WALSTEAD BICESTER LIMITED
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Cash
£9.3m
+1,218.1% highest in 4 filed years
Net assets
£302k
+102.4% highest in 4 filed years
Employees
234
+4.9% highest in 4 filed years
Profit before tax
£17m
+1,095.3% highest in 4 filed years
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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3 officer resignations in last 12 months
Multiple officers have left the board recently — see the People section for who.
Net assets
4-year trend · vs Industrials median
Accounts
4-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2025-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2022-12-31 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £38,327,000 | £39,436,000 | £41,901,000 | £44,453,000 | +6.1% | |
| Operating profit | -£754,000 | -£3,461,000 | £2,335,000 | £18,207,000 | +679.7% | |
| Profit before tax | -£1,428,000 | -£4,368,000 | £1,455,000 | £17,392,000 | +1,095.3% | |
| Net profit | -£914,000 | -£5,142,000 | £2,877,000 | £13,115,000 | +355.9% | |
| Cash | £925,000 | £1,514,000 | £706,000 | £9,306,000 | +1,218.1% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | -£5,267,000 | -£8,504,000 | -£7,688,000 | £5,761,000 | +174.9% | |
| Net assets | -£10,548,000 | -£15,690,000 | -£12,813,000 | £302,000 | +102.4% | |
| Equity | -£10,548,000 | -£15,690,000 | -£12,813,000 | £302,000 | +102.4% | |
| Average employees | 171 | 204 | 223 | 234 | +4.9% | |
| Wages | £6,439,000 | £7,564,000 | £9,236,000 | £9,891,000 | +7.1% | |
| 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. 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 | 2022-12-31 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | -2.0% | -8.8% | 5.6% | 41.0% | |
| Net margin | -2.4% | -13.0% | 6.9% | 29.5% | |
| Return on capital employed | — | — | — | 316.0% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 182.4% | 168.0% | 159.6% | 99.2% | |
| Current ratio | — | 0.19x | 0.21x | 0.72x | |
| Interest cover | -1.12x | -3.81x | 2.65x | 22.34x |
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 2 times since incorporation
- WALSTEAD BICESTER LIMITED 2018-12-11 → present
- WYNDEHAM BICESTER LIMITED 2016-06-06 → 2018-12-11
- WALSTEAD NEWCO1 LIMITED 2009-06-23 → 2016-06-06
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- KPMG LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“Notwithstanding net current liabilities of £8,455,000 as at 31 December 2025, the financial statements have been prepared on a going concern basis which the Directors consider to be appropriate for the following reasons:”
Significant events
- “During the year, the Company incurred fire damage to one of the presses.”
- “During the year, the Company changed the provider of its invoice discounting facility. This change saw the arrangement change from a non-recourse facility to a recourse facility.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
2 active · 8 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| HARRIS, Debrah | Director | 2016-06-03 | Sep 1966 | British |
| SOUTHERLAND, Ian | Director | 2024-08-05 | Oct 1978 | British |
Show 8 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| FOOKES, Richard Charles | Director | 2009-06-23 | 2016-06-06 |
| JOHNSON, Neil Austin | Director | 2023-06-01 | 2024-09-03 |
| KINGSTON, Roy Ernest | Director | 2016-06-03 | 2025-11-18 |
| MURRAY, Bruce Grant | Director | 2024-09-03 | 2026-03-31 |
| REPMAN, Zoe | Director | 2016-06-03 | 2019-09-19 |
| ROTHWELL, Julian Gordon | Director | 2021-11-18 | 2023-03-31 |
| SCANLON, Mark | Director | 2009-06-23 | 2016-06-06 |
| UTTING, Paul George | Director | 2016-06-03 | 2026-01-12 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Walstead United Kingdom Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 73 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-09-30 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2026-06-25 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2026-04-01 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2026-01-28 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-12-03 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-11-28 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2025-10-23 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-10-01 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-06-23 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2024-11-15 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-10-04 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2024-09-13 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-09-13 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-08-05 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-06-21 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2023-11-16 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2023-10-05 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-07-11 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-06-21 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2023-03-31 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 8
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 0
- Officers resigned
- 3
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.