WIDNEY MANUFACTURING LIMITED
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Cash
£3M
Latest balance sheet
Net assets
£8.9M
Equity attributable
Employees
192
lowest in 3 filed years
Profit before tax
£708K
Period ending 2025-09-26
Net assets
3-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
3-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2025-09-26
| Metric | Trend | 2023-09-29 | 2024-09-27 | 2025-09-26 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £20,410,536 | £19,192,048 | £19,668,730 | — | |
| Operating profit | £1,155,244 | £555,800 | £719,125 | — | |
| Profit before tax | £1,151,092 | £552,212 | £708,204 | — | |
| Net profit | £888,164 | £441,186 | £526,452 | — | |
| Cash | £3,737,476 | £2,532,974 | £3,013,695 | — | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £9,152,911 | £8,975,006 | £9,283,621 | — | |
| Net assets | £8,984,682 | £8,625,868 | £8,902,320 | — | |
| Equity | £8,984,682 | £8,625,868 | £8,902,320 | — | |
| Average employees | 196 | 194 | 192 | — | |
| Wages | £5,580,163 | £5,846,172 | £6,091,775 | — | |
| Directors' remuneration | — | — | — | — |
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 12 months versus 12 months prior. About these numbers
Ratios
Computed from the line items above — sparklines read oldest → newest
| Ratio | Trend | 2023-09-29 | 2024-09-27 | 2025-09-26 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 5.7% | 2.9% | 3.7% | |
| Net margin | 4.4% | 2.3% | 2.7% | |
| Return on capital employed | 12.6% | 6.2% | 7.7% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 21.7% | 23.3% | 23.7% | |
| Current ratio | 4.59x | 4.40x | 4.30x | |
| Interest cover | — | — | 65.85x |
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
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- PKF Smith Cooper Audit Limited
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“Based on the work we have performed, we have not identified any material uncertainties relating to events or conditions that, individually or collectively, may cast significant doubt on the Company's ability to continue as a going concern for a period of at least twelve months from when the financial statements are authorised for issue.”
Significant events
- “Since the year end, a final dividend of £400,000 has been paid.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
4 active · 3 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DEVERS, Matt | Secretary | 2011-03-16 | — | — |
| BROOKES, Jason Edward | Director | 2011-03-16 | Dec 1971 | British |
| DEVERS, Matthew Ian | Director | 2011-03-16 | May 1973 | British |
| ROBERTS, Stephen Leslie | Director | 2011-03-16 | Jul 1960 | British |
Show 3 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| BAILEY, John Christopher Leeksma | Secretary | 2009-05-07 | 2011-03-16 |
| NEAGLE, Peter James | Director | 2009-05-07 | 2011-03-16 |
| NUNAN, Mark | Director | 2010-02-26 | 2011-03-04 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Widney Manufacturing Holdings Ltd | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100% | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 61 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-06-24 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2026-05-07 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-06-10 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-05-08 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-06-24 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-06-14 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2024-05-07 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-06-29 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-05-09 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-06-20 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-05-09 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-02-07 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2021-06-30 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-05-07 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2020-06-25 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2020-05-07 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2019-06-21 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2019-05-13 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2018-06-20 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2018-05-08 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 2
- 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.