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Next accounts due

2027-09-30 (in 1y)

Last filed for 2025-12-31

Confirmation statement due

2027-01-14 (in 8mo)

Last made up 2025-12-31

Watchouts

None on the register

Cash

£1M

+13.9% highest in 3 filed years

Net assets

£2M

+9.7% highest in 3 filed years

Employees

Average over period

Profit before tax

£148K

-7.5% vs 2024

Accounts

3-year trend · latest reflected 2025-12-31

Metric Trend 2023-12-312024-12-312025-12-31
Turnover £150,000£150,000
Operating profit £129,000£118,000
Profit before tax £160,000£148,000
Net profit £152,000£140,000
Cash £989,000£1,145,000£1,304,000
Total assets less current liabilities £1,285,000£1,437,000
Net assets £1,285,000£1,437,000£1,577,000
Equity £1,285,000£1,437,000£1,577,000
Average employees 00
Wages
Directors' remuneration

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

FY2024 → FY2025 · period ending 2025-12-31 vs 2024-12-31

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 2023-12-312024-12-312025-12-31
Operating margin 86.0%78.7%
Net margin 101.3%93.3%
Return on capital employed 9.0%
Gearing (liabilities / total assets) 0.0%0.0%
Current ratio 75.83x89.65x

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

  1. WAAGNER-BIRO UK STAGE SYSTEMS LIMITED 2006-05-02 → present
  2. WAAGNER-BIRO UK STAGE SYSTEMS PLC 2003-02-14 → 2006-05-02
  3. TELESTAGE ASSOCIATES PLC 1998-03-31 → 2003-02-14
  4. TELE-STAGE ASSOCIATES (U.K.) LIMITED 1988-04-11 → 1998-03-31
  5. THEATRES INTERNATIONAL LIMITED 1987-09-01 → 1988-04-11
  6. SPACEWORLD LIMITED 1987-03-19 → 1987-09-01

Audit & accounting basis

Accounting basis
FRS 102
Reporting scope
Standalone (parent only)
Abridged
Yes — abridged accounts (limited disclosure)
Auditor
RSM UK Audit LLP
Audit opinion
Unqualified (clean)
Going concern
Affirmed

“In auditing the financial statements, we have concluded that the directors' use of the going concern basis of accounting in the preparation of the financial statements is appropriate. 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

  1. WAAGNER-BIRO UK STAGE SYSTEMS LIMITED · parent
    1. Waagner-Biro Stage Systems (Shanghai) Co.Ltd. 100% · China · Market cultivation, acquisition of contracts on their own behalf and as an agent of Waagner Biro Austria and engineering and erection of stage systems
    2. 000 Waagner-Biro Moscow Stage Systems 95% · Russia · Market cultivation, acquisition of contracts on their own behalf and as an agent of Waagner Biro Austria and engineering and erection of stage systems. The investment was completely impaired as at 31 December 2025 due to plans to cease the business activities in the Russian Federation

Significant events

Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers

People

3 active · 22 resigned

Name Role Appointed Born Nationality
BRANDLHOFER, Herbert Secretary 2020-01-20
SONNLEITHNER, Patrick Director 2023-05-03 Apr 1987 Austrian
WURZINGER, Helmut Director 2021-09-07 Apr 1964 Austrian
Show 22 resigned officers
Name Role Appointed Resigned
FORD, Raymond Harry Secretary 1998-01-14 2000-09-29
HARDY, Margaret Letitia Secretary 1998-01-14
HEIDEN, Dagmar Secretary 2005-07-07 2006-12-05
JONSSON, Ian Kenneth Secretary 2000-09-29 2005-07-07
O'NEILL, Mary Elizabeth Secretary 2006-12-05 2011-01-01
WILD, George Secretary 2012-10-04 2019-11-21
DIRNBACHER, Wolf Director 1999-03-16 2000-10-03
FORBESTER, Iain Peter Director 2001-07-06 2004-11-30
GAUSTER, Wolfgang Director 2007-02-22 2009-03-30
HARDY, Margaret Letitia Director 1998-01-14
HARDY, Qanthan Sikafi Director 2000-12-31
JOST, Thomas Director 2003-03-18 2005-03-31
KLAMBAUER, Gerhard Director 2009-03-30 2012-03-30
KOCH, Karl, Di Director 1998-01-14 1998-12-10
KONTRUS, Alexander Director 2012-10-04 2021-09-07
KRISTOF, Walter Stefan Director 1998-01-14 2000-12-31
MAEDER, Hans Friedrich, Dr Director 2000-12-20 2007-02-22
PRAUS, Alfred Franz Director 2000-01-25 2003-01-24
RASER, Erich Director 2012-10-04 2023-05-03
STAUFER, Wolfgang Director 2005-03-23 2012-10-04
TETZLAFF, Helmuth Franz Director 2000-10-25 2004-07-30
WURZINGER, Helmut Director 2004-07-30 2007-02-22

Ownership

Persons with significant control

Name Kind Nature of control Notified Status
Waagner Biro Austria Stage Systems Gmbh Corporate entity Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors 2016-04-06 Active

Filing timeline

Last 20 of 204 total filings

Date Type Category Description
2026-03-27 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type full
2026-01-05 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with no updates PDF
2025-07-07 AAMD accounts Accounts amended with accounts type full
2025-04-16 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type unaudited abridged PDF
2025-03-22 DISS40 gazette Gazette filings brought up to date
2025-03-19 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with no updates PDF
2025-03-18 GAZ1 gazette Gazette notice compulsory
2024-03-15 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type full
2024-03-06 AD01 address Change registered office address company with date old address new address PDF
2024-02-01 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with no updates PDF
2023-05-03 AP01 officers Appoint person director company with name date PDF
2023-05-03 TM01 officers Termination director company with name termination date PDF
2023-02-24 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type full
2023-02-13 MR04 mortgage Mortgage satisfy charge full
2023-01-26 PSC05 persons-with-significant-control Change to a person with significant control PDF
2023-01-25 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with no updates PDF
2022-03-10 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type full
2022-02-02 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with updates PDF
2021-09-21 AP01 officers Appoint person director company with name date PDF
2021-09-21 TM01 officers Termination director company with name termination date PDF

Public-record activity

Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months

Filings
3

last 12 months

Capital events
0

last 24 months

Officers appointed
0

last 12 months

Officers resigned
0

last 12 months

Direct counts from the register. No score, no rating — see the Filing timeline for the underlying events.

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