WALSTEAD ROCHE LIMITED
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Cash
£3.1m
+25.2% vs 2024
Net assets
£32m
+8% highest in 4 filed years
Employees
185
-1.6% lowest in 4 filed years
Profit before tax
£3.1m
-19.5% lowest in 4 filed years
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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3 officer resignations in last 12 months
Multiple officers have left the board recently — see the People section for who.
Net assets
4-year trend · vs Industrials median
Accounts
4-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2025-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2022-12-31 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £37,447,000 | £37,584,000 | £35,279,000 | £34,312,000 | -2.7% | |
| Operating profit | £3,808,000 | £4,299,000 | £4,168,000 | £3,363,000 | -19.3% | |
| Profit before tax | £3,374,000 | £3,848,000 | £3,791,000 | £3,050,000 | -19.5% | |
| Net profit | £2,497,000 | £3,128,000 | £2,760,000 | £2,399,000 | -13.1% | |
| Cash | £3,176,000 | £2,038,000 | £2,499,000 | £3,128,000 | +25.2% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £27,845,000 | £30,246,000 | £32,270,000 | £33,790,000 | +4.7% | |
| Net assets | £23,964,000 | £27,092,000 | £29,852,000 | £32,251,000 | +8% | |
| Equity | £23,964,000 | £27,092,000 | £29,852,000 | £32,251,000 | +8% | |
| Average employees | 193 | 191 | 188 | 185 | -1.6% | |
| Wages | £6,126,000 | £6,121,000 | £6,298,000 | £6,381,000 | +1.3% | |
| Directors' remuneration | — | — | — | — | — |
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 | 2022-12-31 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 10.2% | 11.4% | 11.8% | 9.8% | |
| Net margin | 6.7% | 8.3% | 7.8% | 7.0% | |
| Return on capital employed | 13.7% | 14.2% | 12.9% | 10.0% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 41.6% | 38.9% | 33.7% | 35.8% | |
| Current ratio | — | 2.82x | 3.20x | 28.27x | |
| Interest cover | 8.77x | 9.53x | 11.06x | 10.74x |
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 4 times since incorporation
- WALSTEAD ROCHE LIMITED 2018-12-11 → present
- WYNDEHAM ROCHE LIMITED 2011-04-12 → 2018-12-11
- ST IVES ROCHE LIMITED 2000-02-07 → 2011-04-12
- ST IVES (ROCHE) LIMITED 1993-08-02 → 2000-02-07
- ST.IVES PRINTING COMPANY LIMITED 1962-04-09 → 1993-08-02
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- KPMG LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“Consequently, the Directors are confident that the Group and the Company will have sufficient working capital to continue to meet its liabilities for at least 12 months from the date of approval of these financial statements and therefore have prepared these financial statements on a going concern basis.”
Significant events
- “During the year, the Company changed the provider of its invoice discounting facility. This change saw the arrangement change from a non-recourse facility to a recourse facility, the key difference being that previously, the provider took on the risks and rewards of ownership on sold trade debtors.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
2 active · 29 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| HARRIS, Debrah | Director | 2013-11-26 | Sep 1966 | British |
| SOUTHERLAND, Ian | Director | 2024-08-05 | Oct 1978 | British |
Show 29 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| HARRIS, Philip Charles | Secretary | — | 2011-04-06 |
| REPMAN, Zoe | Secretary | 2011-04-06 | 2019-09-19 |
| ARMITAGE, Matthew Robert | Director | 2009-03-10 | 2011-04-06 |
| BUTLER, Angela Mary | Director | 2010-06-01 | 2011-04-06 |
| DICKIE, Thomas Edgar | Director | 2010-06-01 | 2011-02-28 |
| DOWNEY, Stephen David | Director | 2010-06-01 | 2011-04-06 |
| EDWARDS, Brian Charles | Director | 1999-12-09 | 2009-08-03 |
| EDWARDS, Brian Charles | Director | — | 1994-07-01 |
| ELLIS, Stephen John | Director | 2008-07-16 | 2009-11-30 |
| EMENY, David | Director | 1998-09-02 | 2006-07-14 |
| FOOKES, Richard Charles | Director | 2011-04-06 | 2016-06-22 |
| GAVRON OF HIGHGATE, Robert, Lord | Director | — | 1994-07-01 |
| GRAY, Paul Bradley | Director | 1999-08-02 | 2008-04-28 |
| HARRIS, Philip Charles | Director | 1994-07-01 | 1999-08-02 |
| HILL, Julian Peter Dunlop | Director | 2008-04-28 | 2009-01-21 |
| JACKSON, Colin | Director | 1999-08-02 | 2003-03-18 |
| JOHNSON, Neil Austin | Director | 2023-06-01 | 2024-09-03 |
| KINGSTON, Roy Ernest | Director | 2013-11-26 | 2025-11-18 |
| LADD, Kenneth Peter | Director | — | 1994-07-01 |
| MARTELL, Patrick Neil | Director | 2009-03-10 | 2011-04-06 |
| MURRAY, Bruce Grant | Director | 2024-09-03 | 2026-03-31 |
| REPMAN, Zoe | Director | 2013-11-26 | 2019-09-19 |
| RHODES, Joanne | Director | 2005-02-01 | 2008-07-01 |
| RICHELL, Giles | Director | 2010-06-01 | 2011-04-06 |
| ROTHWELL, Julian Gordon | Director | 2021-11-18 | 2023-03-31 |
| UTTING, Paul George | Director | 2011-04-06 | 2026-01-12 |
| VARNEY, Richard Norman | Director | 1994-07-01 | 1995-09-01 |
| WATTS, Andrew Paul | Director | 2005-02-01 | 2008-09-17 |
| ST IVES PLC | Corporate Director | 1995-09-01 | 1999-08-02 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Walstead Uk Holdings Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 212 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-09-30 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2026-09-25 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2026-04-01 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2026-01-28 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-12-03 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-11-28 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2025-10-23 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-10-07 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2025-10-01 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-11-15 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-10-04 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2024-10-03 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-09-13 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-09-13 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-08-05 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-10-09 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-10-05 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-07-11 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-07-05 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2023-07-05 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 9
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 0
- Officers resigned
- 3
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.