WALRAVEN LTD
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Cash
£9.6k
-4.6% lowest in 5 filed years
Net assets
£3.7m
+7% highest in 5 filed years
Employees
55
-5.2% vs 2024
Profit before tax
£328k
+38.5% vs 2024
Net assets
5-year trend · vs Industrials median
Accounts
5-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2025-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2021-12-31 | 2022-12-31 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | — | — | £11,202,635 | £10,631,466 | £10,625,810 | -0.1% | |
| Operating profit | — | — | £381,303 | £249,981 | £264,251 | +5.7% | |
| Profit before tax | — | — | £358,228 | £236,989 | £328,141 | +38.5% | |
| Net profit | — | — | £268,611 | £129,999 | £244,770 | +88.3% | |
| Cash | £419,017 | £474,273 | £616,298 | £10,089 | £9,629 | -4.6% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £2,762,360 | £3,165,898 | £3,524,126 | £3,728,031 | £3,922,797 | +5.2% | |
| Net assets | £2,762,360 | £3,106,151 | £3,374,762 | £3,504,761 | £3,749,531 | +7% | |
| Equity | £2,762,360 | £3,106,151 | £3,374,762 | £3,504,761 | £3,749,531 | +7% | |
| Average employees | 52 | 52 | 57 | 58 | 55 | -5.2% | |
| Wages | — | — | £1,886,140 | £2,013,133 | £1,676,726 | -16.7% | |
| Directors' remuneration | — | — | £93,324 | £123,087 | £247,827 | +101.3% | |
| Directors' pension contributions | — | — | — | £0 | £49,708 | — |
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 | 2021-12-31 | 2022-12-31 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | — | — | 3.4% | 2.4% | 2.5% | |
| Net margin | — | — | 2.4% | 1.2% | 2.3% | |
| Return on capital employed | — | — | 10.8% | 6.7% | 6.7% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 33.6% | 39.2% | 45.8% | 56.2% | 46.4% | |
| Current ratio | — | — | 1.93x | 1.66x | 2.05x | |
| Interest cover | — | — | 16.52x | 4.17x | 4.08x |
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 3 times since incorporation
- WALRAVEN LTD 2007-09-28 → present
- IHL WALRAVEN LIMITED 2004-05-27 → 2007-09-28
- INDUSTRIAL HANGERS LIMITED 1993-05-14 → 2004-05-27
- I.H.L. HOLDINGS LIMITED 1978-02-08 → 1993-05-14
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- Ellacotts Audit Services 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”
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| GARDNER, Gary Andrew | Director | 2008-07-31 | Aug 1967 | British |
| HANDLEY, Phillip | Director | 2025-01-01 | Jul 1971 | British |
Show 14 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| BOXER, Brian | Secretary | 1998-10-12 | 2012-12-31 |
| LEAFE, David Edward | Secretary | — | 1998-08-28 |
| MCFALL, Malcolm James | Secretary | 1998-08-28 | 1998-10-12 |
| JOL, Onno | Director | 2007-02-06 | 2008-07-31 |
| KAMER, Adriaan Cornelius | Director | 1998-11-13 | 2001-06-30 |
| LUKER, Nicola | Director | 2008-07-31 | 2013-04-24 |
| MCFALL, Malcolm James | Director | — | 2003-12-31 |
| MCFALL, Margaret | Director | 1990-11-29 | 1998-11-13 |
| NUTT, Christopher James | Director | — | 1998-11-13 |
| NUTT, Elizabeth Ann | Director | 1990-11-29 | 1998-11-13 |
| VAN WALRAVEN, Jan | Director | 1998-11-13 | 2001-05-23 |
| WILLIAMS, Tracey Suzanne | Director | 2018-09-10 | 2025-01-01 |
| AMBATO (1983) PTY LTD | Corporate Director | 1990-11-29 | 1998-11-13 |
| J VAN WALRAVEN HOLDING BV | Corporate Director | 2001-05-23 | 2018-09-10 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mr Roeland Pieter Lourens Van Walraven | Individual | Shares 25–50%, Voting 25–50% | 2018-12-01 | Active |
| J. Van Walraven Holding B.V. | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100% | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2018-12-01 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 191 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-09-29 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2026-04-15 | PSC04 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2025-12-15 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2025-09-30 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-01-22 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-01-22 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-12-16 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2024-09-02 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-03-13 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2024-03-13 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2023-12-15 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2023-11-27 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2023-10-25 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2023-09-29 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type small | |
| 2023-01-16 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2022-09-29 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type small | |
| 2022-04-04 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2021-12-20 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2021-09-28 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type small | |
| 2021-05-18 | RP04CS01 | confirmation-statement | Second filing of confirmation statement with made up date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 3
- 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.