WORKSPACE DESIGN AND BUILD LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-06-30 (in 1mo)
Last filed for 2024-09-30
Confirmation statement due
2026-10-08 (in 5mo)
Last made up 2025-09-24
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£2M
+79% vs 2023
Net assets
£1M
-56.2% vs 2023
Employees
30
+11.1% vs 2023
Profit before tax
£607K
+476.6% vs 2023
Net assets
3-year trend · vs Industrials median
Accounts
3-year trend · latest reflected 2024-09-30
| Metric | Trend | 2022-09-30 | 2023-09-30 | 2024-09-30 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | — | £15,371,369 | £19,175,280 | |
| Operating profit | — | -£176,371 | £582,295 | |
| Profit before tax | — | -£161,178 | £606,953 | |
| Net profit | — | -£5,637 | £534,030 | |
| Cash | — | £1,032,103 | £1,847,278 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | — | £3,182,569 | £1,436,011 | |
| Net assets | — | £3,040,451 | £1,331,226 | |
| Equity | — | £3,040,451 | £1,331,226 | |
| Average employees | — | 27 | 30 | |
| Wages | — | £1,498,979 | £1,626,966 | |
| Directors' remuneration | — | £22,058 | £465,887 |
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
FY2023 → FY2024 · period ending 2024-09-30 vs 2023-09-30
-
Turnover
+24.7%
£15,371,369 £19,175,280
-
Cash
+79%
£1,032,103 £1,847,278
-
Net assets
-56.2%
£3,040,451 £1,331,226
-
Employees
+11.1%
27 30
-
Operating profit
+430.2%
-£176,371 £582,295
-
Profit before tax
+476.6%
-£161,178 £606,953
-
Wages
+8.5%
£1,498,979 £1,626,966
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 | 2022-09-30 | 2023-09-30 | 2024-09-30 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | — | -1.1% | 3.0% | |
| Net margin | — | -0.0% | 2.8% | |
| Return on capital employed | — | -5.5% | 40.5% | |
| Current ratio | — | 2.29x | 1.22x | |
| Interest cover | — | -11.74x | 38.03x |
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)
- Auditor
- Burgis & Bullock
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The Directors consider that the Company has sufficient resources to continue its success for the foreseeable future and accordingly the financial statements have been prepared on a going concern basis.”
Significant events
- “On 2 October 2023 the controlling party became The Workspace Design & Build Employee Ownership Trust.”
- “On 2 October 2023 the company and its former shareholders established an Employee Ownership Trust, known as "The Workspace Design & Build Employee Ownership Trust" and constituted as an Employee Benefit Scheme under section 1166 of the Companies Act 2006. The transfer of £2,243,255 represents a capital contribution made from Workspace Design and Build Limited to the Workspace Design and Build Employee Ownership Trust.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
6 active · 8 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BARFIELD, David Mason George | Secretary | 2005-07-11 | — | British |
| BARFIELD, David Mason George | Director | 2005-07-11 | Dec 1962 | British |
| BARSBY, Richard John | Director | 2023-10-02 | Nov 1972 | British |
| DAVIS, Russell Michael John | Director | 2004-09-24 | Dec 1970 | British |
| HART, Lauren Hannah | Director | 2023-10-02 | Sep 1994 | British |
| PETERS, Laura Elizabeth | Director | 2023-10-02 | Mar 1989 | British |
Show 8 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| DAVIS, Russell Michael John | Secretary | 2004-09-24 | 2005-07-11 |
| TEMPLE SECRETARIES LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Secretary | 2004-09-24 | 2004-09-24 |
| CAMPBELL, Oliver | Director | 2017-11-10 | 2020-03-31 |
| GRADDON, Tony | Director | 2005-07-11 | 2006-03-09 |
| GRAVES, Peter Anthony | Director | 2016-02-01 | 2018-07-01 |
| LAWRENCE, David Alan | Director | 2004-09-24 | 2006-03-09 |
| REYNOLDS, Ian | Director | 2007-01-05 | 2017-06-09 |
| COMPANY DIRECTORS LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Director | 2004-09-24 | 2004-09-24 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Workspace Design And Build Eot Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2023-10-02 | Active |
| Mr David Mason George Barfield | Individual | Shares 25–50%, Voting 25–50%, Significant influence, significant-influence-or-control-as-firm | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2023-10-02 |
| Mr Russell Michael John Davis | Individual | Shares 50–75%, Voting 50–75%, Appoints directors, right-to-appoint-and-remove-directors-as-trust, right-to-appoint-and-remove-directors-as-firm, Significant influence, significant-influence-or-control-as-trust, significant-influence-or-control-as-firm | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2023-10-02 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 111 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2023-10-23 MA Memorandum articles
- 2023-10-23 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-09-26 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-09-24 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-09-12 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2024-09-25 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2024-09-13 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2024-06-23 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-02-13 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2024-02-08 | PSC05 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2024-02-08 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2023-11-10 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2023-11-10 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2023-11-10 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2023-11-01 | SH08 | capital | Capital name of class of shares | |
| 2023-10-23 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles | |
| 2023-10-23 | SH10 | capital | Capital variation of rights attached to shares | |
| 2023-10-23 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2023-10-16 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-10-16 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-10-16 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-10-16 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 3
- 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.