WRIGHT BROS. (HOLDINGS) LIMITED
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Cash
£131K
+39.7% vs 2024
Net assets
-£3.2M
+16.7% vs 2024
Employees
213
-4.9% vs 2024
Profit before tax
£175K
+150.4% highest in 3 filed years
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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Audit opinion: Qualified
Latest auditor's report carried a non-clean opinion.
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Negative shareholders' funds
Net assets
5-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
5-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2025-12-30
| Metric | Trend | 2020-12-27 | 2021-12-26 | 2023-12-30 | 2024-12-30 | 2025-12-30 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | — | — | £28,033,710 | £28,428,946 | £28,538,178 | +0.4% | |
| Operating profit | — | — | £271,283 | £122,302 | £641,540 | +424.6% | |
| Profit before tax | — | — | -£208,975 | -£347,321 | £175,011 | +150.4% | |
| Net profit | -£545,765 | -£780,837 | -£207,424 | -£98,969 | £110,754 | +211.9% | |
| Cash | £226,357 | £127,178 | £360,232 | £93,540 | £130,707 | +39.7% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | — | — | -£1,474,606 | -£2,647,703 | -£1,252,421 | +52.7% | |
| Net assets | -£950,129 | -£1,390,559 | -£3,698,222 | -£3,797,191 | -£3,161,437 | +16.7% | |
| Equity | — | — | -£3,698,222 | -£3,797,191 | -£3,161,437 | +16.7% | |
| Average employees | 4 | 4 | 213 | 224 | 213 | -4.9% | |
| Wages | £3,113 | £11,546 | £6,025,948 | £6,114,647 | £6,449,132 | +5.5% | |
| Directors' remuneration | — | — | £202,971 | £363,843 | £413,323 | +13.6% |
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 | 2020-12-27 | 2021-12-26 | 2023-12-30 | 2024-12-30 | 2025-12-30 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | — | — | 1.0% | 0.4% | 2.2% | |
| Net margin | — | — | -0.7% | -0.3% | 0.4% | |
| Current ratio | — | — | 0.61x | 0.52x | 0.66x | |
| Interest cover | — | — | 0.55x | 0.26x | 1.34x |
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
- PKF Francis Clark
- Audit opinion
- Qualified
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The directors have concluded that there is no material uncertainty regarding the ability of the group to continue as a going concern for a period of at least 12 months from the date of approval of these accounts and that it remains appropriate to prepare the financial statements on the going concern basis.”
Group structure
- WRIGHT BROS. (HOLDINGS) LIMITED · parent
- Wright Bros. Limited 100%
- Wright Brothers Oyster House Limited 100%
- Wright Brothers Soho Limited 100%
- WB Spitalfields Limited 100%
- WBBX1 Limited 100%
- WBBX2 Limited 100%
Significant events
- “The company received bank loans of £500,000 from White Oak UK No.5 and £750,000 from LDF Finance No.3 Limited in November 2025.”
- “Bank loans owed to HSBC Bank plc of £Nil (2024 £1,457,239) were fully repaid in November 2025 as a part of the group's refinancing.”
- “On 21 November 2025, the company reclassed its share capital from 60 Ordinary A Shares and 40 Ordinary B Shares into 100 Ordinary Shares. On the same date the company subdivided its issued Ordinary Shares of £1.00 each into Ordinary shares of £0.10 each. On the same date 105 Ordinary Shares of £0.10 each were issued fully paid for cash of £525,000 resulting in the creation of a share premium reserve.”
- “Subsequent to the year-end the Group signed a non-cancellable operating lease agreement.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
6 active · 2 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| GOWLER, Logan | Secretary | 2024-02-21 | — | — |
| HANCOCK, Robin Jonathon Coventry | Secretary | 2017-02-02 | — | — |
| HANCOCK, Robin Jonathon Coventry | Director | 2006-12-15 | Oct 1958 | British |
| LOWNDES WRIGHT, Susan Julia | Director | 2011-12-21 | Jun 1968 | British |
| WRIGHT, Agnieszka Regina | Director | 2011-12-21 | Oct 1971 | British |
| WRIGHT, Benjamin Peter Lowndes | Director | 2006-12-15 | Mar 1972 | British |
Show 2 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| HANCOCK, Robin Jonathon Coventry | Secretary | 2006-12-15 | 2015-08-01 |
| O'ROURKE, Charlie | Secretary | 2015-08-01 | 2016-12-16 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mr Benjamin Peter Lowndes Wright | Individual | Shares 25–50% | 2016-04-06 | Active |
| Mr Robin Jonathon Coventry Hancock | Individual | Significant influence | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 84 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2025-12-18 MA Memorandum articles
- 2025-12-18 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-05-16 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2025-12-18 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2025-12-18 | SH02 | capital | Capital alter shares subdivision | |
| 2025-12-18 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles | |
| 2025-12-18 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2025-12-16 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2025-12-10 | ANNOTATION | miscellaneous | Legacy | |
| 2025-12-10 | ANNOTATION | miscellaneous | Legacy | |
| 2025-12-10 | ANNOTATION | miscellaneous | Legacy | |
| 2025-12-10 | ANNOTATION | miscellaneous | Legacy | |
| 2025-12-02 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2025-11-25 | SH08 | capital | Capital name of class of shares | |
| 2025-11-12 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2025-10-28 | AAMD | accounts | Accounts amended with accounts type group | |
| 2025-10-28 | AAMD | accounts | Accounts amended with accounts type group | |
| 2025-09-29 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2025-04-01 | PSC04 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2025-03-31 | PSC04 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2025-03-31 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2024-12-04 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 16
- Capital events
- 3
- 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.