WESTERN FUEL LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-12-31 (in 7mo)
Last filed for 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement due
2027-04-03 (in 11mo)
Last made up 2026-03-20
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£766K
-81.3% lowest in 4 filed years
Net assets
£2M
+0.8% vs 2024
Employees
53
-5.4% vs 2024
Profit before tax
£3M
+27.4% vs 2024
Net assets
7-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
7-year trend · latest reflected 2025-03-31
| Metric | Trend | 2019-03-31 | 2020-03-31 | 2021-03-31 | 2022-03-31 | 2023-03-31 | 2024-03-31 | 2025-03-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | — | — | — | — | — | £69,494,558 | £63,956,099 | |
| Operating profit | — | — | — | — | — | £2,057,009 | £2,776,932 | |
| Profit before tax | — | — | — | — | — | £2,532,140 | £3,224,684 | |
| Net profit | — | — | — | — | — | £2,021,895 | £2,501,962 | |
| Cash | — | — | £994,855 | — | £2,892,628 | £4,100,140 | £765,720 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | — | — | £2,164,675 | — | £3,245,474 | £3,038,965 | £4,921,434 | |
| Net assets | — | — | £1,821,291 | — | £2,101,289 | £2,059,837 | £2,075,399 | |
| Equity | £957,348 | £1,639,990 | £1,821,291 | £1,997,482 | £2,101,289 | £2,059,837 | £2,075,399 | |
| Average employees | — | — | 43 | — | 56 | 56 | 53 | |
| Wages | — | — | — | — | — | £1,623,425 | £2,005,340 | |
| Directors' remuneration | — | — | — | — | — | £31,952 | £216,000 |
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 2024-03-31
-
Turnover
-8%
£69,494,558 £63,956,099
-
Cash
-81.3%
£4,100,140 £765,720
lowest in 4 filed years
-
Net assets
+0.8%
£2,059,837 £2,075,399
-
Employees
-5.4%
56 53
-
Operating profit
+35%
£2,057,009 £2,776,932
-
Profit before tax
+27.4%
£2,532,140 £3,224,684
-
Wages
+23.5%
£1,623,425 £2,005,340
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 | 2019-03-31 | 2020-03-31 | 2021-03-31 | 2022-03-31 | 2023-03-31 | 2024-03-31 | 2025-03-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | — | — | — | — | — | 3.0% | 4.3% | |
| Net margin | — | — | — | — | — | 2.9% | 3.9% | |
| Return on capital employed | — | — | — | — | — | 67.7% | 56.4% | |
| Current ratio | — | — | — | — | — | 0.93x | 0.91x | |
| Interest cover | — | — | — | — | — | 46.33x | 33.56x |
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.
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Abridged
- Yes — abridged accounts (limited disclosure)
- Auditor
- Maxwells
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The company's trading remains strong and with robust risk management procedures and adequate funding in place the directors are satisfied that the company is adequately resourced to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future. Accordingly, the directors will continue to adopt the going concern basis in preparing the financial statements.”
Group structure
- WESTERN FUEL LIMITED · parent
- Southern Fuels Limited 100%
Significant events
- “During the year, leases were signed at 2 new sites as the company expanded into new areas.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
3 active · 6 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| LAMONT, Craig David | Director | 2024-04-01 | Dec 1953 | British |
| SMITH, Nicholas Duncan | Director | 2024-04-01 | Apr 1974 | British |
| WAYNE, Mark Robert | Director | 2024-04-01 | Apr 1969 | British |
Show 6 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| LAMONT, Angela Suzanne | Secretary | 2024-04-01 | 2025-11-24 |
| LAMONT, Angela Suzanne | Secretary | 2002-03-27 | 2024-04-01 |
| FORM 10 SECRETARIES FD LTD | Corporate Nominee Secretary | 2002-03-20 | 2002-03-25 |
| LAMONT, Craig David | Director | 2002-03-27 | 2024-04-01 |
| SMITH, Nicholas Duncan | Director | 2004-04-22 | 2024-04-01 |
| FORM 10 DIRECTORS FD LTD | Corporate Nominee Director | 2002-03-20 | 2002-03-25 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Western Fuel Holdings Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2024-04-01 | Active |
| Mr Craig David Lamont | Individual | Shares 25–50%, Voting 25–50%, Appoints directors | 2017-03-20 | Ceased 2024-04-01 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 88 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-03-26 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2025-12-21 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-12-01 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2025-04-17 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2024-12-28 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2024-05-17 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-05-16 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2024-05-16 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-04-15 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2024-04-13 | SH08 | capital | Capital name of class of shares | |
| 2024-04-13 | SH08 | capital | Capital name of class of shares | |
| 2024-04-05 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-04-05 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-04-05 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2024-04-05 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-04-05 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2024-04-05 | PSC02 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2023-12-21 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2023-09-28 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2023-04-11 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 3
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 0
- 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.