W T LICHFIELD LIMITED
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Cash
£39k
-99% lowest in 3 filed years
Net assets
£3.4m
-89.9% lowest in 3 filed years
Employees
297
+14.7% highest in 3 filed years
Profit before tax
£959k
-27.8% lowest in 3 filed years
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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1 PSC ceased in last 24 months
Significant control changed hands — see the Ownership section.
Net assets
3-year trend · vs Industrials median
Accounts
3-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2025-11-30
Latest accounts filed cover 2025-12-31; financial figures currently reflect up to 2025-11-30.
| Metric | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 | 2025-11-30 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £55,308,000 | £50,970,000 | £61,241,000 | +20.2% | |
| Operating profit | £2,874,000 | £1,092,000 | £1,000,000 | -8.4% | |
| Profit before tax | £2,920,000 | £1,329,000 | £959,000 | -27.8% | |
| Net profit | £2,039,000 | £942,000 | £580,000 | -38.4% | |
| Cash | £2,915,000 | £3,923,000 | £39,000 | -99% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £33,887,000 | £34,682,000 | £35,337,000 | +1.9% | |
| Net assets | £32,627,000 | £33,202,000 | £3,351,000 | -89.9% | |
| Equity | £32,627,000 | £33,202,000 | £33,510,000 | +0.9% | |
| Average employees | 263 | 259 | 297 | +14.7% | |
| Wages | £6,980,000 | £7,128,000 | £8,574,000 | +20.3% | |
| Directors' remuneration | £52,000 | £121,000 | £62,000 | -48.8% | |
| Directors' pension contributions | £60,000 | £80,000 | — | — |
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 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 | 2025-11-30 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 5.2% | 2.1% | 1.6% | |
| Net margin | 3.7% | 1.8% | 0.9% | |
| Return on capital employed | 8.5% | 3.1% | 2.8% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 16.4% | 26.4% | 92.5% | |
| Current ratio | 3.49x | 1.77x | 1.89x | |
| Interest cover | — | — | 10.53x |
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
- Bourne & Co
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The financial statements are prepared on the going concern basis.”
Group structure
- W T LICHFIELD LIMITED · parent
- Walter Tipper, Limited
Significant events
- “The Group recently acquired three new sites in Shipston on Stour, Southam and Bidford on Avon.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
3 active · 1 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| TIPPER, Amy Jane | Director | 2010-06-16 | Dec 1976 | British |
| TIPPER, Joseph Walter | Director | 2010-06-16 | Jul 1982 | British |
| TIPPER, William Andrew | Director | 2010-06-16 | May 1980 | British |
Show 1 resigned officer
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| KAHAN, Barbara | Director | 2010-06-14 | 2010-06-14 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mr William Andrew Tipper | Individual | Significant influence (as trust) | 2025-02-08 | Active |
| Mr Joseph Walter Tipper | Individual | Significant influence (as trust) | 2025-02-08 | Active |
| Mrs Jennifer Ann Tipper | Individual | Shares 75–100% (as trust) | 2016-06-14 | Ceased 2025-02-08 |
| Mr Hugh Michael Peter Reynolds | Individual | Shares 75–100% (as trust) | 2016-06-14 | Active |
| Mr Andrew Walter Tipper | Individual | Shares 75–100% (as trust) | 2016-06-14 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 45 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-09-28 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2026-08-17 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-08-06 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2025-07-31 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-07-31 | PSC01 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2025-07-31 | PSC01 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2025-07-31 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2024-09-30 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2024-07-23 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-09-25 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2023-07-25 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-09-28 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2022-07-15 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-10-02 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2021-07-16 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2020-10-09 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2020-06-17 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2019-10-07 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2019-06-27 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2018-09-17 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 2
- 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.