THE WILKINS GROUP LIMITED
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Cash
£4.6m
+3.7% vs 2025
Net assets
£25m
+9.6% highest in 3 filed years
Employees
487
+4.5% highest in 3 filed years
Profit before tax
£4.2m
+80% 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 2026-03-31
| Metric | Trend | 2024-03-31 | 2025-03-31 | 2026-03-31 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £49,701,019 | £51,855,700 | £56,169,419 | +8.3% | |
| Operating profit | £2,408,026 | £2,577,189 | £4,518,395 | +75.3% | |
| Profit before tax | £2,198,235 | £2,314,052 | £4,165,871 | +80% | |
| Net profit | £1,961,840 | £1,648,400 | £3,062,274 | +85.8% | |
| Cash | £4,637,737 | £4,410,853 | £4,573,254 | +3.7% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £30,548,299 | £33,651,379 | £34,764,225 | +3.3% | |
| Net assets | £22,505,797 | £23,042,267 | £25,253,545 | +9.6% | |
| Equity | £22,505,797 | £23,042,267 | £25,253,545 | +9.6% | |
| Average employees | 456 | 466 | 487 | +4.5% | |
| Wages | £11,240,107 | £12,925,221 | £13,628,758 | +5.4% | |
| Directors' remuneration | £1,025,188 | £1,676,193 | £1,276,863 | -23.8% | |
| Directors' pension contributions | £0 | £0 | — | — | |
| Highest paid director | £335,128 | £672,780 | £394,803 | -41.3% |
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 | 2024-03-31 | 2025-03-31 | 2026-03-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 4.8% | 5.0% | 8.0% | |
| Net margin | 3.9% | 3.2% | 5.5% | |
| Return on capital employed | 7.9% | 7.7% | 13.0% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 45.2% | 51.8% | 46.6% | |
| Current ratio | 1.92x | 1.61x | 1.84x | |
| Interest cover | 6.11x | 6.07x | 9.23x |
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
- Cooper Parry Group Limited
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“At the balance sheet date the group had a significant cash balance and strong net current asset position... the directors have prepared these financial statements on a going concern basis.”
Group structure
- THE WILKINS GROUP LIMITED · parent
- Ken Wilkins Print Limited 100%
- Wilkins Spence Packaging Lanka (pvt) Ltd 90%
- Wilkins Developments (pvt) Ltd 90%
- Brandmatch Limited 100%
Significant events
- “With the commissioning of Phase 3 of our factory expansion now bedded, the current year has continued to see significant improvements to capacity in all departments”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
5 active · 4 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| WILKINS, Ann | Secretary | 2009-02-04 | — | British |
| WILKINS, Andre Philip | Director | 2003-08-20 | May 1947 | British |
| WILKINS, Ann | Director | 2003-08-20 | Mar 1946 | British |
| WILKINS, Aron Ashley | Director | 2023-08-22 | Mar 1971 | British |
| WILKINS, Justin Mark | Director | 2023-08-22 | Oct 1976 | British |
Show 4 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| WILKINS, Margorie Peggy | Secretary | 2003-08-20 | 2009-02-04 |
| SECRETARIAL APPOINTMENTS LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Secretary | 2003-08-20 | 2003-08-20 |
| WILKINS, Margorie Peggy | Director | 2003-08-20 | 2023-08-22 |
| CORPORATE APPOINTMENTS LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Director | 2003-08-20 | 2003-08-20 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mr Andre Phillip Wilkins | Individual | Significant influence | 2016-08-20 | Active |
| Mrs Ann Wilkins | Individual | Significant influence | 2016-08-20 | Active |
| Mr Aron Ashley Wilkins | Individual | Significant influence | 2016-08-20 | Active |
| Mr Justin Mark Wilkins | Individual | Significant influence | 2016-08-20 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 79 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2026-09-15 MA Memorandum articles
- 2026-09-15 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-09-30 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2026-09-15 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles | |
| 2026-09-15 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2026-09-03 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2026-03-28 | PSC04 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2026-03-28 | PSC04 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2026-03-26 | PSC04 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2026-03-26 | PSC04 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2026-03-26 | PSC04 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2025-12-23 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2025-08-20 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-12-19 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2024-08-27 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-12-16 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2023-08-30 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-08-22 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2023-08-22 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2023-08-22 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2023-08-22 | CH03 | officers | Change person secretary company with change date | |
| 2023-08-22 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date |
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.