LAWSONS (WHETSTONE) LIMITED
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Cash
£4.8m
lowest in 3 filed years
Net assets
£74m
highest in 3 filed years
Employees
731
Average over period
Profit before tax
£2.4m
Period ending 2025-12-31
Net assets
3-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
3-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2025-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2024-06-30 | 2025-06-30 | 2025-12-31 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £160,462,018 | £164,128,751 | £76,993,701 | — | |
| Operating profit | £1,718,384 | £3,611,137 | £1,469,026 | — | |
| Profit before tax | £1,487,070 | £3,262,888 | £2,355,526 | — | |
| Net profit | £736,405 | £2,134,787 | £1,886,252 | — | |
| Cash | £8,339,859 | £10,730,892 | £4,813,923 | — | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £77,044,798 | £74,507,900 | £76,070,112 | — | |
| Net assets | £70,067,506 | £72,202,293 | £74,088,545 | — | |
| Equity | £70,067,506 | £72,202,293 | £74,088,545 | — | |
| Average employees | 751 | 727 | 731 | — | |
| Wages | £27,459,274 | £26,900,541 | £13,214,118 | — | |
| Directors' remuneration | — | £449,934 | £262,902 | — |
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 —. Year-on-year comparison hidden: this filing covers about 6 months versus 12 months prior. About these numbers
Ratios
Computed from the line items above — sparklines read oldest → newest
| Ratio | Trend | 2024-06-30 | 2025-06-30 | 2025-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 1.1% | 2.2% | 1.9% | |
| Net margin | 0.5% | 1.3% | 2.4% | |
| Return on capital employed | 2.2% | 4.8% | 1.9% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | — | 33.6% | 26.7% | |
| Current ratio | 2.24x | 2.56x | 3.28x | |
| Interest cover | 7.32x | 7.30x | — |
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
- LAWSONS (WHETSTONE) LIMITED 1993-04-30 → present
- EXCEPTGAIN PROJECTS LIMITED 1993-02-16 → 1993-04-30
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Abridged
- Yes — abridged accounts (limited disclosure)
- Auditor
- Forvis Mazars LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“At the time of approving the Annual Report and Financial Statements and after making appropriate enquiries, the Directors consider that the Company has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future. The Directors therefore consider it appropriate to prepare the financial statements on the going concern basis.”
Group structure
- LAWSONS (WHETSTONE) LIMITED · parent
- Briants of Risborough Limited 100%
- Oxford Fencing Supplies Limited 100%
- The Landscape Centre Limited 100%
- Witham Timber (Boston) Limited 100%
Significant events
- “On 20 March 2026 John Lawson gifted 250,000 ordinary shares in the Group's Parent Company, Lawsons Holdings Limited to the Lawsons Non-Family Employee Benefit Trust ("the Trust") and Simon Lawson gifted 5,000 ordinary shares in the Group's Parent Company to the Lawsons Non-Family Employee Benefit Trust ("the Trust").”
- “The Lawsons Non-Family Employee Benefit Trust now holds 51% of ordinary shares in the Group, a shareholding which is managed by a Board of Trustees, the majority of whom are independent of the Lawson family.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
7 active · 24 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| HARRISON, Christopher Mark | Director | 2024-05-13 | Mar 1981 | British |
| HILLIER, Michael Terence | Director | 2011-04-07 | Dec 1966 | British |
| LAWSON, John Edmund Maltby | Director | 1993-04-28 | May 1932 | British |
| LAWSON, Simon John | Director | 1993-04-28 | Mar 1960 | British |
| MORTON, Ciaran Gregory | Director | 2025-07-01 | Dec 1963 | British |
| PETERSON, David William | Director | 2025-04-01 | Feb 1968 | British |
| PITTINGALE, Allun | Director | 2025-09-01 | Dec 1971 | British |
Show 24 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| BENTON, Paul Walter | Secretary | 2018-06-30 | 2018-07-31 |
| BENTON, Paul Walter | Secretary | 1993-04-28 | 2011-10-18 |
| HARDMAN, Jane Maria | Secretary | 2016-07-01 | 2018-04-12 |
| RUSHENT, Paul Julian | Secretary | 2018-08-01 | 2024-09-30 |
| WATTS, Jerome Justin Sebastian, Dr | Secretary | 1993-03-05 | 1993-04-28 |
| WELLER, David Roy | Secretary | 2018-04-12 | 2018-06-29 |
| WELLER, David Roy | Secretary | 2011-10-18 | 2016-07-01 |
| SWIFT INCORPORATIONS LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Secretary | 1993-02-16 | 1993-03-05 |
| BENTON, Paul Walter | Director | 1993-04-26 | 2022-08-25 |
| COAKLEY, Ricky Eamonn | Director | 2022-10-08 | 2025-02-28 |
| COOKE, Simon Henry | Director | 1993-04-28 | 2004-12-31 |
| DOWDESWELL, Alexander Stuart | Director | 2004-04-26 | 2007-12-10 |
| ELLIOTT, Anthony John | Director | 2005-12-01 | 2024-11-28 |
| HARDMAN, Jane Maria | Director | 2016-07-01 | 2018-04-12 |
| INZANI, Giuseppe | Director | 2005-11-01 | 2013-12-25 |
| KEYSE, Trevor John | Director | 2005-12-01 | 2008-03-31 |
| LACE, John David | Director | 1993-03-05 | 1993-04-28 |
| MUNKLEY, Anthony | Director | 2014-05-01 | 2015-07-09 |
| NORRIS, Jeremy Nicholas | Director | 2004-04-26 | 2025-05-31 |
| RUSHENT, Paul Julian | Director | 2018-08-01 | 2024-09-30 |
| SEXTON, Paul William | Director | 2006-10-18 | 2020-05-08 |
| STAFFORD, Stephen David | Director | 2004-04-26 | 2005-06-28 |
| WELLER, David Roy | Director | 2007-12-10 | 2018-06-29 |
| INSTANT COMPANIES LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Director | 1993-02-16 | 1993-03-05 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lawsons Holdings Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100% | 2016-04-07 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 207 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2026-02-20 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-07-20 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2026-07-14 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2026-06-30 | AA01 | accounts | Change account reference date company previous shortened | |
| 2026-02-20 | SH19 | capital | Capital statement capital company with date currency figure | |
| 2026-02-20 | SH20 | capital | Legacy | |
| 2026-02-20 | CAP-SS | insolvency | Legacy | |
| 2026-02-20 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2026-01-05 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-10-31 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-09-02 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-07-01 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-06-03 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-04-01 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-02-28 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-01-09 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-12-31 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-12-04 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-12-02 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2024-09-30 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-09-30 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 10
- Capital events
- 2
- Officers appointed
- 1
- 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.