WORLDWIDE INTERNATIONAL LIMITED
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Cash
£2.2m
-64.7% vs 2025
Net assets
£3.2m
-51.6% vs 2025
Employees
29
-6.5% vs 2025
Profit before tax
£205k
-82.5% lowest in 3 filed years
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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1 PSC ceased in last 24 months
Significant control changed hands — see the Ownership section.
Net assets
5-year trend · vs Industrials median
Accounts
5-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2026-04-30
| Metric | Trend | 2020-04-30 | 2021-04-30 | 2024-04-30 | 2025-04-30 | 2026-04-30 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | — | — | £14,683,529 | £20,298,269 | £14,225,900 | -29.9% | |
| Operating profit | — | — | £485,644 | £976,271 | £44,913 | -95.4% | |
| Profit before tax | — | — | £716,107 | £1,166,945 | £204,558 | -82.5% | |
| Net profit | £314,662 | £919,746 | £541,703 | £839,770 | £176,922 | -78.9% | |
| Cash | £1,363,751 | £2,098,960 | £5,731,995 | £6,101,320 | £2,151,905 | -64.7% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £1,002,667 | £1,570,783 | £6,173,097 | £6,692,413 | £3,264,088 | -51.2% | |
| Net assets | £1,008,847 | £1,576,116 | £6,164,286 | £6,630,754 | £3,207,704 | -51.6% | |
| Equity | £1,008,847 | £1,576,116 | £6,164,286 | £6,630,754 | £3,207,704 | -51.6% | |
| Average employees | 27 | 26 | 26 | 31 | 29 | -6.5% | |
| Wages | — | — | £1,345,891 | £1,318,867 | £1,275,503 | -3.3% | |
| Directors' remuneration | — | — | £204,993 | £127,165 | £249,172 | +95.9% | |
| Directors' pension contributions | £NaN | £NaN | £3,476 | £179,558 | £5,132 | -97.1% | |
| Highest paid director | £NaN | £NaN | £204,993 | £25,705 | £72,100 | +180.5% |
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 | 2020-04-30 | 2021-04-30 | 2024-04-30 | 2025-04-30 | 2026-04-30 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | — | — | 3.3% | 4.8% | 0.3% | |
| Net margin | — | — | 3.7% | 4.1% | 1.2% | |
| Return on capital employed | — | — | 7.9% | 14.6% | 1.4% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 70.7% | 73.4% | 32.4% | 29.7% | 42.4% | |
| Current ratio | — | — | 2.93x | 3.24x | 2.17x | |
| Interest cover | — | — | 26.16x | 57.53x | 4.95x |
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
- Robinson Rice Associates Limited
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“In auditing the financial statements, we have concluded that the directors' use of the going concern basis of accounting in the preparation of the financial statements is appropriate.”
Group structure
- WORLDWIDE INTERNATIONAL LIMITED · parent
- Publiship Logistics Inc 51%
Significant events
- “During the year, Worldwide International Limited shares were acquired by the trustees of the Worldwide International (EOT) Limited [Employee Ownership Trust], which holds the shares for the benefit of the employees of the company.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
6 active · 6 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| HIGGINS, Samuel | Secretary | 2005-05-20 | — | British |
| DOYLE, James | Director | 2025-11-25 | Oct 1987 | British |
| HIGGINS, Samuel | Director | — | Apr 1954 | British |
| HUGHES, Andrew | Director | 2025-11-25 | Oct 1985 | British |
| KELLY, Susan Helen, Mrs. | Director | 2005-07-01 | Jul 1968 | British |
| LYONS, Gerard | Director | 2025-11-25 | Nov 1986 | British |
Show 6 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| HALE, William Henry | Secretary | — | 2005-05-20 |
| HALE, William Henry | Director | — | 2003-04-04 |
| HIGGINS, Sheila Ann | Director | 2006-04-25 | 2025-11-25 |
| KING, Paul Michael | Director | 1992-04-24 | 1999-01-18 |
| MACNAMARA, John Arthur Rupert | Director | 1996-04-30 | 1999-01-18 |
| THOMPSON, David Malcolm | Director | 2005-07-01 | 2025-11-25 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Worldwide International (Eot) Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2025-11-25 | Active |
| Mr Samuel Higgins | Individual | Shares 50–75%, Voting 50–75% | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2025-11-25 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 150 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2025-12-01 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
- 2025-12-01 MA Memorandum articles
- 2025-11-26 MA Memorandum articles
- 2025-11-26 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-10-20 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2026-02-10 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2026-02-10 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2026-02-10 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2026-01-14 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2026-01-07 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2025-12-01 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2025-12-01 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles | |
| 2025-11-30 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-11-30 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-11-30 | PSC02 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2025-11-30 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2025-11-28 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2025-11-27 | SH08 | capital | Capital name of class of shares | |
| 2025-11-27 | SH10 | capital | Capital variation of rights attached to shares | |
| 2025-11-26 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles | |
| 2025-11-26 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2025-11-20 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2025-11-20 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2025-01-28 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 19
- Capital events
- 2
- Officers appointed
- 3
- Officers resigned
- 2
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.