WITT & SON UK HOLDINGS LIMITED
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Cash
£1.3m
+8.3% vs 2024
Net assets
£8.1m
+5.3% highest in 3 filed years
Employees
151
+1.3% highest in 3 filed years
Profit before tax
£701k
-39.5% lowest in 3 filed years
Net assets
3-year trend · vs Industrials median
Accounts
3-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2025-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £24,049,646 | £24,738,419 | £27,115,545 | +9.6% | |
| Operating profit | £548,780 | £1,034,062 | £581,629 | -43.8% | |
| Profit before tax | £774,459 | £1,158,260 | £700,527 | -39.5% | |
| Net profit | £587,363 | £882,086 | £522,559 | -40.8% | |
| Cash | £1,382,296 | £1,225,716 | £1,328,003 | +8.3% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £9,025,409 | £9,212,434 | £9,466,904 | +2.8% | |
| Net assets | £7,373,308 | £7,652,188 | £8,054,160 | +5.3% | |
| Equity | £7,373,308 | £7,652,188 | £8,054,160 | +5.3% | |
| Average employees | 149 | 149 | 151 | +1.3% | |
| Wages | £7,339,559 | £7,628,684 | £8,596,300 | +12.7% | |
| Directors' remuneration | £537,258 | £662,873 | £798,426 | +20.4% | |
| Directors' pension contributions | £2,515 | £11,515 | £9,000 | -21.8% | |
| Highest paid director | £221,787 | £243,326 | £294,512 | +21% |
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 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 2.3% | 4.2% | 2.1% | |
| Net margin | 2.4% | 3.6% | 1.9% | |
| Return on capital employed | 6.1% | 11.2% | 6.1% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 59.6% | 59.1% | 53.2% | |
| Current ratio | 1.57x | 1.59x | 1.78x | |
| Interest cover | 4.35x | 8.17x | 5.06x |
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 2 times since incorporation
- WITT & SON UK HOLDINGS LIMITED 2005-09-16 → present
- WITT & SON UK LIMITED 1993-06-02 → 2005-09-16
- WITT & SONS UK LIMITED 1993-05-04 → 1993-06-02
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Consolidated group
- Auditor
- Streets 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.”
Group structure
- WITT & SON UK HOLDINGS LIMITED · parent
- Fan Systems Group Ltd 100%
- Witt & Son UK Ltd 100%
- PSB UK Ltd 100%
- Witt & Son Properties Ltd 100%
- Witt Contracting GmbH 90%
- Witt & Sohn (Schweiz) AG 100%
- Meidinger AG 100%
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
7 active · 14 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| RYMARZ, Ela | Secretary | 2024-01-03 | — | — |
| BOOTH, Martin | Director | 2013-03-01 | Oct 1952 | British |
| BROWN, Gifford Anton | Director | 2025-12-01 | Jun 1970 | British |
| LORF, Clemens Friedrich, Dr | Director | 2021-01-01 | Jan 1986 | German |
| MUNDHENKE, Hans Georg, Dr | Director | 2024-03-01 | Mar 1980 | German |
| WITT, Henrik Torsten, Dr | Director | 1993-05-04 | May 1955 | Swedish |
| WITT, Karsten Christian | Director | 1993-05-04 | Aug 1958 | Swedish |
Show 14 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| ASHWORTH, John Steven | Secretary | 2013-03-01 | 2019-05-19 |
| BINGLEY, Kimberly Jen | Secretary | 2019-07-15 | 2022-03-18 |
| COOK, David | Secretary | 2023-07-03 | 2023-07-21 |
| REDDINGTON, Joseph | Secretary | 2023-07-21 | 2024-01-03 |
| REDDINGTON, Joseph Luke | Secretary | 2022-12-01 | 2023-07-03 |
| TAYLOR, Virginia Clare | Secretary | 1997-10-01 | 2002-04-05 |
| WHITE, Karen Ann | Secretary | 2022-03-18 | 2022-11-30 |
| WITT, Karsten Christian | Secretary | 2002-04-05 | 2013-03-01 |
| WITT, Karsten Christian | Secretary | 1993-05-01 | 1997-10-01 |
| LONDON LAW SECRETARIAL LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Secretary | 1993-05-04 | 1993-05-04 |
| BARNES, Timothy Miles Henry | Director | 2024-03-01 | 2025-12-01 |
| WEHDEN, Ernst Frederick | Director | 2001-08-07 | 2001-09-18 |
| WITT, Hans Gunther, Prof Dr | Director | 1993-05-01 | 2005-06-10 |
| LONDON LAW SERVICES LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Director | 1993-05-04 | 1993-05-04 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mr Karsten Christian Witt | Individual | Shares 25–50% | 2016-06-01 | Active |
| Dr Henrik Torsten Witt | Individual | Shares 25–50% | 2016-06-01 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 125 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-09-30 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2026-04-30 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2026-04-29 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2025-12-08 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-12-08 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-09-29 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-05-08 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-09-27 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-05-10 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-03-13 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-03-12 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-01-06 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2024-01-06 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2023-10-09 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2023-07-24 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2023-07-24 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2023-07-10 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2023-07-07 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2023-05-05 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2022-12-06 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 5
- Capital events
- 1
- Officers appointed
- 1
- Officers resigned
- 1
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.