WYKES ENGINEERING CO. (RUSHDEN) LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-08-31 (in 3mo)
Last filed for 2024-08-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-12-01 (in 7mo)
Last made up 2025-11-17
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£3M
+11.3% highest in 4 filed years
Net assets
£39M
-1.8% vs 2023
Employees
90
+12.5% highest in 4 filed years
Profit before tax
-£954K
-204.5% vs 2023
Net assets
5-year trend · vs Industrials median
Accounts
5-year trend · latest reflected 2024-08-31
| Metric | Trend | 2020-09-01 | 2021-08-31 | 2022-08-31 | 2023-08-31 | 2024-08-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | — | — | — | £44,930,000 | £35,977,000 | |
| Operating profit | — | — | — | £1,095,000 | -£924,000 | |
| Profit before tax | — | — | — | £913,000 | -£954,000 | |
| Net profit | — | £2,061,000 | £3,130,000 | £549,000 | -£704,000 | |
| Cash | — | £115,000 | £120,000 | £3,034,000 | £3,376,000 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | — | — | — | £39,296,000 | £38,590,000 | |
| Net assets | — | £30,817,000 | £33,947,000 | £39,296,000 | £38,590,000 | |
| Equity | £28,756,000 | £30,817,000 | £33,947,000 | £39,296,000 | £38,590,000 | |
| Average employees | — | 80 | 81 | 80 | 90 | |
| Wages | — | — | — | £3,900,000 | £3,874,000 | |
| Directors' remuneration | — | — | — | £483,000 | £279,000 |
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 2024-08-31 vs 2023-08-31
-
Turnover
-19.9%
£44,930,000 £35,977,000
-
Cash
+11.3%
£3,034,000 £3,376,000
highest in 4 filed years
-
Net assets
-1.8%
£39,296,000 £38,590,000
-
Employees
+12.5%
80 90
highest in 4 filed years
-
Operating profit
-184.4%
£1,095,000 -£924,000
-
Profit before tax
-204.5%
£913,000 -£954,000
-
Wages
-0.7%
£3,900,000 £3,874,000
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 | 2020-09-01 | 2021-08-31 | 2022-08-31 | 2023-08-31 | 2024-08-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | — | — | — | 2.4% | -2.6% | |
| Net margin | — | — | — | 1.2% | -2.0% | |
| Return on capital employed | — | — | — | 2.8% | -2.4% | |
| Current ratio | — | — | — | 1.75x | 1.04x | |
| Interest cover | — | — | — | 2.86x | -2.48x |
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 1 time since incorporation
- WYKES ENGINEERING CO. (RUSHDEN) LIMITED 1983-03-21 → present
- WYMINGTON COMMERCIAL GARAGE LIMITED 1982-09-17 → 1983-03-21
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Consolidated group
- Auditor
- Saffery LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“At the time of approving the financial statements, the directors have a reasonable expectation that the group has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future. Thus the directors continue to adopt the going concern basis of accounting in preparing the financial statements.”
Group structure
- WYKES ENGINEERING CO. (RUSHDEN) LIMITED · parent
- Wykes Engineering (Europe) Limited 100%
- K.J. Wykes Limited 50%
Significant events
- “There have been no significant events affecting the Group or Parent Company since the year end.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
2 active · 1 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| WYKES, David John | Director | — | Feb 1958 | British |
| WYKES, William John | Director | 2022-09-14 | Dec 1990 | British |
Show 1 resigned officer
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| WYKES, Keith John | Secretary | — | 2014-05-12 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mr David John Wykes | Individual | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100% | 2016-04-30 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 95 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-12-01 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-09-02 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2025-03-26 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2024-11-28 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-09-04 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2023-12-01 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-08-31 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2022-11-17 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-09-15 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2022-09-02 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2021-12-10 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-08-26 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2020-12-07 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2020-09-14 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2019-12-05 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2019-06-06 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2018-12-10 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2018-06-13 | AA01 | accounts | Change account reference date company current extended | |
| 2018-06-05 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2017-12-05 | 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.