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RICHARD WESTERN LIMITED

#01296660 · Active · Incorporated 1977-02-02 (49y 5m) · Last filing 2026-04-24 (3mo ago)
Consumer Discretionary · SIC 29202 · C Manufacturing · Full accounts
Accounts due 2026-09-30 (in 3 months) · Confirmation due 2027-04-13 (in 9 months) · No watchouts on the register

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Cash

£88K

+1,157.1% highest in 3 filed years

Net assets

£2M

-14.7% vs 2023

Employees

50

-19.4% lowest in 3 filed years

Profit before tax

-£453K

-210.2% vs 2023

Accounts

3-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2024-12-31

Metric Trend 2020-01-312023-12-312024-12-31 Δ vs prior
Turnover —£11,014,000£7,932,000 -28%
Operating profit —£482,000-£392,000 -181.3%
Profit before tax —£411,000-£453,000 -210.2%
Net profit —£332,000-£345,000 -203.9%
Cash £27£7,000£88,000 +1,157.1%
Total assets less current liabilities £2,246,404£4,074,000£3,247,000 -20.3%
Net assets £1,687,444£2,350,000£2,005,000 -14.7%
Equity £1,687,444£2,350,000£2,005,000 -14.7%
Average employees 586250 -19.4%
Wages —£2,091,000£1,915,000 -8.4%
Directors' remuneration —£84,000£94,000 +11.9%

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 2020-01-312023-12-312024-12-31
Operating margin —4.4%-4.9%
Net margin —3.0%-4.3%
Return on capital employed —11.8%-12.1%
Current ratio —1.84x1.70x
Interest cover —6.79x-6.43x

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
Standalone (parent only)
Auditor
Jamieson Alexander Audit 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 in preparing the financial statements.”

Group structure

  1. RICHARD WESTERN LIMITED · parent
    1. Weeks Trailers Limited 100% · England and Wales · Dormant

Significant events

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
WESTERN, Angus James Secretary 2019-08-23 — —
WESTERN, Angus James Director 2003-07-01 Apr 1971 English
WESTERN, Richard Director — Feb 1944 English
Show 9 resigned officers
Name Role Appointed Resigned
COE, Roberta Elizabeth Secretary — 2001-11-30
ROBERTS, Malcolm Harry Secretary 2001-12-01 2017-03-30
VICE, Gillian Mary Secretary 2017-03-30 2018-05-31
BENSON, Rodney David Director 1992-06-05 2002-12-31
COE, Roberta Elizabeth Director — 2000-12-31
FREEMAN, David Neil Director 1994-08-01 1996-09-20
MURRAY, Michael James Director 2007-03-01 2019-07-31
WESTERN, Gerald Director — 1996-02-28
WESTERN, Rosemary Director — 1994-05-23

Ownership

Persons with significant control

Name Kind Nature of control Notified Status
Mr Richard Western Individual Shares 50–75% 2017-03-30 Active
Mr Angus James Western Individual Shares 25–50% 2017-03-30 Active
Mr Richard Western Individual Shares 50–75%, Voting 50–75%, Appoints directors 2016-04-06 Ceased 2018-05-11
Mr Angus James Western Individual Shares 25–50%, Voting 25–50% 2016-04-06 Ceased 2018-05-11

Filing timeline

Last 20 of 147 total filings

Date Type Category Description
2026-04-24 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with updates PDF
2025-11-06 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type full PDF
2025-03-31 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with no updates PDF
2024-11-30 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type full PDF
2024-04-12 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with no updates PDF
2023-10-19 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type full PDF
2023-10-12 AA01 accounts Change account reference date company current shortened PDF
2023-04-08 PSC04 persons-with-significant-control Change to a person with significant control PDF
2023-04-06 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with updates PDF
2023-04-06 CH03 officers Change person secretary company with change date PDF
2023-04-06 CH01 officers Change person director company with change date PDF
2023-04-06 CH01 officers Change person director company with change date PDF
2023-04-06 CH01 officers Change person director company with change date PDF
2022-10-26 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type total exemption full PDF
2022-04-13 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with updates PDF
2021-10-29 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type total exemption full PDF
2021-04-15 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with updates PDF
2021-01-29 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type total exemption full PDF
2020-04-07 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with updates PDF
2019-10-31 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type total exemption full PDF

Public-record activity

Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months

Filings
2

last 12 months

Capital events
0

last 24 months

Officers appointed
0

last 12 months

Officers resigned
0

last 12 months

Direct counts from the register. No score, no rating — see the Filing timeline for the underlying events.

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