WOODMANSTERNE LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-12-31 (in 7mo)
Last filed for 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-11-08 (in 6mo)
Last made up 2025-10-25
Watchouts
Cash
£2M
+33.6% vs 2024
Net assets
£7M
+7.8% highest in 5 filed years
Employees
155
0% vs 2024
Profit before tax
£1M
-22.1% vs 2024
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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1 PSC ceased in last 24 months
Significant control changed hands — see the Ownership section.
Net assets
5-year trend · vs Industrials median
Accounts
5-year trend · latest reflected 2025-03-31
| Metric | Trend | 2021-03-31 | 2022-03-31 | 2023-03-31 | 2024-03-31 | 2025-03-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | — | — | — | £25,151,672 | £25,489,284 | |
| Operating profit | — | — | — | £1,474,120 | £1,155,750 | |
| Profit before tax | — | — | — | £1,318,652 | £1,027,688 | |
| Net profit | — | — | — | £981,547 | £729,683 | |
| Cash | — | — | — | £1,783,624 | £2,382,553 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £5,000 | £5,000 | £5,000 | £8,872,187 | £11,974,301 | |
| Net assets | £5,000 | £5,000 | £5,000 | £6,800,179 | £7,331,862 | |
| Equity | £5,000 | £5,000 | £5,000 | £6,800,179 | £7,331,862 | |
| Average employees | 1 | 1 | 1 | 155 | 155 | |
| Wages | — | — | — | £6,003,720 | £6,210,496 | |
| Directors' remuneration | — | — | — | £276,757 | £287,846 |
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 2025-03-31 vs 2024-03-31
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Turnover
+1.3%
£25,151,672 £25,489,284
-
Cash
+33.6%
£1,783,624 £2,382,553
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Net assets
+7.8%
£6,800,179 £7,331,862
highest in 5 filed years
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Employees
0%
155 155
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Operating profit
-21.6%
£1,474,120 £1,155,750
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Profit before tax
-22.1%
£1,318,652 £1,027,688
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Wages
+3.4%
£6,003,720 £6,210,496
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 | 2021-03-31 | 2022-03-31 | 2023-03-31 | 2024-03-31 | 2025-03-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | — | — | — | 5.9% | 4.5% | |
| Net margin | — | — | — | 3.9% | 2.9% | |
| Return on capital employed | — | — | — | 16.6% | 9.7% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | — | — | — | 55.4% | 60.7% | |
| Current ratio | — | — | — | 1.81x | 1.83x | |
| Interest cover | — | — | — | 8.19x | 6.75x |
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
- Kreston Reeves Audit LLP
- 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 Group's or the parent company's ability to continue as a going concern for a period of at least twelve months from when the financial statements are authorised for issue.”
Group structure
- WOODMANSTERNE LIMITED · parent
- Woodmansterne Publications Limited 100%
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
3 active · 4 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| WOODMANSTERNE, Benjamin Seth | Director | 2023-04-27 | Dec 1986 | British |
| WOODMANSTERNE, Chloë Elinor | Director | 2023-04-27 | Nov 1992 | British |
| WOODMANSTERNE, Paul Aubrey | Director | — | Jul 1960 | British |
Show 4 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| BRITTON, Julia Rosemary | Secretary | — | 2019-07-18 |
| BRITTON, Julia Rosemary | Director | — | 2015-06-01 |
| COLES, Charles Roberts | Director | — | 1999-06-30 |
| WRAGG, Stephen Peter | Director | 1993-04-01 | 1998-12-31 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chloe Elinor Woodmansterne | Individual | Shares 25–50% | 2025-11-19 | Active |
| Mr Benjamin Seth Woodmansterne | Individual | Shares 25–50% | 2025-11-19 | Active |
| Mr Paul Aubrey Woodmansterne | Individual | Shares 50–75% | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2025-11-19 |
| Mrs Julia Rosemary Britton | Individual | Shares 25–50% | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2019-07-18 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 130 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2025-12-08 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
- 2023-08-14 MA Memorandum articles
- 2023-08-14 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-12-30 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2025-12-23 | PSC01 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2025-12-23 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2025-12-23 | PSC01 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2025-12-17 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-12-08 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2025-12-05 | SH08 | capital | Capital name of class of shares | |
| 2024-12-17 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2024-11-06 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2024-11-04 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2024-11-01 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2024-10-31 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2024-08-21 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-08-21 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2024-08-21 | PSC04 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2024-08-21 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2024-08-21 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2023-08-15 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2023-08-14 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles | |
| 2023-08-14 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 7
- Capital events
- 1
- 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.