WATERMOOR MEAT SUPPLY LIMITED
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Cash
£165k
-38.9% vs 2024
Net assets
£3.5m
+9.8% highest in 6 filed years
Employees
126
+23.5% highest in 6 filed years
Profit before tax
£532k
+3.3% highest in 3 filed years
Net assets
6-year trend · vs Consumer Staples median
Accounts
6-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2025-09-30
| Metric | Trend | 2020-08-31 | 2021-08-31 | 2022-08-31 | 2023-09-30 | 2024-09-30 | 2025-09-30 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | — | — | — | £7,809,019 | £9,484,068 | £11,815,614 | +24.6% | |
| Operating profit | — | — | — | £276,014 | £681,978 | £685,643 | +0.5% | |
| Profit before tax | — | — | — | £180,606 | £515,261 | £532,440 | +3.3% | |
| Net profit | — | — | — | £166,619 | £321,411 | £348,556 | +8.4% | |
| Cash | £126,374 | £264,878 | £1,521 | £78,241 | £270,737 | £165,425 | -38.9% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £3,521,631 | £4,406,010 | £4,615,367 | £4,795,019 | £4,911,328 | £5,725,339 | +16.6% | |
| Net assets | £2,153,960 | £2,839,722 | £3,059,177 | £2,961,104 | £3,190,104 | £3,502,686 | +9.8% | |
| Equity | £2,153,960 | £2,839,722 | £3,059,177 | £2,961,104 | £3,190,104 | £3,502,686 | +9.8% | |
| Average employees | 49 | 49 | 49 | 81 | 102 | 126 | +23.5% | |
| Wages | — | — | — | £2,048,163 | £2,431,649 | £3,060,385 | +25.9% | |
| Directors' remuneration | — | — | — | — | £75,464 | £120,644 | +59.9% | |
| Directors' pension contributions | — | — | — | — | £380 | £380 | 0% |
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 | 2020-08-31 | 2021-08-31 | 2022-08-31 | 2023-09-30 | 2024-09-30 | 2025-09-30 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | — | — | — | 3.5% | 7.2% | 5.8% | |
| Net margin | — | — | — | 2.1% | 3.4% | 2.9% | |
| Return on capital employed | — | — | — | 5.8% | 13.9% | 12.0% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 57.7% | 51.6% | 50.6% | 56.2% | 54.7% | 57.6% | |
| Current ratio | — | — | — | 0.43x | 0.53x | 0.54x | |
| Interest cover | — | — | — | 2.89x | 3.88x | 4.47x |
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
- Old Mill Audit Limited
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The directors have a reasonable expectation that the Group has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future. Thus they continue to adopt the going concern basis in preparing the annual financial statements.”
Group structure
- WATERMOOR MEAT SUPPLY LIMITED · parent
- Knead Bakery Limited 80%
- Hawes & Son (Cirencester) Limited 100%
- Knead Bakery (Elkstone) Limited 80%
- Knead Bakery (Cirencester) Limited 80%
- Knead Bakery (Tetbury) Limited 80%
Significant events
- “In June 25 & July 25 we opened two new stores in Oxford city centre, our first city location & The Cotswold designer outlet centre, our first outlet centre, to further develop the offering to the local area.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
4 active · 3 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| HAWES, Nesta | Secretary | 1999-09-17 | — | British |
| HAWES, David Richard | Director | 2016-05-26 | Aug 1992 | British |
| HAWES, John Sidney | Director | 2016-05-26 | Aug 1992 | British |
| HAWES, Richard Sidney | Director | — | May 1946 | British |
Show 3 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| HAWES, Noreen Lilian | Secretary | — | 1999-09-17 |
| HAWES, Noreen Lilian | Director | — | 1999-09-17 |
| HAWES, Sidney | Director | — | 1999-09-19 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mr Richard Sidney Hawes | Individual | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2017-04-03 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 121 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2026-07-21 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
- 2026-07-21 MA Memorandum articles
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-09-09 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2026-08-05 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2026-07-21 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2026-07-21 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles | |
| 2026-07-21 | SH08 | capital | Capital name of class of shares | |
| 2026-07-21 | SH10 | capital | Capital variation of rights attached to shares | |
| 2026-05-05 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2026-04-21 | PSC04 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2026-04-13 | CH03 | officers | Change person secretary company with change date | |
| 2026-04-13 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2026-04-13 | PSC04 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2026-02-04 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2026-02-04 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2026-02-04 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-12-15 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2025-07-04 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2025-04-17 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-10-03 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2024-04-03 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-02-20 | AA01 | accounts | Change account reference date company previous extended |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 15
- Capital events
- 2
- 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.