WASHINGTON GREEN FINE ART GROUP LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-07-01 (in 2mo)
Last made up 2025-06-17
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£151K
+40.1% highest in 4 filed years
Net assets
£6M
+7% vs 2023
Employees
85
0% vs 2023
Profit before tax
£502K
-23.1% first positive since 2020
Net assets
6-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
6-year trend · latest reflected 2024-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2019-04-30 | 2020-04-30 | 2021-10-31 | 2022-12-31 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £12,222,318 | £10,708,212 | — | — | £14,257,331 | £11,347,910 | |
| Operating profit | £1,469,571 | -£1,073,891 | — | — | £655,791 | £501,515 | |
| Profit before tax | £1,471,208 | -£1,073,168 | — | — | £652,507 | £501,529 | |
| Net profit | £1,188,132 | -£1,074,890 | — | — | £518,447 | £374,633 | |
| Cash | £84,184 | £55,351 | — | — | £107,808 | £151,092 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £11,385,711 | £7,599,602 | — | — | £5,936,670 | £6,337,280 | |
| Net assets | £11,209,059 | £7,434,169 | — | — | £5,338,627 | £5,713,260 | |
| Equity | £11,209,059 | £7,434,169 | £3,529,632 | £4,820,180 | £5,338,627 | £5,713,260 | |
| Average employees | 77 | 75 | — | — | 85 | 85 | |
| Wages | £1,894,104 | £1,646,613 | — | — | £2,435,015 | £2,456,201 | |
| Directors' remuneration | — | £287,472 | — | — | £353,009 | £355,961 |
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 2024-12-31 vs 2023-12-31
-
Turnover
-20.4%
£14,257,331 £11,347,910
-
Cash
+40.1%
£107,808 £151,092
highest in 4 filed years
-
Net assets
+7%
£5,338,627 £5,713,260
-
Employees
0%
85 85
-
Operating profit
-23.5%
£655,791 £501,515
first positive since 2020
-
Profit before tax
-23.1%
£652,507 £501,529
first positive since 2020
-
Wages
+0.9%
£2,435,015 £2,456,201
highest in 4 filed years
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 | 2019-04-30 | 2020-04-30 | 2021-10-31 | 2022-12-31 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 12.0% | -10.0% | — | — | 4.6% | 4.4% | |
| Net margin | 9.7% | -10.0% | — | — | 3.6% | 3.3% | |
| Return on capital employed | 12.9% | -14.1% | — | — | 11.0% | 7.9% | |
| Current ratio | — | — | — | — | 1.05x | 1.08x | |
| Interest cover | — | — | — | — | 182.82x | — |
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
- WASHINGTON GREEN FINE ART GROUP LIMITED 2017-02-03 → present
- WASHINGTON GREEN FINE ART PUBLISHING COMPANY LIMITED 1986-03-19 → 2017-02-03
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- HW Fisher Audit
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The company achieved a good level of turnover, maintaining an adequate level of profitability during the year. Subsequently the company has continued to trade profitably and therefore the directors are confident of the company's ability to continue as a going concern for the foreseeable future.”
Group structure
- WASHINGTON GREEN FINE ART GROUP LIMITED · parent
- Artica Galleries Limited 100%
- Castle Galleries Retail Limited 100%
- Spitfire Fine Art Limited 100%
- Washington Green Retail Limited 100%
Significant events
- “The company entered into a cross guarantee bank facility and loan with its ultimate parent and fellow subsidiary companies. The bank has fixed and floating charges over both the assets of the company and those group members included within the agreement. The contingent liability in this respect amounted to £19,961,736 (2023: £19,392,612) as at 31 December 2024.”
- “As at 31 December 2024, the company acts as a guarantor to operating lease commitments for galleries of fellow subsidiary company, for future minimum lease payments of £304,166 (2023: £503,167).”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
3 active · 7 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| GREEN, Paul Joseph Sylvester | Director | 1986-03-19 | Jul 1957 | British |
| SHELEG, Ehud | Director | 2017-04-06 | Nov 1955 | Israeli |
| WEATHERBY-BLYTHE, Ian David | Director | 2017-10-16 | Jun 1968 | British |
Show 7 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| DAWSON, Trevor John | Secretary | 1996-02-23 | 2021-09-30 |
| GREEN, Lionel Lewis | Secretary | — | 1996-02-23 |
| DAWSON, Trevor John | Director | 1998-09-02 | 2021-03-16 |
| GREEN, Lionel Lewis | Director | — | 1999-03-24 |
| GREEN, Raena | Director | 1986-03-19 | 2024-01-05 |
| KEARNS, Jonathan Peter Stephen | Director | 1996-09-06 | 2006-09-12 |
| WASHINGTON, Glyn | Director | 1986-03-19 | 2025-02-17 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Halcyon Gallery (Holdings) Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 153 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2022-01-05 MA Memorandum articles
- 2022-01-05 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-09-30 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-06-17 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-04-01 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-09-27 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-06-26 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2024-02-26 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-02-16 | PSC05 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2023-09-28 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-07-10 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-11-24 | AA01 | accounts | Change account reference date company current extended | |
| 2022-07-26 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-07-20 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2022-01-05 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles | |
| 2022-01-05 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2021-12-30 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2021-12-28 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2021-12-21 | AA01 | accounts | Change account reference date company previous extended | |
| 2021-10-15 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2021-10-15 | SH19 | capital | Capital statement capital company with date currency figure | |
| 2021-10-15 | SH20 | capital | Legacy |
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.