WCL (UK) LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-07-15 (in 2mo)
Last made up 2025-07-01
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£6M
+9.1% highest in 5 filed years
Net assets
£383K
-39.1% first positive since 2019
Employees
23
+27.8% highest in 5 filed years
Profit before tax
£1M
+187.4% vs 2023
Net assets
5-year trend · vs Industrials median
Accounts
5-year trend · latest reflected 2024-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2019-12-31 | 2020-12-31 | 2021-12-31 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | — | — | — | £81,128,123 | £76,249,990 | |
| Operating profit | — | — | — | £322,056 | £938,297 | |
| Profit before tax | — | — | — | £350,669 | £1,007,809 | |
| Net profit | — | — | — | £284,066 | £754,065 | |
| Cash | £508,289 | £1,479,332 | £1,875,363 | £5,109,258 | £5,572,218 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | -£45,755 | £252,382 | £430,085 | £1,309,307 | £852,371 | |
| Net assets | — | — | — | £629,307 | £383,371 | |
| Equity | -£45,755 | £252,382 | £430,085 | £629,307 | £383,371 | |
| Average employees | 6 | 7 | 7 | 18 | 23 | |
| Wages | — | — | — | £1,036,832 | £1,295,196 | |
| Directors' remuneration | — | — | — | £510,583 | £506,706 |
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%
£81,128,123 £76,249,990
-
Cash
+9.1%
£5,109,258 £5,572,218
highest in 5 filed years
-
Net assets
-39.1%
£629,307 £383,371
-
Employees
+27.8%
18 23
highest in 5 filed years
-
Operating profit
+191.3%
£322,056 £938,297
-
Profit before tax
+187.4%
£350,669 £1,007,809
-
Wages
+24.9%
£1,036,832 £1,295,196
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 | 2019-12-31 | 2020-12-31 | 2021-12-31 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | — | — | — | 0.4% | 1.2% | |
| Net margin | — | — | — | 0.4% | 1.0% | |
| Return on capital employed | — | — | — | 24.6% | 110.1% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | — | — | — | 97.0% | 98.2% | |
| Current ratio | — | — | — | 1.07x | 1.04x |
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
- WCL (UK) LIMITED 2011-07-05 → present
- WCL CORPORATE LIMITED 2011-07-01 → 2011-07-05
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- Nunn Hayward LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“Based on the work we have performed, we have not identified any material uncertainties relating to events or conditions that, individually or collectively, may cast significant doubt on the company's ability to continue as a going concern for a period of at least twelve months from when the financial statements are authorised for issue.”
Significant events
- “On 24 December 2024, WCL (UK) Limited ("the Company") completed a demerger transaction under a legal agreement, transferring its public service Artificial Intelligence development and application business (the "Demerged Business") and associated assets (the "Demerged Assets") to a newly incorporated entity, Delivery Innovation Limited ("the Buyer").”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
7 active · 6 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| WATKINS, Neil | Secretary | 2011-07-01 | — | — |
| HALL, Nigel Barry | Director | 2014-01-04 | Nov 1961 | British |
| MILLER, Paul Robert | Director | 2016-06-01 | Jan 1956 | British |
| PEARSON, Oliver Toby James | Director | 2023-06-01 | Sep 1992 | British |
| WATKINS, Neil | Director | 2013-11-01 | Aug 1966 | British |
| WILLS, Natasha Claire | Director | 2025-04-24 | Oct 1988 | British |
| WHITE CONSULTANTS LIMITED | Corporate Director | 2012-01-20 | — | — |
Show 6 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| ABRAHAMS, Stuart John | Director | 2017-10-01 | 2018-03-23 |
| HALL, Nigel Barry | Director | 2011-07-01 | 2012-01-20 |
| SHINER, Janice Hazel | Director | 2011-07-01 | 2012-01-20 |
| WATKINS, Neil | Director | 2011-07-01 | 2012-01-20 |
| WHITE, Kieron David | Director | 2011-07-01 | 2012-01-20 |
| WYATT-PIKE, Colin Paul | Director | 2016-06-01 | 2020-07-07 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mr Kieron David White | Individual | Significant influence | 2018-12-12 | Ceased 2023-11-10 |
| Mr Colin Paul Wyatt-Pike | Individual | Shares 25–50% | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2019-02-28 |
| Mr Neil Watkins | Individual | Shares 25–50%, Voting 25–50% | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 85 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2025-01-08 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
- 2025-01-08 MA Memorandum articles
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-01-06 | PSC04 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2025-11-28 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-09-27 | PSC04 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2025-07-01 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2025-05-07 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2025-05-07 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-01-08 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2025-01-08 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles | |
| 2024-09-17 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-07-13 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2023-12-13 | PSC04 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2023-12-07 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2023-12-07 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2023-10-16 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type small | |
| 2023-07-14 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-06-01 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2022-10-20 | SH03 | capital | Capital return purchase own shares | |
| 2022-09-27 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2022-08-25 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type total exemption full | |
| 2022-08-10 | SH06 | capital | Capital cancellation shares |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 6
- Capital events
- 1
- 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.