WARRINGTON FABRICATION COMPANY LIMITED
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Cash
£762K
+49.6% vs 2023
Net assets
£2.8M
+5.7% vs 2023
Employees
45
-22.4% vs 2023
Profit before tax
£215K
-10.7% vs 2023
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Basic Materials median
Accounts
2-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2024-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £8,440,455 | £7,278,301 | -13.8% | |
| Operating profit | £234,887 | £204,369 | -13% | |
| Profit before tax | £241,397 | £215,457 | -10.7% | |
| Net profit | £174,469 | £149,896 | -14.1% | |
| Cash | £509,169 | £761,655 | +49.6% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £2,750,590 | £3,048,001 | +10.8% | |
| Net assets | £2,642,793 | £2,792,689 | +5.7% | |
| Equity | £2,642,793 | £2,792,689 | +5.7% | |
| Average employees | 58 | 45 | -22.4% | |
| Wages | £1,960,199 | £1,718,099 | -12.4% | |
| Directors' remuneration | £27,111 | £10,918 | -59.7% |
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 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 2.8% | 2.8% | |
| Net margin | 2.1% | 2.1% | |
| Return on capital employed | 8.5% | 6.7% | |
| Current ratio | 2.43x | 1.84x |
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
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- BK Plus Audit Limited
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“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 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
- WARRINGTON FABRICATION COMPANY LIMITED · parent
- Panvale Properties Limited 100%
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
1 active · 4 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SIMCOCK, Martin | Director | — | Dec 1960 | British |
Show 4 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| BACKHOUSE, Robert Lewis | Secretary | — | 2016-12-23 |
| BACKHOUSE, Robert Lewis | Director | — | 2016-12-23 |
| LOMAX, Michael | Director | 1996-11-01 | 2003-03-07 |
| SIMCOCK, David | Director | — | 1994-04-15 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ms Holdings Group Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors (as firm) | 2021-04-06 | Ceased 2021-04-06 |
| Mr Martin Simcock | Individual | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2021-04-06 |
| Mr Martin Simcock | Individual | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 106 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-01-08 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-09-30 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-12-10 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-09-30 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-12-19 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-09-29 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-12-21 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-10-10 | RP04CS01 | confirmation-statement | Second filing of confirmation statement with made up date | |
| 2022-10-04 | PSC01 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2022-10-04 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2022-09-30 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-12-10 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2021-12-09 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-12-09 | PSC02 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2021-12-09 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2021-09-30 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-05-27 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2020-12-18 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2020-12-03 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2019-12-05 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates |
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.