WOOL WAREHOUSE DIRECT LIMITED
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Cash
£7.4M
+25.4% highest in 3 filed years
Net assets
£12M
+17.7% highest in 3 filed years
Employees
94
+8% highest in 3 filed years
Profit before tax
£2.6M
-11.2% vs 2024
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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2 PSCs ceased in last 24 months
Significant control changed hands — see the Ownership section.
Net assets
3-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
3-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2025-05-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-05-31 | 2024-05-31 | 2025-05-31 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | — | £18,405,789 | £19,862,162 | +7.9% | |
| Operating profit | — | £2,690,664 | £2,356,994 | -12.4% | |
| Profit before tax | £2,267,725 | £2,900,187 | £2,574,841 | -11.2% | |
| Net profit | £1,781,622 | £2,173,389 | £1,928,952 | -11.2% | |
| Cash | £4,225,220 | £5,915,581 | £7,417,362 | +25.4% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £8,040,201 | £10,033,891 | £11,777,851 | +17.4% | |
| Net assets | £7,895,788 | £9,889,177 | £11,640,129 | +17.7% | |
| Equity | £7,895,788 | £9,889,177 | £11,640,129 | +17.7% | |
| Average employees | 81 | 87 | 94 | +8% | |
| Wages | £1,727,514 | £2,029,359 | £2,350,344 | +15.8% | |
| Directors' remuneration | £22,178 | £23,157 | £23,253 | +0.4% |
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 | 2023-05-31 | 2024-05-31 | 2025-05-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | — | 14.6% | 11.9% | |
| Net margin | — | 11.8% | 9.7% | |
| Return on capital employed | — | 26.8% | 20.0% | |
| Current ratio | — | 8.74x | 8.36x |
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
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- Phipps Henson McAllister
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“In auditing the financial statements, we have concluded that the directors' use of the going concern basis of accounting in the preparation of the financial statements is appropriate.”
Significant events
- “During the year Wool Warehouse Group Limited was established as part of a group restructure.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
2 active · 0 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SMITH, Andrew James | Director | 2012-02-29 | Aug 1982 | British |
| SMITH, Holly Mary | Director | 2012-02-29 | Jan 1985 | British |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wool Warehouse Group Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2024-10-29 | Active |
| Mrs Holly Mary Smith | Individual | Shares 25–50%, Voting 25–50% | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2024-10-29 |
| Mr Andrew James Smith | Individual | Shares 25–50%, Voting 25–50% | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2024-10-29 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 36 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2024-12-23 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-03-06 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2026-02-27 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2026-01-23 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-03-07 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2025-03-07 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2025-03-07 | PSC02 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2025-03-07 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2025-02-14 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-12-23 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2024-03-08 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-02-28 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-03-10 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-02-23 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-03-10 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-03-03 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-04-26 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2021-03-31 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2020-12-10 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type total exemption full | |
| 2020-03-04 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2020-03-02 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type total exemption full |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 3
- 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.