B.E. WEDGE HOLDINGS LIMITED
Operating as the parent company of Wedge Group Galvanizing, this private entity oversees metal treatment and coating businesses across the UK, Europe, and the US, alongside owning galvanizing equipment manufacturer Hasco-Thermic Ltd.
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Cash
£105m
+18.5% highest in 3 filed years
Net assets
£368m
+9.9% highest in 3 filed years
Employees
1,384
+2.4% highest in 3 filed years
Profit before tax
£55m
+16.2% highest in 3 filed years
Net assets
3-year trend · vs Industrials median
Accounts
3-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2026-03-31
| Metric | Trend | 2024-03-31 | 2025-03-31 | 2026-03-31 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £280,410,000 | £262,975,000 | £291,032,000 | +10.7% | |
| Operating profit | £40,598,000 | £36,725,000 | £43,758,000 | +19.2% | |
| Profit before tax | £50,444,000 | £47,135,000 | £54,764,000 | +16.2% | |
| Net profit | £37,300,000 | £36,263,000 | £41,840,000 | +15.4% | |
| Cash | £80,770,000 | £88,581,000 | £104,927,000 | +18.5% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | — | — | — | — | |
| Net assets | £298,416,000 | £334,453,000 | £367,647,000 | +9.9% | |
| Equity | £298,416,000 | — | — | — | |
| Average employees | 1,332 | 1,351 | 1,384 | +2.4% | |
| Wages | £66,439,000 | £68,629,000 | £75,726,000 | +10.3% | |
| Directors' remuneration | £1,599,000 | £1,587,000 | £1,591,000 | +0.3% | |
| Directors' pension contributions | £169,000 | £154,000 | £162,000 | +5.2% | |
| Highest paid director | £362,186 | £365,129 | £407,985 | +11.7% |
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 | 2024-03-31 | 2025-03-31 | 2026-03-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 14.5% | 14.0% | 15.0% | |
| Net margin | 13.3% | 13.8% | 14.4% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | -0.7% | -3.2% | -3.5% | |
| Current ratio | 9.19x | 9.81x | 9.07x |
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
- Muras Baker Jones Limited
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The Group expects to continue to generate cash, and is expected to do so for at least 12 months from the date of approval of these financial statements based upon the forecasts that have been approved by the Board.”
Group structure
- B.E. WEDGE HOLDINGS LIMITED · parent
- Wedge Group Galvanizing Limited 100%
- Hasco Thermic Limited 100%
- B E Wedge Limited 100%
- South East Galvanizers Limited 100%
- Wessex Galvanizers Limited 100%
- Acrow Galvanizing Limited 100%
- East Anglian Galvanizing Limited 100%
- Humber Galvanizing Limited 100%
- Leicester Galvanizing Services Limited 100%
- Manchester Galvanizing Limited 100%
- Merseyside Galvanizing Limited 100%
- Metaltreat Limited 100%
- Newport Galvanizers Limited 100%
- Scottish Galvanizers Limited 100%
- Worksop Galvanizing Limited 100%
- Edward Howell Galvanizers Limited 100%
- South West Galvanizers Limited 100%
- Pillar Wedge Group Limited 100%
- Pillar Spin Galvanizing Limited 100%
- Pillar Wedge Limited 100%
- Parkes Galvanizing Limited 100%
- Pillar Galvanizing Limited 100%
- Capital Galvanizing Limited 100%
- Lanarkshire Galvanizing Co. Limited 100%
- CHT Galvanizing Limited 100%
- Centrifuge Galvanizing Limited 100%
- Wedge Inc. 100%
Significant events
- “Terms were agreed for The Coatinc Company (TCC) to buy back the 49% shareholding owned by B.E. Wedge Holdings Limited. The deal was concluded in December 2025.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
11 active · 6 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| GRAHAM, Dawn Lesley | Secretary | 2012-12-01 | — | — |
| CURTIS, Angela Helen | Director | 2011-08-01 | Nov 1975 | British |
| HAWORTH, Andrew Linton | Director | 2018-01-01 | Jul 1967 | British |
| LEIGHFIELD, Colin James | Director | — | Aug 1946 | British |
| MARRIS, Robert Howard | Director | 2017-10-01 | Apr 1955 | British |
| MILNES, Stephen Andrew | Director | 2018-01-01 | Dec 1960 | British |
| NEWMAN, Andrew Hamilton | Director | 1998-05-21 | Jun 1948 | British |
| PARSONS, Jonathan David | Director | 2013-05-14 | Dec 1966 | British |
| PEPPER, David Ian | Director | — | Jul 1940 | United Kingdom |
| WOOLRIDGE, Christopher James | Director | 2013-05-14 | Mar 1980 | British |
| WOOLRIDGE, Jeremy Frederick | Director | — | Dec 1944 | British |
Show 6 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| LYNAM, David Arthur | Secretary | — | 2012-12-01 |
| BROWN, Philip Crabtree | Director | 1996-12-10 | 1998-03-31 |
| NAYLOR, David Arthur | Director | 1996-12-10 | 2021-07-29 |
| PETERSON, Cary Morris | Director | 2008-05-20 | 2011-08-03 |
| ROBERTS, Donald John | Director | — | 1998-04-08 |
| SCOTT, Derek | Director | — | 2001-09-28 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mr Jeremy Frederick Woolrdge | Individual | Shares 25–50% | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 187 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-09-23 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2026-03-12 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2025-09-03 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2025-03-13 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2024-11-08 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2024-03-07 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2023-09-19 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2023-03-07 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2022-09-21 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2022-03-11 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2022-02-16 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2022-02-15 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2022-02-15 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2022-02-15 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2021-09-13 | PSC04 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2021-09-05 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2021-08-16 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2021-03-09 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2020-09-23 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2020-03-06 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with 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
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