WIXAMS FIRST LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2027-06-30 (in 1y)
Last filed for 2025-09-30
Confirmation statement due
2027-04-09 (in 11mo)
Last made up 2026-03-26
Watchouts
Cash
£135K
Latest balance sheet
Net assets
£19M
Equity attributable
Employees
0
Average over period
Profit before tax
£9M
Period ending 2025-09-30
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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Audit opinion: Qualified
Latest auditor's report carried a non-clean opinion.
Net assets
3-year trend · vs Real Estate median
Accounts
3-year trend · latest reflected 2025-09-30
| Metric | Trend | 2023-03-31 | 2024-09-30 | 2025-09-30 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | — | £30,752,280 | £23,244,000 | |
| Operating profit | — | £12,184,351 | £7,114,748 | |
| Profit before tax | — | £15,015,733 | £9,053,874 | |
| Net profit | — | £15,015,050 | £9,054,557 | |
| Cash | — | £222,412 | £135,467 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | — | £24,591,030 | £18,631,343 | |
| Net assets | — | £24,591,030 | £18,631,343 | |
| Equity | £16,220,980 | £24,591,030 | £18,631,343 | |
| Average employees | — | — | 0 | |
| Wages | — | — | — | |
| Directors' remuneration | — | — | — |
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 2025-09-30 vs 2024-09-30
Ratios
Computed from the line items above — sparklines read oldest → newest
| Ratio | Trend | 2023-03-31 | 2024-09-30 | 2025-09-30 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | — | 39.6% | 30.6% | |
| Net margin | — | 48.8% | 39.0% | |
| Return on capital employed | — | 49.5% | 38.2% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | — | 61.6% | 76.2% | |
| Current ratio | — | 1.62x | 1.31x | |
| Interest cover | — | 116.88x | 30.69x |
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
- WIXAMS FIRST LIMITED 2006-08-16 → present
- EMPLOY FIRST LIMITED 2002-03-26 → 2006-08-16
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- BDO LLP
- Audit opinion
- Qualified
- 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.”
Group structure
- WIXAMS FIRST LIMITED · parent
- Urban&Civic Elstow Limited 1%
Significant events
- “Capital commitments contracted but not provided for in the financial statements are £nil (2024 : £543,000).”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
3 active · 19 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BUTLER, Robin Elliott | Director | 2024-08-06 | Jun 1959 | British |
| HUGILL, William Nigel | Director | 2024-08-06 | Feb 1958 | British |
| WOOD, David Lewis | Director | 2024-08-06 | May 1971 | British |
Show 19 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| BURNETT, Stephen Andrew | Secretary | 2006-04-03 | 2018-11-30 |
| DYTE, Rita Marie | Secretary | 2002-03-26 | 2002-10-24 |
| GREENWOOD, Richard Barritt | Secretary | 2002-10-02 | 2006-04-03 |
| SAME-DAY COMPANY SERVICES LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Secretary | 2002-03-26 | 2002-03-26 |
| AHMED, Waqar | Director | 2017-02-01 | 2018-12-03 |
| BURNETT, Stephen Andrew | Director | 2017-02-01 | 2018-11-30 |
| CLACK, Adrian Robert | Director | 2022-06-28 | 2025-05-21 |
| FARNSWORTH, Edward Paul | Director | 2018-01-15 | 2024-08-06 |
| GALLAGHER, Anthony Christopher, Sir | Director | 2006-03-30 | 2017-02-01 |
| GEOGHEGAN, Jerome Patrick | Director | 2017-02-01 | 2017-12-20 |
| GOSLING, Geoffrey Hugh | Director | 2002-03-26 | 2017-02-01 |
| HARDWICK, Ian | Director | 2020-09-15 | 2022-06-28 |
| LUMLEY, John Stephen | Director | 2021-09-17 | 2024-08-06 |
| LUTTMAN, Craig David | Director | 2018-01-15 | 2021-08-24 |
| NICHOLLS, Thomas Matthew | Director | 2017-06-23 | 2018-12-03 |
| RICHMOND, Martin Rowland | Director | 2018-12-03 | 2025-05-21 |
| RICHMOND, Martin Rowland | Director | 2002-10-02 | 2006-04-03 |
| WILKINSON, Gregg Spencer | Director | 2017-02-01 | 2020-09-15 |
| WILDMAN & BATTELL LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Director | 2002-03-26 | 2002-03-26 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Urban&Civic Estates Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2024-08-06 | Active |
| London & Quadrant Housing Trust | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100% | 2017-02-01 | Ceased 2017-02-01 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 136 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-03-26 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2026-03-18 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-10-29 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-09-08 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2025-09-08 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2025-06-10 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2025-06-02 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-06-02 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-03-27 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2024-09-13 | AA01 | accounts | Change account reference date company current extended | |
| 2024-08-14 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2024-08-12 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2024-08-12 | PSC02 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2024-08-12 | PSC09 | persons-with-significant-control | Withdrawal of a person with significant control statement | |
| 2024-08-12 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-08-12 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-08-12 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-08-12 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-08-12 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-06-04 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 8
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 0
- Officers resigned
- 2
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.