WILMAN UNIVERSAL GROUP LIMITED
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Cash
£17k
+485.5% vs 2024
Net assets
£5.6m
-0.7% vs 2024
Employees
83
+5.1% highest in 3 filed years
Profit before tax
£35k
-83.7% lowest in 3 filed years
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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Confirmation statement overdue
Due 2026-10-07.
Net assets
3-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
3-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2025-10-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-10-31 | 2024-10-31 | 2025-10-31 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £17,907,092 | £18,477,340 | £17,782,045 | -3.8% | |
| Operating profit | £664,486 | £827,245 | £778,881 | -5.8% | |
| Profit before tax | £201,374 | £212,258 | £34,561 | -83.7% | |
| Net profit | £162,578 | £221,804 | -£39,347 | -117.7% | |
| Cash | £24,120 | £2,876 | £16,838 | +485.5% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £9,282,975 | £8,985,073 | £9,204,761 | +2.4% | |
| Net assets | £5,453,042 | £5,674,846 | £5,635,499 | -0.7% | |
| Equity | £5,453,042 | £5,674,846 | £5,635,499 | -0.7% | |
| Average employees | 82 | 79 | 83 | +5.1% | |
| Wages | £3,136,651 | £3,212,626 | £3,279,822 | +2.1% | |
| Directors' remuneration | £371,414 | £267,108 | £242,926 | -9.1% | |
| Highest paid director | £91,882 | £84,849 | £89,540 | +5.5% |
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 | 2023-10-31 | 2024-10-31 | 2025-10-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 3.7% | 4.5% | 4.4% | |
| Net margin | 0.9% | 1.2% | -0.2% | |
| Return on capital employed | 7.2% | 9.2% | 8.5% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 74.4% | 67.3% | 75.3% | |
| Current ratio | 1.51x | 1.73x | 1.49x | |
| Interest cover | 1.43x | 1.35x | 1.05x |
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
- Consolidated group
- Auditor
- Balfour Sanson
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“the director is prepared to prepare the financial statements on the going concern basis unless it is inappropriate to presume that the company will continue in business.”
Group structure
- WILMAN UNIVERSAL GROUP LIMITED · parent
- Wilman Universal Industries Limited 100%
- Universal Dispense Systems Limited 100%
- Grundy Engineering Limited 100%
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
2 active · 3 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| COOK, Robert Bernard | Secretary | 2002-09-23 | — | British |
| COOK, Robert Bernard | Director | 2002-09-23 | Mar 1947 | British |
Show 3 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| CHALFEN SECRETARIES LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Secretary | 2002-09-23 | 2002-09-23 |
| COOK, Richard Michael | Director | 2002-09-23 | 2017-03-28 |
| CHALFEN NOMINEES LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Director | 2002-09-23 | 2002-09-23 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mr Robert Bernard Cook | Individual | Shares 75–100% | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 66 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-09-17 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2025-10-07 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-07-31 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2024-09-27 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-08-02 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2023-11-10 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2023-10-06 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-08-03 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2022-10-04 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-08-26 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2021-09-28 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-08-09 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2020-11-09 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2020-09-25 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2019-11-07 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2019-08-07 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2018-11-23 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2018-08-06 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2017-10-26 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2017-08-08 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 2
- 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.