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Next accounts due

2026-12-31 (in 7mo)

Last filed for 2025-03-31

Confirmation statement due

2026-07-07 (in 2mo)

Last made up 2025-06-23

Watchouts

None on the register

Cash

£2M

Latest balance sheet

Net assets

£33M

highest in 5 filed years

Employees

217

lowest in 5 filed years

Profit before tax

£9M

highest in 5 filed years

Accounts

6-year trend · latest reflected 2025-03-31

Metric Trend 2020-01-312021-01-312022-01-312023-01-312024-01-312025-03-31
Turnover £42,691,018£52,107,022£68,324,218
Operating profit £6,232,401£5,729,640£8,852,453
Profit before tax £6,194,247£5,113,652£3,088,619£5,799,969£8,804,201
Net profit £5,758,869£2,843,940£4,915,889£8,132,021
Cash £3,549,867£3,681,160£1,254,653£2,354,012£2,461,399
Total assets less current liabilities £16,681,208£23,424,174£30,588,327£27,421,371£35,774,607
Net assets £12,611,088£16,836,722£19,680,662£24,596,551£32,728,572
Equity £9,402,615£12,611,088£16,836,722£19,680,662£24,596,551£32,728,572
Average employees 235245257234217
Wages £10,501,816£11,013,105£12,348,038£11,709,612£13,314,395
Directors' remuneration £64,254£32,283£0

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 2025-03-31 vs 2024-01-31

Year-on-year comparison hidden: this filing covers about 14 months versus 12 months prior.

Ratios

Computed from the line items above — sparklines read oldest → newest

Ratio Trend 2020-01-312021-01-312022-01-312023-01-312024-01-312025-03-31
Operating margin 14.6%11.0%13.0%
Net margin 13.5%9.4%11.9%
Return on capital employed 37.4%20.9%24.7%
Current ratio 2.80x3.60x
Interest cover 39.17x107.86x107.33x

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

  1. WJ NORTH LIMITED 2015-02-02 → present
  2. W J ROADMARKINGS LIMITED 1994-01-05 → 2015-02-02

Audit & accounting basis

Accounting basis
FRS 102
Reporting scope
Standalone (parent only)
Auditor
DJH Audit Limited
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.”

Significant events

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

People

5 active · 6 resigned

Name Role Appointed Born Nationality
HOLT, Nick Director 2025-02-24 Mar 1969 British
JOHNSON, Neil Austin Director 2024-11-21 Jan 1969 British
JOHNSTON, Wayne Douglas Director 1994-01-05 Feb 1967 British
WALKER, Andrew Director 2026-02-27 Sep 1966 British
WEBB, Martin Director 2000-01-31 Oct 1967 British
Show 6 resigned officers
Name Role Appointed Resigned
BAYLEY, Nigel John Secretary 2003-07-01 2019-03-29
GOUGH, Gary John Secretary 2019-03-29 2021-06-30
JOHNSTON, Douglas William Secretary 1994-01-05 2003-06-30
SWIFT INCORPORATIONS LIMITED Corporate Nominee Secretary 1994-01-05 1994-01-05
ANDREWS, Gregory Mark Director 2021-03-08 2024-10-23
JOHNSTON, Douglas William Director 1994-01-05 2003-06-30

Ownership

Persons with significant control

Name Kind Nature of control Notified Status
Mr Wayne Douglas Johnston Individual Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100% 2016-04-06 Ceased 2016-04-06
Wj (Group) Limited Corporate entity Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100% 2016-04-06 Active

Filing timeline

Last 20 of 127 total filings

Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution

  • 2021-03-29 MA Memorandum articles
Date Type Category Description
2026-03-11 AP01 officers Appoint person director company with name date PDF
2025-08-29 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type full PDF
2025-08-28 AA01 accounts Change account reference date company previous extended PDF
2025-07-05 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with updates PDF
2025-03-05 AP01 officers Appoint person director company with name date PDF
2024-11-29 AP01 officers Appoint person director company with name date PDF
2024-10-24 TM01 officers Termination director company with name termination date PDF
2024-09-10 MR01 mortgage Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date PDF
2024-08-13 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type full
2024-06-26 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with updates PDF
2023-10-02 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type full PDF
2023-06-27 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with updates PDF
2022-08-04 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type full PDF
2022-07-07 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with updates PDF
2021-10-14 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type full
2021-07-09 TM02 officers Termination secretary company with name termination date PDF
2021-07-01 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with no updates PDF
2021-06-22 MR01 mortgage Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date PDF
2021-05-17 AP01 officers Appoint person director company with name date PDF
2021-03-29 MA incorporation Memorandum articles

Public-record activity

Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months

Filings
4

last 12 months

Capital events
0

last 24 months

Officers appointed
1

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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