WD-40 COMPANY LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2027-05-31 (in 1y)
Last filed for 2025-08-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-04-16
Overdue
Watchouts
Cash
£19M
EUR 22,049,000
-7.9% vs 2024
Net assets
£63M
EUR 72,393,000
-13.1% vs 2024
Employees
309
+7.3% vs 2024
Profit before tax
£29M
EUR 33,512,000
+13.3% vs 2024
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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Confirmation statement overdue
Due 2026-04-16.
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Basic Materials median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2025-08-31
| Metric | Trend | 2024-08-31 | 2025-08-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £181,714,062 | £188,086,790 | |
| Operating profit | £26,868,423 | £29,597,356 | |
| Profit before tax | £25,732,672 | £29,143,404 | |
| Net profit | £18,906,861 | £21,661,014 | |
| Cash | £20,828,768 | £19,174,711 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £88,468,562 | £79,024,263 | |
| Net assets | £72,481,955 | £62,955,909 | |
| Equity | £72,481,955 | £62,955,909 | |
| Average employees | 288 | 309 | |
| Wages | £20,893,121 | £22,693,278 | |
| Directors' remuneration | £1,314,027 | £1,382,729 |
Figures converted to GBP from EUR at 0.870 per EUR (Frankfurter spot rate) — hover any figure for the original. — indicates the figure wasn't present under that line item in that period. About these numbers
Year-on-year
FY2024 → FY2025 · period ending 2025-08-31 vs 2024-08-31
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Turnover
+3.5%
£181,714,062 £188,086,790
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Cash
-7.9%
£20,828,768 £19,174,711
-
Net assets
-13.1%
£72,481,955 £62,955,909
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Employees
+7.3%
288 309
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Operating profit
+10.2%
£26,868,423 £29,597,356
-
Profit before tax
+13.3%
£25,732,672 £29,143,404
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Wages
+8.6%
£20,893,121 £22,693,278
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 | 2024-08-31 | 2025-08-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 14.8% | 15.7% | |
| Net margin | 10.4% | 11.5% | |
| Return on capital employed | 30.4% | 37.5% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 36.2% | 47.3% | |
| Current ratio | 3.52x | 2.36x | |
| Interest cover | 19.32x | 51.10x |
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
- WD-40 COMPANY LIMITED 1984-01-25 → present
- DECROMEX LIMITED 1983-09-26 → 1984-01-25
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“After reviewing the Company's current forecasts and projections, the Directors have a reasonable expectation that the Company has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future.”
Significant events
- “At the start of the financial year, the Company changed functional and presentational currency to EURO.”
- “During the year the Company disposed of the 1001 brand.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
4 active · 10 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BRAZIER, Simon | Secretary | 2026-03-17 | — | — |
| BRASS, Steven Andrew | Director | 2022-07-25 | Jan 1966 | British |
| CLOEZ, Christophe Paul | Director | 2023-10-30 | Dec 1969 | French |
| TEARLE, James Robert | Director | 2023-10-30 | Dec 1979 | British |
Show 10 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| GALLON, Keith Storey | Secretary | — | 2010-07-31 |
| KEMPSON, Meghan Jane | Secretary | 2023-10-30 | 2026-03-17 |
| BIRD & BIRD COMPANY SECRETARIES LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 2010-07-31 | 2023-10-30 |
| BARRY, John Stephen | Director | — | 1994-01-16 |
| GALLON, Keith Storey | Director | — | 2010-07-31 |
| KERFOOT, Christopher | Director | 1995-09-11 | 1996-11-22 |
| NOBLE, William Brian | Director | 1996-11-22 | 2025-12-30 |
| RIDGE, Garry Owen | Director | 1996-08-06 | 2022-07-25 |
| SCHLEIF, Gerald Carl | Director | 1994-01-16 | 1997-09-30 |
| TAMBLYN, Michael Lloyd | Director | — | 1995-07-31 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wd-40 Holdings Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 134 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-05-08 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2026-04-02 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2026-04-02 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2026-03-10 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2026-01-22 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-04-02 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-04-01 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-06-05 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-01-16 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-12-21 | AD02 | address | Change sail address company with old address new address | |
| 2023-11-01 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2023-11-01 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-11-01 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2023-11-01 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-06-15 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-12-23 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-11-14 | PSC05 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2022-11-14 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2022-08-04 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2022-08-04 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 5
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 1
- Officers resigned
- 2
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.