WOODSFORD GROUP LIMITED
Get an alert when WOODSFORD GROUP 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
2027-03-31 (in 10mo)
Last made up 2026-03-17
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£13M
-40.2% vs 2023
Net assets
£42M
+14.5% vs 2023
Employees
25
-13.8% vs 2023
Profit before tax
£7M
+9% vs 2023
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Financials median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2024-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £24,330,000 | £20,171,000 | |
| Operating profit | £12,010,000 | £9,838,000 | |
| Profit before tax | £6,180,000 | £6,737,000 | |
| Net profit | £3,620,000 | £5,005,000 | |
| Cash | £22,518,000 | £13,456,000 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £89,378,000 | £76,661,000 | |
| Net assets | £36,873,000 | £42,215,000 | |
| Equity | £36,873,000 | £42,215,000 | |
| Average employees | 29 | 25 | |
| Wages | £4,172,000 | £4,031,000 | |
| Directors' remuneration | £1,720,000 | £1,979,000 |
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
-17.1%
£24,330,000 £20,171,000
-
Cash
-40.2%
£22,518,000 £13,456,000
-
Net assets
+14.5%
£36,873,000 £42,215,000
-
Employees
-13.8%
29 25
-
Operating profit
-18.1%
£12,010,000 £9,838,000
-
Profit before tax
+9%
£6,180,000 £6,737,000
-
Wages
-3.4%
£4,172,000 £4,031,000
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 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 49.4% | 48.8% | |
| Net margin | 14.9% | 24.8% | |
| Return on capital employed | 13.4% | 12.8% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 66.0% | 59.4% | |
| Current ratio | 5.85x | 3.75x | |
| Interest cover | 2.22x | 3.23x |
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 1 time since incorporation
- WOODSFORD GROUP LIMITED 2022-02-22 → present
- WOODSFORD LITIGATION FUNDING LIMITED 2010-07-27 → 2022-02-22
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- IFRS
- Reporting scope
- Consolidated group
- Auditor
- BDO LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“These financial statements have been prepared on a going concern basis. The Directors have conducted a detailed review of the Company's forecast cashflows for the 12 months subsequent to the end of April 2024 and believe that this is appropriate as they have a reasonable expectation that the Company and the Group has adequate resources to meet its liabilities as they fall due in the foreseeable future.”
Group structure
- WOODSFORD GROUP LIMITED · parent
- Woodsford Australia Pty Limited 100%
- Temeraire Limited 100%
- Astraea Limited 100%
- Addison Group LLC 100%
- Frome Wye Limited 100%
- Cappi LLC 100%
- Jasper Cheval LLC 100%
- Monty Maizy LLC 100%
- Woodsford Engage Limited 100%
- Thames Schuylkill Limited 100%
- Woodsford Litigation Funding 1 LLP 100%
- Woodsford Litigation Funding 2 LLP 100%
- Woodsford Litigation Funding 3 LLP 100%
- Woodsford Litigation Funding 4 LLP 100%
- Woodsford Litigation Funding 5 LLP 100%
- Woodsford Litigation Funding 6 LLP 100%
- Woodsford Litigation Funding 7 LLP 100%
- Woodsford Litigation Funding 8 LLP 100%
- Woodsford Litigation Funding 9 LLP 100%
- Woodsford Litigation Funding 10 LLP 100%
- Woodsford Litigation Funding 11 LLP 100%
- Woodsford Litigation Funding 12 LLP 100%
- Woodsford Litigation Funding 13 LLP 100%
- Woodsford Litigation Funding 14 LLP 100%
- Woodsford Litigation Funding 15 LLP 100%
- Woodsford Litigation Funding 16 LLP 100%
- Woodsford Litigation Funding 17 LLP 100%
- Woodsford Litigation Funding 18 LLP 100%
- Woodsford Litigation Funding 19 LLP 100%
- Woodsford Litigation Funding 20 LLP 100%
- Woodsford Litigation Funding 21 LLP 100%
- Woodsford Litigation Funding 22 LLP 100%
- Woodsford Litigation Funding 23 LLP 100%
- Woodsford Litigation Funding 24 LLP 100%
- Woodsford Litigation Funding 25 LLP 100%
- Woodsford Litigation Funding 26 LLP 100%
- Woodsford Litigation Funding 27 LLP 100%
- Woodsford Litigation Funding 28 LLP 100%
- Woodsford Litigation Funding 29 LLP 100%
- Woodsford Litigation Funding 30 LLP 100%
- Woodsford Litigation Funding 31 LLP 100%
- Woodsford Litigation Funding 32 LLP 100%
- Woodsford Litigation Funding 33 LLP 100%
- Woodsford Litigation Funding 34 LLP 100%
- Woodsford Litigation Funding 35 LLP 100%
- Woodsford Litigation Funding 36 LLP 100%
- Woodsford Litigation Funding 37 LLP 100%
- Woodsford Litigation Funding 38 LLP 100%
- Woodsford Litigation Funding 39 LLP 100%
- Woodsford Litigation Funding 40 LLP 100%
- Woodsford Litigation Funding 41 LLP 100%
- Woodsford Litigation Funding 42 LLP 100%
- Woodsford Litigation Funding 43 LLP 100%
- Woodsford Litigation Funding 44 LLP 100%
- Woodsford Litigation Funding 45 LLP 100%
