WERNICK AVDANZER LIMITED
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Cash
£1.6m
-36.3% vs 2024
Net assets
£12m
+3.5% highest in 6 filed years
Employees
71
+1.4% vs 2024
Profit before tax
£506k
+79.4% vs 2024
Net assets
6-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
6-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2025-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2020-09-30 | 2021-12-31 | 2022-12-31 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £12,206,829 | £17,844,630 | £8,761,806 | £8,230,000 | £8,037,000 | £9,360,000 | +16.5% | |
| Operating profit | £681,851 | £1,721,060 | £850,308 | £502,000 | £277,000 | £506,000 | +82.7% | |
| Profit before tax | £646,539 | £1,675,247 | £843,422 | £502,000 | £282,000 | £506,000 | +79.4% | |
| Net profit | £516,633 | £2,151,048 | £730,269 | £139,000 | £261,000 | £398,000 | +52.5% | |
| Cash | £979,576 | £1,410,944 | £3,268,063 | £411,000 | £2,537,000 | £1,616,000 | -36.3% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £8,987,141 | £10,243,419 | £10,967,669 | £11,123,000 | £11,384,000 | £11,832,000 | +3.9% | |
| Net assets | £8,086,352 | £10,237,400 | £10,967,669 | £11,056,000 | £11,317,000 | £11,715,000 | +3.5% | |
| Equity | £8,086,352 | £10,237,400 | £10,967,669 | £11,056,000 | £11,317,000 | £11,715,000 | +3.5% | |
| Average employees | 3 | 72 | 71 | 73 | 70 | 71 | +1.4% | |
| Wages | £3,086,966 | £4,138,308 | £2,040,168 | £2,218,000 | £2,338,000 | £2,560,000 | +9.5% | |
| Directors' remuneration | £433,065 | £308,012 | £0 | — | — | — | — |
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 | 2020-09-30 | 2021-12-31 | 2022-12-31 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 5.6% | 9.6% | 9.7% | 6.1% | 3.4% | 5.4% | |
| Net margin | 4.2% | 12.1% | 8.3% | 1.7% | 3.2% | 4.3% | |
| Return on capital employed | 7.6% | 16.8% | 7.8% | 4.5% | 2.4% | 4.3% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 33.8% | 22.3% | 8.1% | 8.5% | 12.2% | 8.1% | |
| Current ratio | — | — | — | 11.34x | 7.75x | 11.91x | |
| Interest cover | 19.31x | 37.57x | — | — | — | — |
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 5 times since incorporation
- WERNICK AVDANZER LIMITED 2022-09-14 → present
- AVDANZER LIMITED 2018-12-20 → 2022-09-14
- A. V. GROUP LIMITED 1999-02-15 → 2018-12-20
- A.V. RENTACABIN LIMITED 1994-04-27 → 1999-02-15
- ASHTON VERNON RENTACABIN LIMITED 1987-02-24 → 1994-04-27
- ASHTON VERNON RENTAKABIN LIMITED 1986-11-24 → 1987-02-24
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Abridged
- Yes — abridged accounts (limited disclosure)
- Auditor
- Rickard Luckin 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.”
Significant events
- “The company is party to unlimited intercompany financial guarantees in respect of group borrowings of £9,950,000 (2024: £10,369,287) created by various legal charges over group assets. Additionally, there is an unlimited financial guarantee in respect of select group finance leases of £97,390,505 (2024: £100,812,722).”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
4 active · 9 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| JAGGON, John Joseph | Secretary | 2021-08-31 | — | — |
| JAGGON, John Joseph | Director | 2021-08-31 | Jul 1968 | British |
| WERNICK, David Mark | Director | 2021-08-31 | Apr 1957 | British |
| WERNICK, Jonathan Samuel | Director | 2021-08-31 | Jan 1990 | British |
Show 9 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| HOLLOWAY, Hedvig Ester Margareta | Secretary | 1993-05-01 | 2021-08-31 |
| STIRLING, Corgaret Hutton | Secretary | — | 1994-01-19 |
| DAVIES, John Vernon | Director | — | 1997-02-17 |
| HOLLOWAY, Daniel Gareth | Director | 2001-08-01 | 2021-08-31 |
| HOLLOWAY, Hedvig Ester Margareta | Director | — | 2021-08-31 |
| HOLLOWAY, John Yorke | Director | — | 2021-08-31 |
| HOLLOWAY, William Henry | Director | 1993-05-01 | 2021-08-31 |
| STIRLING, Corgaret Hutton | Director | — | 1994-01-19 |
| WEBSTER, Helen Mary | Director | 1997-01-01 | 2021-08-31 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| S Wernick And Sons (Holdings) Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors (as firm), Significant influence (as firm) | 2023-12-31 | Active |
| Avd Holdings Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2019-02-08 | Ceased 2023-12-31 |
| Mr Daniel Gareth Holloway | Individual | Shares 25–50% | 2017-07-01 | Ceased 2019-02-07 |
| Mr Willam Henry Holloway | Individual | Shares 25–50% | 2017-07-01 | Ceased 2019-02-07 |
| Mrs Helen Mary Webster | Individual | Significant influence | 2017-07-01 | Ceased 2019-02-07 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 148 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2022-09-14 CERTNM Certificate change of name company PDF
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-08-26 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-12-04 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2025-08-22 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-07-09 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-07-26 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-07-05 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2024-04-23 | PSC02 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2024-04-23 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2023-08-02 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-07-25 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-09-20 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-09-14 | CERTNM | change-of-name | Certificate change of name company | |
| 2022-06-30 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-12-10 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2021-11-29 | PSC05 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2021-09-01 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2021-09-01 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2021-09-01 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2021-09-01 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2021-09-01 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date |
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.