WITHAM OIL & PAINT LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-12-31 (in 7mo)
Last filed for 2025-04-05
Confirmation statement due
2026-10-16 (in 5mo)
Last made up 2025-10-02
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£2K
-95.4% lowest in 4 filed years
Net assets
£2M
+3.5% vs 2024
Employees
39
-4.9% vs 2024
Profit before tax
£315K
+120.4% vs 2024
Net assets
4-year trend · vs Energy median
Accounts
4-year trend · latest reflected 2025-04-05
| Metric | Trend | 2020-03-31 | 2021-03-31 | 2024-03-31 | 2025-04-05 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | — | — | £10,826,033 | £11,007,110 | |
| Operating profit | — | — | £158,047 | £376,298 | |
| Profit before tax | — | — | £142,892 | £314,915 | |
| Net profit | — | — | £97,683 | £267,730 | |
| Cash | £71,398 | £37,583 | £51,281 | £2,382 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £2,428,032 | £2,922,862 | £3,005,406 | £2,926,395 | |
| Net assets | £2,005,214 | £2,084,101 | £1,954,928 | £2,022,658 | |
| Equity | £2,005,214 | £2,084,101 | £1,954,928 | £2,022,658 | |
| Average employees | 36 | 34 | 41 | 39 | |
| Wages | — | — | £1,525,325 | £1,616,752 | |
| Directors' remuneration | — | — | £557,843 | £541,448 |
Values shown as filed in the company's annual accounts. — indicates the figure wasn't present under that line item in that period. About these numbers
Year-on-year
FY2024 → FY2025 · period ending 2025-04-05 vs 2024-03-31
-
Turnover
+1.7%
£10,826,033 £11,007,110
-
Cash
-95.4%
£51,281 £2,382
lowest in 4 filed years
-
Net assets
+3.5%
£1,954,928 £2,022,658
-
Employees
-4.9%
41 39
-
Operating profit
+138.1%
£158,047 £376,298
-
Profit before tax
+120.4%
£142,892 £314,915
-
Wages
+6%
£1,525,325 £1,616,752
Each % is (latest − prior) ÷ |prior| for the line item as filed. The comparison is only shown when the latest and prior accounts cover broadly equal-length periods — short or long stubs (typical around incorporation or a year-end change) are suppressed rather than misrepresented. Lines a company doesn't report are omitted. About these numbers
Ratios
Computed from the line items above — sparklines read oldest → newest
| Ratio | Trend | 2020-03-31 | 2021-03-31 | 2024-03-31 | 2025-04-05 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | — | — | 1.5% | 3.4% | |
| Net margin | — | — | 0.9% | 2.4% | |
| Return on capital employed | — | — | 5.3% | 12.9% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | — | — | 68.4% | 65.6% | |
| Current ratio | — | — | 1.32x | 1.34x | |
| Interest cover | — | — | 1.43x | 2.74x |
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
- WITHAM OIL & PAINT LIMITED 1998-08-05 → present
- WITHAM OIL AND GREASE COMPANY LIMITED 1942-04-23 → 1998-08-05
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Abridged
- Yes — abridged accounts (limited disclosure)
- Auditor
- Duncan & Toplis Audit Limited
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“In auditing the financial statements, we have concluded that the directors' use of the going concern basis of accounting in the preparation of the financial statements is appropriate. 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 entity's ability to continue as a going concern for a period of at least 12 months from when the financial statements are authorised for issue.”
Group structure
- WITHAM OIL & PAINT LIMITED · parent
- Witham Oil & Paint (Soham) Limited 100%
- Witham Oil & Paint (Lowestoft) Limited 100%
- United Paints Limited 100%
- Witham Oil & Grease Company Limited 100%
- Witham Motorsport Limited 100%
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
7 active · 6 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BOTTOM, Alison Clare | Director | 2021-03-26 | Dec 1966 | British |
| BOTTOM, Geoffrey | Director | — | Jun 1944 | British |
| BOTTOM, Nigel Robert | Director | 2000-04-05 | Mar 1975 | British |
| BOTTOM, Richard James | Director | 2006-08-14 | Mar 1972 | British |
| SCARBROUGH, Richard Carl | Director | 2011-05-24 | Feb 1964 | British |
| SMITH, Dominic | Director | 2020-05-14 | Jul 1986 | British |
| WELSH, Joanne Marie | Director | 2014-09-01 | Apr 1975 | British |
Show 6 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| BURTON, Kathryn Louise | Secretary | 2002-10-03 | 2018-09-14 |
| SMITH, Alan Terence | Secretary | — | 2002-10-03 |
| CRABB, David | Director | 2000-04-05 | 2022-02-28 |
| KENYON, Michael Anthony | Director | 2006-08-14 | 2024-03-31 |
| SMITH, Alan Terence | Director | — | 2019-03-03 |
| SMITH, George Robert | Director | — | 2003-09-02 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Witham Group Holdings Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100% | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 122 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-01-05 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-10-02 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-12-20 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-10-07 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-04-02 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-01-04 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-10-16 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-01-03 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-10-11 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-03-03 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2021-10-04 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-09-03 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type total exemption full | |
| 2021-03-30 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2021-03-02 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2020-10-06 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2020-07-21 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type total exemption full | |
| 2020-06-02 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2019-10-04 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2019-08-15 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type total exemption full | |
| 2019-04-08 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date |
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.