WINDCAT WORKBOATS LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2027-03-12 (in 10mo)
Last made up 2026-02-26
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£105K
-3.6% vs 2023
Net assets
£8M
-1.6% vs 2023
Employees
43
+2.4% vs 2023
Profit before tax
-£146K
+77.9% vs 2023
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Industrials median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2024-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £2,166,182 | £2,560,007 | |
| Operating profit | -£637,708 | -£102,517 | |
| Profit before tax | -£661,541 | -£146,311 | |
| Net profit | -£579,658 | -£121,538 | |
| Cash | £108,926 | £104,996 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £7,919,647 | £7,815,490 | |
| Net assets | £7,655,039 | £7,533,501 | |
| Equity | £7,655,039 | £7,533,501 | |
| Average employees | 42 | 43 | |
| Wages | £2,183,759 | £2,228,832 | |
| Directors' remuneration | £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. About these numbers
Year-on-year
FY2023 → FY2024 · period ending 2024-12-31 vs 2023-12-31
-
Turnover
+18.2%
£2,166,182 £2,560,007
-
Cash
-3.6%
£108,926 £104,996
-
Net assets
-1.6%
£7,655,039 £7,533,501
-
Employees
+2.4%
42 43
-
Operating profit
+83.9%
-£637,708 -£102,517
-
Profit before tax
+77.9%
-£661,541 -£146,311
-
Wages
+2.1%
£2,183,759 £2,228,832
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | -29.4% | -4.0% | |
| Net margin | -26.8% | -4.7% | |
| Return on capital employed | -8.1% | -1.3% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 18.1% | 20.5% | |
| Current ratio | 5.97x | 5.06x | |
| Interest cover | -26.76x | -2.34x |
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
- “On January 31, 2025, the company sold one of its motor vessels, namely MV Windcat 6, realising proceeds of approx. €285,000. It is estimated that the sale will realise a gain of approx. £140,000.”
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 288 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | |
| 2022-07-28 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 10
- 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.