
| Operating profit | £6,664,088 | £7,551,182 | +13.3% | |
| Profit before tax | £7,446,288 | £8,324,095 | +11.8% | |
| Net profit | £5,650,164 | £6,273,625 | +11% | |
| Cash | £14,576,453 | £9,765,328 | -33% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £26,188,871 | £30,465,511 | +16.3% | |
| Net assets | £26,041,324 | £30,314,949 | +16.4% | |
| Equity | £26,041,324 | £30,314,949 | +16.4% | |
| Average employees | 299 | 316 | +5.7% | |
| Wages | £15,274,773 | £17,025,565 | +11.5% | |
| Directors' remuneration | £1,238,366 | £1,340,055 | +8.2% |
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 | 2024-09-30 | 2025-09-30 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 10.2% | 10.5% | |
| Net margin | 8.7% | 8.7% | |
| Return on capital employed | 25.4% | 24.8% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 32.3% | 26.3% | |
| Current ratio | 2.95x | 3.64x |
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
- Consolidated group
- Auditor
- Hopper Williams & Bell Limited
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“After making appropriate enquiries, the Directors have a reasonable expectation that the group has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future. For this reason it continues to adopt the going concern basis in preparing the financial statements.”
Group structure
- WINGATE ELECTRICAL PLC · parent
- Wingate Netherlands B.V. 100%
- Wingate Electrical Ireland Limited 100%
Significant events
- “On 15 August 2025 Wingate Electrical Ireland Limited was incorporated but remained dormant until the reporting date of 30 September 2025. In line with Financial Reporting Standard 102 'The Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland' (United Kingdom Generally Accepted Accounting Practice) section 9.9A, the results of Wingate Electrical Ireland Limited are considered immaterial and therefore are not included in these consolidated financial statements.”
- “Following the year end, the directors declared and paid a final dividend in relation to the year ended 30 September 2025 of £2,000,000.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
5 active · 9 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| MUNRO, John David | Secretary | 2018-07-12 | — | — |
| CUMMINGS, Matthew | Director | 2015-03-31 | May 1969 | British |
| CUMMINS, Richard John | Director | 1998-10-01 | Jun 1962 | British |
| FREWIN, Paul | Director | — | May 1963 | British |
| MUNRO, John David | Director | 2006-02-23 | Apr 1967 | British |
Show 9 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| FREWIN, Mark Raymond | Secretary | 1995-02-28 | 2018-07-12 |
| FREWIN, Mark | Secretary | 1991-05-20 | 1993-03-01 |
| WHITE, Michael John William | Secretary | 1993-03-01 | 1995-02-28 |
| FREWIN, Raymond Fraser | Director | — | 1998-09-30 |
| FREWIN, Teresa Frances | Director | — | 1998-09-30 |
| KERR, Samuel Parker | Director | 1998-10-01 | 2012-12-31 |
| SUTHERLAND, Norman Robert | Director | — | 1993-04-08 |
| TABER, Terrence Robert | Director | — | 2017-09-30 |
| WHITE, Michael John William | Director | 1993-03-01 | 1995-02-28 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mr Paul Francis Frewin | Individual | Significant influence | 2016-10-01 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 167 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-02-07 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2025-05-08 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-03-31 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2024-05-01 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-02-28 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2023-05-04 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-01-07 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2022-06-06 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-04-04 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2021-05-19 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-05-18 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-03-22 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2020-05-14 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2020-03-09 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2019-05-03 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2019-02-11 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2018-07-12 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2018-07-12 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2018-06-04 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2018-02-05 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 1
- 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.