WASHINGTON GREEN FINE ART GROUP LIMITED
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Cash
£37k
-75.4% lowest in 6 filed years
Net assets
£5.8m
+1% vs 2024
Employees
80
-5.9% vs 2024
Profit before tax
£98k
-80.5% first positive since 2020
Net assets
6-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
6-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2025-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2020-04-30 | 2021-10-31 | 2022-12-31 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £10,708,212 | £18,117,321 | £21,593,493 | £14,257,331 | £11,347,910 | £11,129,797 | -1.9% | |
| Operating profit | -£1,073,891 | £1,362,660 | £1,565,497 | £655,791 | £501,515 | £156,330 | -68.8% | |
| Profit before tax | -£1,073,168 | £1,375,905 | £1,555,040 | £652,507 | £501,529 | £97,787 | -80.5% | |
| Net profit | -£1,074,890 | £1,095,463 | £1,290,548 | £518,447 | £374,633 | £54,375 | -85.5% | |
| Cash | £55,351 | £124,896 | £1,136,399 | £107,808 | £151,092 | £37,239 | -75.4% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £7,599,602 | £3,812,338 | £6,110,334 | £5,936,670 | £6,337,280 | £6,593,575 | +4% | |
| Net assets | £7,434,169 | £3,529,632 | £4,820,180 | £5,338,627 | £5,713,260 | £5,767,635 | +1% | |
| Equity | £7,434,169 | £3,529,632 | £4,820,180 | £5,338,627 | £5,713,260 | £5,767,635 | +1% | |
| Average employees | 75 | 68 | 76 | 85 | 85 | 80 | -5.9% | |
| Wages | £1,646,613 | £2,298,336 | £1,856,340 | £2,435,015 | £2,456,201 | £2,401,668 | -2.2% | |
| Directors' remuneration | £287,472 | £183,054 | £403,812 | £353,009 | £355,961 | £48,612 | -86.3% | |
| Directors' pension contributions | — | — | — | £5,000 | £5,000 | £833 | -83.3% | |
| Highest paid director | — | — | — | £353,009 | £355,961 | — | — |
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 | 2021-10-31 | 2022-12-31 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | -10.0% | 7.5% | 7.2% | 4.6% | 4.4% | 1.4% | |
| Net margin | -10.0% | 6.0% | 6.0% | 3.6% | 3.3% | 0.5% | |
| Return on capital employed | -14.1% | 35.7% | 25.6% | 11.0% | 7.9% | 2.4% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 63.8% | 77.4% | 70.4% | 74.9% | 74.4% | 75.7% | |
| Current ratio | — | — | — | 1.05x | 1.08x | 1.08x | |
| Interest cover | — | — | — | — | — | 2.67x |
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
- WASHINGTON GREEN FINE ART GROUP LIMITED 2017-02-03 → present
- WASHINGTON GREEN FINE ART PUBLISHING COMPANY LIMITED 1986-03-19 → 2017-02-03
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- HW Fisher Audit
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“Consequently, the directors are confident of the company's ability to continue as a going concern for the foreseeable future and therefore continue to adopt the going concern basis of accounting in preparing the financial statements.”
Group structure
- WASHINGTON GREEN FINE ART GROUP LIMITED · parent
- Artica Galleries Limited 100%
- Castle Galleries Retail Limited 100%
- Spitfire Fine Art Limited 100%
- Washington Green Retail Limited 100%
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
3 active · 7 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| GREEN, Paul Joseph Sylvester | Director | 1986-03-19 | Jul 1957 | British |
| SHELEG, Ehud | Director | 2017-04-06 | Nov 1955 | Israeli |
| WEATHERBY-BLYTHE, Ian David | Director | 2017-10-16 | Jun 1968 | British |
Show 7 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| DAWSON, Trevor John | Secretary | 1996-02-23 | 2021-09-30 |
| GREEN, Lionel Lewis | Secretary | — | 1996-02-23 |
| DAWSON, Trevor John | Director | 1998-09-02 | 2021-03-16 |
| GREEN, Lionel Lewis | Director | — | 1999-03-24 |
| GREEN, Raena | Director | 1986-03-19 | 2024-01-05 |
| KEARNS, Jonathan Peter Stephen | Director | 1996-09-06 | 2006-09-12 |
| WASHINGTON, Glyn | Director | 1986-03-19 | 2025-02-17 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Halcyon Gallery (Holdings) Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 156 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2022-01-05 MA Memorandum articles
- 2022-01-05 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-09-30 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2026-07-31 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2026-06-23 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-09-30 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-06-17 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-04-01 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-09-27 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-06-26 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2024-02-26 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-02-16 | PSC05 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2023-09-28 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-07-10 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-11-24 | AA01 | accounts | Change account reference date company current extended | |
| 2022-07-26 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-07-20 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2022-01-05 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles | |
| 2022-01-05 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2021-12-30 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2021-12-28 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2021-12-21 | AA01 | accounts | Change account reference date company previous extended |
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.