WESSON MARKETING LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-12-31 (in 7mo)
Last filed for 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement due
2027-05-15 (in 1y)
Last made up 2026-05-01
Watchouts
Cash
£69K
-96.9% vs 2024
Net assets
£719K
-76.9% lowest in 4 filed years
Employees
33
-54.2% vs 2024
Profit before tax
-£2M
-713.9% vs 2024
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
6-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
6-year trend · latest reflected 2025-03-31
| Metric | Trend | 2020-03-31 | 2021-03-31 | 2022-03-31 | 2023-03-31 | 2024-03-31 | 2025-03-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | — | — | — | — | £16,748,712 | £6,639,187 | |
| Operating profit | — | — | — | — | £431,643 | -£1,715,407 | |
| Profit before tax | — | — | — | — | £371,345 | -£2,279,835 | |
| Net profit | — | — | — | — | £247,700 | -£2,273,078 | |
| Cash | £21,908 | £42,395 | — | — | £2,256,723 | £68,970 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £1,543,790 | £1,646,141 | — | — | £3,164,059 | £724,146 | |
| Net assets | — | £1,646,141 | — | — | £3,112,474 | £719,396 | |
| Equity | £1,543,790 | £1,646,141 | £2,500,685 | £3,534,904 | £3,112,474 | £719,396 | |
| Average employees | 1 | 1 | — | — | 72 | 33 | |
| Wages | — | — | — | — | £203,670 | £159,412 | |
| 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 2025-03-31 vs 2024-03-31
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Turnover
-60.4%
£16,748,712 £6,639,187
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Cash
-96.9%
£2,256,723 £68,970
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Net assets
-76.9%
£3,112,474 £719,396
lowest in 3 filed years
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Employees
-54.2%
72 33
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Operating profit
-497.4%
£431,643 -£1,715,407
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Profit before tax
-713.9%
£371,345 -£2,279,835
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Wages
-21.7%
£203,670 £159,412
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 | 2020-03-31 | 2021-03-31 | 2022-03-31 | 2023-03-31 | 2024-03-31 | 2025-03-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | — | — | — | — | 2.6% | -25.8% | |
| Net margin | — | — | — | — | 1.5% | -34.2% | |
| Return on capital employed | — | — | — | — | 13.6% | -236.9% | |
| Current ratio | — | — | — | — | 2.60x | 4.73x | |
| Interest cover | — | — | — | — | 1821.28x | -652.25x |
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
- Abridged
- Yes — abridged accounts (limited disclosure)
- Auditor
- Mercer & Hole LLP
- Audit opinion
- Qualified
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The director is responsible for preparing the annual report and the financial statements in accordance with applicable law and regulations...prepare the financial statements on the going concern basis unless it is inappropriate to presume that the group and parent company will continue in business. In auditing the financial statements, we have concluded that the director's use of the going concern basis of accounting in the preparation of the financial statements is appropriate.”
Group structure
- WESSON MARKETING LIMITED · parent
- Wesson Music Limited 100%
- Stunning Beauty Co Limited 100%
Significant events
- “On the 10th October 2024 the group disposed of its principal trading businesses, Little Star Media Limited and Little Star Media USA Limited. As part of the transaction, Wesson Marketing acquired a minority shareholder in Good Engine Limited (the acquiring company). The total loss attributable to the discontinued operations amounted to £2,108,047, including a loss on disposal of £568,571.”
- “The investment held at the year end relates to the shares acquired in Good Engine Limited in the share for share exchange for the Little Star Media Limited group.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
1 active · 3 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| WESSON, John Christopher | Director | 2009-05-01 | Jul 1973 | British |
Show 3 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| PLACKO, Amanda Kim | Secretary | 2016-04-20 | 2024-08-21 |
| FORTY-TWO FIDUCIARIES LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 2009-05-01 | 2016-04-20 |
| KURATOR SECRETARIES LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 2024-08-21 | 2025-05-21 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mr John Christopher Wesson | Individual | Shares 75–100% | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 54 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-05-06 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2026-04-27 | AAMD | accounts | Accounts amended with accounts type group | |
| 2026-04-02 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2025-06-10 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-06-10 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2025-05-27 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2025-04-01 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2024-08-21 | AP04 | officers | Appoint corporate secretary company with name date | |
| 2024-08-21 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2024-05-02 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-12-21 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2023-05-09 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-12-19 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type total exemption full | |
| 2022-05-09 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-12-22 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type total exemption full | |
| 2021-05-05 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2020-12-18 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type total exemption full | |
| 2020-05-15 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2019-10-30 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type total exemption full | |
| 2019-05-01 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 6
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 0
- Officers resigned
- 1
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.