WORKSTORIES LIMITED
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Cash
£209k
-37.1% vs 2024
Net assets
£1.5m
+10.3% vs 2024
Employees
68
+11.5% vs 2024
Profit before tax
£126k
-85% vs 2024
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
2-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2025-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £18,586,815 | £21,294,595 | +14.6% | |
| Operating profit | £854,719 | £245,588 | -71.3% | |
| Profit before tax | £836,850 | £125,526 | -85% | |
| Net profit | £600,297 | £112,370 | -81.3% | |
| Cash | £332,721 | £209,263 | -37.1% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £1,386,275 | £1,958,454 | +41.3% | |
| Net assets | £1,322,734 | £1,458,574 | +10.3% | |
| Equity | £1,322,734 | £1,458,574 | +10.3% | |
| Average employees | 61 | 68 | +11.5% | |
| Wages | £3,266,593 | £4,433,497 | +35.7% | |
| Directors' remuneration | £431,419 | £883,353 | +104.8% | |
| Directors' pension contributions | £1,981 | £2,642 | +33.4% | |
| Highest paid director | £231,791 | £461,712 | +99.2% |
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 | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 4.6% | 1.2% | |
| Net margin | 3.2% | 0.5% | |
| Return on capital employed | 61.7% | 12.5% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 78.6% | 80.6% | |
| Current ratio | 1.19x | 1.27x | |
| Interest cover | 46.39x | 2.05x |
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
- WORKSTORIES LIMITED 2018-05-01 → present
- BESTUHL UK LIMITED 2013-06-06 → 2018-05-01
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- Brebners
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The company made a profit for the year ended 31 December 2025 and had net assets at that date of £1,458,574 including cash at bank of £209,263. The company has an extensive pipeline of future works and the directors are confident that the company will continue to be profitable”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
2 active · 3 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| HARRADINE, James Stuart | Director | 2015-07-10 | Jan 1980 | British |
| SULLIVAN, Michael John | Director | 2024-07-01 | Jan 1990 | British |
Show 3 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| DAVIES, Amanda | Director | 2013-06-06 | 2016-04-08 |
| JACKSON, Lee | Director | 2013-06-06 | 2016-04-08 |
| KELLY, Nancy Caroline | Director | 2013-06-06 | 2016-04-08 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| James Stuart Harradine | Individual | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100% | 2019-03-01 | Active |
| Ms Nancy Caroline Wilde | Individual | Shares 50–75%, Voting 50–75% | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2019-02-22 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 63 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2026-07-22 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
- 2025-07-10 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
- 2025-02-14 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
- 2025-02-14 MA Memorandum articles
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-09-25 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2026-07-28 | SH03 | capital | Capital return purchase own shares | |
| 2026-07-24 | SH06 | capital | Capital cancellation shares | |
| 2026-07-22 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2026-05-18 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2025-07-10 | SH10 | capital | Capital variation of rights attached to shares | |
| 2025-07-10 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2025-07-03 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2025-05-19 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2025-02-26 | PSC04 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2025-02-26 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-02-20 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-02-17 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2025-02-14 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2025-02-14 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles | |
| 2025-02-14 | SH08 | capital | Capital name of class of shares | |
| 2025-02-14 | SH10 | capital | Capital variation of rights attached to shares | |
| 2025-02-10 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-07-29 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-05-20 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 5
- Capital events
- 7
- 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.