WOOL TESTING AUTHORITY (EUROPE) LIMITED
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Cash
£284k
+83.1% highest in 3 filed years
Net assets
£727k
+3.2% highest in 3 filed years
Employees
6
0% vs 2025
Profit before tax
£8.7k
+167.8% highest in 3 filed years
Net assets
3-year trend · vs Industrials median
Accounts
3-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2026-04-30
| Metric | Trend | 2024-04-30 | 2025-04-30 | 2026-04-30 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £574,939 | £581,464 | £607,748 | +4.5% | |
| Operating profit | -£35,567 | -£14,095 | £7,475 | +153% | |
| Profit before tax | -£33,747 | -£12,861 | £8,717 | +167.8% | |
| Net profit | -£71,410 | -£5,794 | £22,670 | +491.3% | |
| Cash | £140,549 | £154,976 | £283,727 | +83.1% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £786,995 | £772,106 | £778,795 | +0.9% | |
| Net assets | £710,141 | £704,347 | £727,017 | +3.2% | |
| Equity | £710,141 | £704,347 | £727,017 | +3.2% | |
| Average employees | 8 | 6 | 6 | 0% | |
| Wages | £219,631 | £197,217 | £202,342 | +2.6% | |
| Directors' remuneration | £80,953 | £63,426 | £66,787 | +5.3% | |
| Directors' pension contributions | £3,091 | £5,899 | £3,276 | -44.5% |
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 | 2024-04-30 | 2025-04-30 | 2026-04-30 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | -6.2% | -2.4% | 1.2% | |
| Net margin | -12.4% | -1.0% | 3.7% | |
| Return on capital employed | -4.5% | -1.8% | 1.0% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 23.3% | 18.2% | 19.0% | |
| Current ratio | 2.17x | 3.45x | 3.39x |
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
- WOOL TESTING AUTHORITY (EUROPE) LIMITED 2004-03-16 → present
- WOOL TESTING AUTHORITY (UK) LIMITED 2003-02-24 → 2004-03-16
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- Armstrong Watson Audit Limited
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“At 30 April 2026 the company had net current assets of £284,703 (2025: £219,017). ... the directors have a reasonable expectation that the company, with the support of its parent British Wool Marketing Board, has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
3 active · 18 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SMITH, Richard James | Secretary | 2018-03-13 | — | — |
| HOGLEY, Andrew Joseph | Director | 2024-12-02 | Oct 1977 | British |
| PYE, Courtney Meghann, Dr. | Director | 2019-01-02 | Jan 1984 | British |
Show 18 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| LAMBERT, Martin | Secretary | 2017-05-30 | 2018-01-03 |
| NUNN, David | Secretary | 2003-09-19 | 2006-07-14 |
| PRESTON, Phillip Spencer | Secretary | 2009-11-27 | 2017-05-30 |
| WREN, Gillian | Secretary | 2006-07-14 | 2009-11-27 |
| NOMINEE COMPANY SECRETARIES LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 2003-02-24 | 2003-02-24 |
| BUCHANAN, Ian | Director | 2015-07-08 | 2018-03-31 |
| CORBETT, Francis Malcolm | Director | 2011-03-31 | 2015-03-31 |
| FOLWELL, Alan John Steel, Dr | Director | 2004-05-13 | 2019-02-01 |
| FOOKES, Stephen John | Director | 2003-12-11 | 2017-07-21 |
| HARTLEY, Ian Malcolm | Director | 2003-06-06 | 2006-02-20 |
| JACKSON, Michael Andrew | Director | 2004-05-13 | 2007-02-16 |
| LAMBERT, Martin | Director | 2017-01-05 | 2017-01-05 |
| LANGRISH, Frank Richard | Director | 2004-05-13 | 2011-03-31 |
| MILNE, James Derek Gordon | Director | 2003-12-11 | 2004-03-17 |
| NUNN, David | Director | 2003-06-06 | 2010-08-31 |
| O'GRADY, Mark Brian | Director | 2004-05-13 | 2006-02-20 |
| PARKES, Tim | Director | 2006-02-20 | 2024-09-30 |
| NOMINEE COMPANY DIRECTORS LIMITED | Corporate Director | 2003-02-24 | 2003-02-24 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| British Wool Marketing Board | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100% | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 121 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-09-01 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2026-02-27 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-09-23 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-02-24 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-12-02 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-12-02 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-08-29 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-02-26 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-09-26 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-02-27 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-08-09 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-03-14 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2022-02-24 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-10-22 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2021-09-23 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-04-26 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2020-12-17 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2020-03-02 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2019-09-25 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2019-03-28 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates |
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.