- Woodsford Litigation Funding 46 LLP 100%
- Woodsford Litigation Funding 47 LLP 100%
- Woodsford Litigation Funding 48 LLP 100%
- Woodsford Litigation Funding 49 LLP 100%
- Woodsford Litigation Funding 50 LLP 100%
- Woodsford Litigation Funding 51 LLP 100%
- Woodsford Litigation Funding 52 LLP 100%
- Woodsford Litigation Funding 53 LLP 100%
- Woodsford Litigation Funding 54 LLP 100%
- Woodsford Litigation Funding 55 LLP 100%
- Woodsford Litigation Funding 56 LLP 100%
- Woodsford Litigation Funding 57 LLP 100%
- Woodsford Litigation Funding 58 LLP 100%
- Woodsford Litigation Funding 59 LLP 100%
- Woodsford Litigation Funding 60 LLP 100%
- Avon Teme LLP 100%
- Derwent Tees LLP 100%
- Foyle Humber LLP 100%
- Ribble Aire 100%
- Thames Wandle LLP 100%
- Wensum Yare LLP 100%
- Severn Clyde LLP 100%
- Trent Nene LLP 100%
- Witham Dee LLP 100%
- Don Mersey LLP 100%
- Eden Tweed 100%
- Spey Ure LLP 100%
- Bann Don LLP 100%
- Medway Tyne LLP 100%
- Airbus Investors Recovery Limited 100%
- ABN AMRO Investors Recovery Limited 100%
- ING Investors Recovery Limited 100%
- Philips Investors Recovery Limited 100%
Significant events
- “Since the reporting date there have been a number of developments in the Group's LCIP which have resulted in immaterial fair value adjustments... In March 2025 a settlement agreement has been signed in relation to one of the litigation contracts funded by the Group. The agreement will result in further profit to the Group. Post reporting date, aggregate fair value uplifts have exceeded aggregate impairments.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
7 active · 4 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BARNES, Jonathan Mark | Director | 2010-07-27 | Feb 1960 | British |
| BONAVERO, Olivier Maurice Henri | Director | 2010-09-01 | Mar 1978 | British,French |
| BONAVERO, Philippe | Director | 2015-10-06 | Jul 1980 | British,French |
| FRIEL, Steven James | Director | 2015-10-06 | Feb 1977 | British |
| MORRIS, Charles Samuel | Director | 2018-10-15 | Feb 1980 | British |
| PORTER, Thomas Rodney | Director | 2023-07-01 | Jun 1981 | British |
| SPITERI, Mark Richard Anthony | Director | 2010-09-01 | Mar 1975 | British |
Show 4 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| BONAVERO, Yves Jean Marc | Director | 2013-01-01 | 2023-12-31 |
| DAVIS, Robin Manes | Director | 2022-02-04 | 2023-08-03 |
| MANDUCA, Charles Victor Falzon Sant | Director | 2011-01-27 | 2015-05-22 |
| POTTS, John Stephen | Director | 2011-01-27 | 2018-12-11 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mr Lars Alexander Haussmann | Individual | ownership-of-shares-75-to-100-percent-as-trust, voting-rights-75-to-100-percent-as-trust, right-to-appoint-and-remove-directors-as-trust, significant-influence-or-control-as-trust | 2016-06-01 | Ceased 2019-08-20 |
| Mr Markus Stutz | Individual | ownership-of-shares-75-to-100-percent-as-trust, voting-rights-75-to-100-percent-as-trust, right-to-appoint-and-remove-directors-as-trust, significant-influence-or-control-as-trust | 2016-06-01 | Ceased 2019-08-20 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 85 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2022-02-22 CERTNM Certificate change of name company
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-04-24 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2026-03-18 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2026-03-16 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2026-01-23 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-06-18 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2025-01-29 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2024-06-17 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2024-05-15 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2024-01-24 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-01-02 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-10-05 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2023-08-17 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-07-05 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-05-22 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-01-23 | PSC08 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control statement | |
| 2023-01-23 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2023-01-23 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2022-12-29 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2022-07-05 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-02-22 | CERTNM | change-of-name | Certificate change of name company |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 5
- Capital events
- 3
- 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.