WALSTEAD BICESTER LIMITED
Get an alert when WALSTEAD BICESTER LIMITED files next
Leroy will email you the moment a new filing lands at Companies House — one short note per filing, nothing else.
Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-07-05 (in 2mo)
Last made up 2025-06-21
Watchouts
Cash
£706K
-53.4% lowest in 3 filed years
Net assets
-£13M
+18.3% vs 2023
Employees
223
+9.3% highest in 3 filed years
Profit before tax
£1M
+133.3% highest in 3 filed years
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
-
3 officer resignations in last 12 months
Multiple officers have left the board recently — see the People section for who.
Net assets
5-year trend · vs Industrials median
Accounts
5-year trend · latest reflected 2024-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2022-01-01 | 2022-12-31 | 2023-01-01 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | — | £38,327,000 | — | £39,436,000 | £41,901,000 | |
| Operating profit | — | -£754,000 | — | -£3,461,000 | £2,335,000 | |
| Profit before tax | — | -£1,428,000 | — | -£4,368,000 | £1,455,000 | |
| Net profit | — | -£914,000 | — | -£5,142,000 | £2,877,000 | |
| Cash | — | £925,000 | — | £1,514,000 | £706,000 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | — | -£5,267,000 | — | -£8,504,000 | -£7,688,000 | |
| Net assets | — | -£10,548,000 | — | -£15,690,000 | -£12,813,000 | |
| Equity | -£9,634,000 | -£10,548,000 | -£10,548,000 | -£15,690,000 | -£12,813,000 | |
| Average employees | — | 171 | — | 204 | 223 | |
| Wages | — | £6,439,000 | — | £7,564,000 | £9,236,000 | |
| 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
FY2023 → FY2024 · period ending 2024-12-31 vs 2023-12-31
-
Turnover
+6.3%
£39,436,000 £41,901,000
highest in 3 filed years
-
Cash
-53.4%
£1,514,000 £706,000
lowest in 3 filed years
-
Net assets
+18.3%
-£15,690,000 -£12,813,000
-
Employees
+9.3%
204 223
highest in 3 filed years
-
Operating profit
+167.5%
-£3,461,000 £2,335,000
highest in 3 filed years
-
Profit before tax
+133.3%
-£4,368,000 £1,455,000
highest in 3 filed years
-
Wages
+22.1%
£7,564,000 £9,236,000
highest in 3 filed years
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 | 2022-01-01 | 2022-12-31 | 2023-01-01 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | — | -2.0% | — | -8.8% | 5.6% | |
| Net margin | — | -2.4% | — | -13.0% | 6.9% | |
| Return on capital employed | — | 14.3% | — | 40.7% | -30.4% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | — | — | — | 168.0% | 159.6% | |
| Current ratio | — | — | — | 0.19x | 0.21x | |
| Interest cover | — | -1.12x | — | -3.81x | 2.65x |
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
“The Directors have prepared the financial statements on the going concern basis as they do not intend to liquidate the Company or to cease its operations, and as they have concluded that the Company's financial position means that this is realistic. They have also concluded that there are no material uncertainties that could have cast significant doubt over its ability to continue as a going concern for at least a year from the date of approval of the financial statements ("the going concern period").”
Significant events
- “In May 2025 there was a fire on one of the presses at the Company's print site. The Company has taken the appropriate steps to mitigate the impact of this and continues to serve customers by utilising other presses on the site, and in the Group. There is comprehensive insurance in place.”
- “In June 2025 the Group announced that the private equity shareholder in Walstead Holdings Limited, the Company's ultimate holding company, has indicated that they are looking to realise their investment in the Walstead business.”
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 71 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | |
| 2022-09-13 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-07-07 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 7
- 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.