WAAGNER-BIRO UK STAGE SYSTEMS LIMITED
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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
Net assets
3-year trend · vs Industrials median
Accounts
3-year trend · latest reflected 2025-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | 0 | 0 | — | |
| 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
-
Turnover
0%
£150,000 £150,000
-
Cash
+13.9%
£1,145,000 £1,304,000
highest in 3 filed years
-
Net assets
+9.7%
£1,437,000 £1,577,000
highest in 3 filed years
-
Employees
—
Not reported
-
Operating profit
-8.5%
£129,000 £118,000
-
Profit before tax
-7.5%
£160,000 £148,000
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 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | — | 75.83x | 89.65x |
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
- WAAGNER-BIRO UK STAGE SYSTEMS LIMITED 2006-05-02 → present
- WAAGNER-BIRO UK STAGE SYSTEMS PLC 2003-02-14 → 2006-05-02
- TELESTAGE ASSOCIATES PLC 1998-03-31 → 2003-02-14
- TELE-STAGE ASSOCIATES (U.K.) LIMITED 1988-04-11 → 1998-03-31
- THEATRES INTERNATIONAL LIMITED 1987-09-01 → 1988-04-11
- 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
- WAAGNER-BIRO UK STAGE SYSTEMS LIMITED · parent
- Waagner-Biro Stage Systems (Shanghai) Co.Ltd. 100%
- 000 Waagner-Biro Moscow Stage Systems 95%
Significant events
- “All items in the statement of comprehensive income relate to continuing operations except the complete write-off of the Investment in the Russian subsidiary (20k).”
- “The investment was completely impaired as at 31 December 2025 due to plans to cease the business activities in the Russian Federation.”
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 | |
| 2025-07-07 | AAMD | accounts | Accounts amended with accounts type full | |
| 2025-04-16 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type unaudited abridged | |
| 2025-03-22 | DISS40 | gazette | Gazette filings brought up to date | |
| 2025-03-19 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 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 | |
| 2024-02-01 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-05-03 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-05-03 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 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 | |
| 2023-01-25 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-03-10 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-02-02 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2021-09-21 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2021-09-21 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 3
- 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.