W.E.BLACK LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last made up 2025-09-16
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£32M
-17.4% lowest in 4 filed years
Net assets
£285M
+2.6% highest in 4 filed years
Employees
18
-10% vs 2023
Profit before tax
£12M
+55.8% vs 2023
Net assets
6-year trend · vs Industrials median
Accounts
6-year trend · latest reflected 2024-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2019-12-31 | 2020-12-31 | 2021-12-31 | 2022-12-31 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | — | — | — | — | £17,847,833 | £24,797,020 | |
| Operating profit | — | — | — | — | £1,440,324 | £8,598,408 | |
| Profit before tax | — | — | — | — | £7,849,088 | £12,228,676 | |
| Net profit | — | — | £8,822,386 | — | £5,695,378 | £9,205,136 | |
| Cash | — | £87,579,849 | £105,610,479 | — | £38,573,767 | £31,847,689 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | — | £235,157,523 | £241,345,654 | — | £277,451,640 | £284,787,763 | |
| Net assets | — | — | — | — | £277,384,089 | £284,697,965 | |
| Equity | £221,219,201 | £235,157,523 | £241,345,654 | £243,525,165 | £277,384,089 | £284,697,965 | |
| Average employees | — | 19 | 18 | — | 20 | 18 | |
| Wages | — | — | — | — | £1,387,073 | £1,367,094 | |
| Directors' remuneration | — | — | — | — | £187,513 | £217,857 |
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
FY2023 → FY2024 · period ending 2024-12-31 vs 2023-12-31
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Turnover
+38.9%
£17,847,833 £24,797,020
-
Cash
-17.4%
£38,573,767 £31,847,689
lowest in 4 filed years
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Net assets
+2.6%
£277,384,089 £284,697,965
-
Employees
-10%
20 18
-
Operating profit
+497%
£1,440,324 £8,598,408
-
Profit before tax
+55.8%
£7,849,088 £12,228,676
-
Wages
-1.4%
£1,387,073 £1,367,094
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 | 2019-12-31 | 2020-12-31 | 2021-12-31 | 2022-12-31 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | — | — | — | — | 8.1% | 34.7% | |
| Net margin | — | — | — | — | 31.9% | 37.1% | |
| Return on capital employed | — | — | — | — | 0.5% | 3.0% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | — | — | — | — | 13.0% | 14.7% | |
| Current ratio | — | — | — | — | 7.14x | 6.03x | |
| Interest cover | — | — | — | — | 88.83x | 75.36x |
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
- EV Accountants Limited
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The financial statements have been prepared on a going concern basis as the directors have a reasonable expectation that the company has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for a period of at least twelve months from the date of approval of these financial statements.”
Group structure
- W.E.BLACK LIMITED · parent
- Hawridge Investments Limited 100%
- Cantay Group Limited 100%
- Cantay Investments Limited 100%
- Cantay Estates Limited 100%
- WE Black Finance Limited 100%
- Blackridge Estates Limited 100%
- 19 BTR Limited 100%
- Blackridge Commercial Limited 100%
- Raypat Limited 100%
- WE Black (TH) Limited 100%
- Blackridge Estates 2 Limited 100%
- Hawridge Farms Limited 100%
Significant events
- “During the year, 39 residential property units and 4 development projects were sold, compared to 24 residential property units and 5 development projects sold in 2023.”
- “A B Stanton was appointed as a director after 31 December 2024 but prior to the date of this report.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
6 active · 4 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| LONG, Judith | Secretary | 2018-01-15 | — | — |
| GADSDEN, Eric John Spencer | Director | — | Dec 1944 | British |
| GADSDEN, Sarah Louise | Director | 2018-01-15 | May 1985 | British |
| LONG, Judith Elizabeth | Director | 2018-01-15 | Nov 1955 | English |
| LYON, James Ian | Director | 2018-01-15 | Apr 1963 | British |
| STANTON, Andrew Barry | Director | 2025-01-01 | Jul 1974 | British |
Show 4 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| GADSDEN, Carys | Secretary | 1992-10-21 | 2018-01-15 |
| WOOD, C Anthony | Secretary | — | 1992-10-21 |
| GADSDEN, Carys | Director | — | 2018-01-15 |
| WOOD, C Anthony | Director | — | 1992-10-21 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mr Eric John Spencer Gadsden | Individual | Shares 75–100% | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 164 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-10-30 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2025-09-16 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-09-12 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-01-21 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-12-05 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2024-10-14 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-10-17 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2023-09-13 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-11-30 | DISS40 | gazette | Gazette filings brought up to date | |
| 2022-11-29 | GAZ1 | gazette | Gazette notice compulsory | |
| 2022-11-28 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-10-01 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2021-10-14 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2021-10-14 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-10-06 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2021-07-16 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2021-07-16 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2021-07-16 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2021-07-16 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2021-07-16 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 3
- 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.