WINDCAT WORKBOATS LIMITED
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Cash
£202k
+92.4% highest in 3 filed years
Net assets
£7.2m
-4.9% lowest in 3 filed years
Employees
42
-2.3% vs 2024
Profit before tax
-£430k
-194.2% vs 2024
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 | £2,166,182 | £6,201,923 | £5,820,604 | -6.1% | |
| Operating profit | -£637,708 | -£147,201 | -£91,340 | +37.9% | |
| Profit before tax | -£661,541 | -£146,311 | -£430,460 | -194.2% | |
| Net profit | -£579,658 | -£121,538 | -£367,078 | -202% | |
| Cash | £108,926 | £104,996 | £201,988 | +92.4% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £7,919,647 | £7,815,490 | £7,381,933 | -5.5% | |
| Net assets | £7,655,039 | £7,533,501 | £7,166,423 | -4.9% | |
| Equity | £7,655,039 | £7,533,501 | £7,166,423 | -4.9% | |
| Average employees | 42 | 43 | 42 | -2.3% | |
| Wages | £2,183,759 | £2,228,832 | £2,266,511 | +1.7% | |
| Directors' remuneration | £88,542 | £98,583 | £100,851 | +2.3% | |
| Directors' pension contributions | £4,250 | £4,550 | £4,655 | +2.3% | |
| Highest paid director | £88,542 | £98,583 | — | — |
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 | -29.4% | -2.4% | -1.6% | |
| Net margin | -26.8% | -2.0% | -6.3% | |
| Return on capital employed | -8.1% | -1.9% | -1.2% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 18.1% | 20.5% | 34.9% | |
| Current ratio | 5.97x | 5.06x | 1.83x | |
| Interest cover | -26.76x | -3.36x | -0.26x |
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
- WINDCAT WORKBOATS LIMITED 2004-12-13 → present
- WEST COAST WORKBOATS LIMITED 2002-02-26 → 2004-12-13
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- Lovewell Blake LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“After making enquiries the directors have a reasonable expectation that the company has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future.”
Significant events
- “As of December 31, 2025, the company is committed to constructing a Multi-Purpose Harbour Utility Vessel (MPHUV) with a total value of €6.1m (approx. £5.3m). The remaining commitments at that date total €2.7m (approx. £2.4m).”
- “On March 31, 2026, a refinancing arrangement was concluded between the immediate parent company and Cooperatieve Rabobank U.A, as agent, on behalf of Cooperatieve Rabobank U.A and KBC Bank NV Nederland, as joint lenders. The Company is a named guarantor under the arrangement.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
6 active · 10 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| WILKINSON, Thomas Paul | Secretary | 2019-12-11 | — | — |
| ANNISS, John Patrick | Director | 2021-02-23 | Sep 1970 | British |
| SAVERYS, Alexander Philippe Georges Marie | Director | 2021-01-12 | Jun 1978 | Belgian |
| SAVERYS, Ludovic Charles Paul Marie | Director | 2021-01-12 | Oct 1983 | Belgian |
| VAN DER WEL, Willem Jacobus Christiaan | Director | 2019-06-03 | Sep 1986 | Dutch |
| VAN RIJK, Robbert | Director | 2002-02-26 | Oct 1958 | Dutch |
Show 10 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| ALAIS, Steven Morton | Secretary | 2015-07-08 | 2019-10-31 |
| CAMBURN, Clyde Martin | Secretary | 2011-12-22 | 2015-07-08 |
| CLARKSON, Nicola Karen | Secretary | 2002-02-26 | 2011-12-22 |
| TEMPLE SECRETARIES LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Secretary | 2002-02-26 | 2002-02-26 |
| CAMBURN, Clyde Martin | Director | 2011-12-22 | 2021-01-12 |
| CATCHPOLE, Robert Frederick | Director | 2011-12-22 | 2019-07-09 |
| CLARKSON, Neil Martin | Director | 2002-02-26 | 2021-01-12 |
| LLORCA RODRIGUEZ, Jesus | Director | 2011-12-22 | 2021-01-12 |
| PORTER, Michael | Director | 2002-02-26 | 2004-09-13 |
| COMPANY DIRECTORS LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Director | 2002-02-26 | 2002-02-26 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Windcat Workboats Holdings Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 289 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-08-07 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2026-04-28 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2026-04-07 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2026-04-07 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2026-04-07 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2026-04-07 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2026-04-07 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2026-04-07 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2026-04-07 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2026-02-20 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-10-02 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-03-06 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-01-17 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2025-01-17 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2025-01-17 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2025-01-17 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2024-10-04 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-03-01 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-07-26 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-03-01 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 11
- 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.