COLE WATERHOUSE LIMITED
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Cash
£3.4K
-72.9% lowest in 6 filed years
Net assets
-£3.2M
-327.6% lowest in 6 filed years
Employees
13
+62.5% highest in 6 filed years
Profit before tax
-£2.5M
-50% vs 2024
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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Negative shareholders' funds
Net assets
6-year trend · vs Industrials median
Accounts
6-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2025-03-31
| Metric | Trend | 2020-03-31 | 2021-03-31 | 2022-03-31 | 2023-03-31 | 2024-03-31 | 2025-03-31 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | — | — | — | — | £2,375,650 | £1,428,344 | -39.9% | |
| Operating profit | — | — | — | — | -£462,291 | -£1,218,833 | -163.7% | |
| Profit before tax | — | — | — | — | -£1,645,850 | -£2,468,549 | -50% | |
| Net profit | £104,173 | £26,976 | -£923,505 | — | -£1,645,850 | -£2,468,549 | -50% | |
| Cash | £112,016 | £106,048 | £121,961 | £513,517 | £12,651 | £3,427 | -72.9% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | — | — | — | £2,964,797 | £642,852 | £2,228,334 | +246.6% | |
| Net assets | £284,215 | £311,191 | -£612,314 | -£35,520 | -£753,524 | -£3,222,073 | -327.6% | |
| Equity | — | — | — | -£35,520 | -£753,524 | -£3,222,073 | -327.6% | |
| Average employees | 5 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 13 | +62.5% | |
| Wages | £89,365 | £160,408 | — | — | — | — | — | |
| 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 —. About these numbers
Ratios
Computed from the line items above — sparklines read oldest → newest
| Ratio | Trend | 2020-03-31 | 2021-03-31 | 2022-03-31 | 2023-03-31 | 2024-03-31 | 2025-03-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | — | — | — | — | -19.5% | -85.3% | |
| Net margin | — | — | — | — | -69.3% | -172.8% | |
| Return on capital employed | — | — | — | — | -71.9% | -54.7% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | — | — | — | — | 107.1% | 122.6% | |
| Current ratio | — | — | — | — | 0.29x | 0.48x | |
| Interest cover | — | — | — | — | -0.43x | -0.85x |
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 §1A
- Reporting scope
- Consolidated group
- Abridged
- Yes — abridged accounts (limited disclosure)
- Auditor
- Lopian Gross Barnett & Co
- Audit opinion
- Unaudited (audit-exempt)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“At the time of approving the financial statements, the directors have a reasonable expectation that the group and parent company have adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future. Thus the directors continue to adopt the going concern basis of accourting in preparing the financial statements.”
Group structure
- COLE WATERHOUSE LIMITED · parent
- Cole Waterhouse (Wembley) Limited 100%
- LCV (CW) Ltd 100%
- Cole Waterhouse (Stadium) Ltd 100%
- Cole Waterhouse AM Ltd 100%
- Cole Waterhouse DM Ltd 100%
- Cole Waterhouse IM Ltd 100%
- Cole Waterhouse (TW) Holdo Ltd 100%
- Cole Waterhouse (TW) Ltd 100%
- Trafford Wharf (CWH) Ltd 100%
- Trafford Wharf Holdco (CWH) Ltd 100%
Significant events
- “Highlights include Eda voted as the 2024 winner of the Insider Northwest Build to Rent Development of the year.”
- “The company also commenced its planning application on Trafford Wharf and in December 2024 the company began construction of Phase 1 in its Upper Trinity Street scheme in Digbeth, Birmingham.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
5 active · 1 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| FLOOD, Brendan | Director | 2016-06-17 | Nov 1961 | British |
| FLOOD, Damian | Director | 2016-06-17 | Feb 1974 | British |
| PRIESTLEY, Joanne Christina | Director | 2017-11-13 | Nov 1976 | British, |
| PRIESTLEY, Roderick Charles | Director | 2016-06-17 | Oct 1971 | British |
| RITCHIE, Gregory | Director | 2016-06-17 | Feb 1964 | British |
Show 1 resigned officer
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| GUEST, Robert Austin | Secretary | 2016-06-17 | 2017-02-07 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Shepherdess Weston Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 25–50%, Voting 25–50% | 2017-11-13 | Active |
| Mr Roderick Priestly | Individual | Shares 25–50% | 2016-06-17 | Ceased 2017-11-13 |
| Brendan Flood | Individual | Significant influence | 2016-06-17 | Active |
| Real Estate Capital Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 25–50%, Voting 25–50% | 2016-06-17 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 47 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-04-24 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2026-01-27 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-12-22 | AA01 | accounts | Change account reference date company previous shortened | |
| 2025-07-18 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2025-03-19 | AA01 | accounts | Change account reference date company previous shortened | |
| 2025-01-28 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-12-20 | AA01 | accounts | Change account reference date company previous shortened | |
| 2024-03-28 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2024-01-22 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-11-16 | PSC05 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2023-11-16 | PSC05 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2023-02-24 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2023-01-13 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-12-29 | AA01 | accounts | Change account reference date company previous shortened | |
| 2022-05-25 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2022-03-08 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2022-02-03 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-12-22 | AA01 | accounts | Change account reference date company previous shortened | |
| 2021-03-23 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2021-02-21 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 4
- 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.