WESSEX FIXINGS LIMITED
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Cash
£345k
Latest balance sheet
Net assets
£1.8m
Equity attributable
Employees
76
highest in 6 filed years
Profit before tax
£474k
Period ending 2025-12-31
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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Audit opinion: Qualified
Latest auditor's report carried a non-clean opinion.
Net assets
6-year trend · vs Industrials median
Accounts
6-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2025-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2021-03-31 | 2022-03-31 | 2023-03-31 | 2024-03-31 | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | — | — | — | £14,029,804 | £12,879,283 | £16,859,680 | — | |
| Operating profit | — | — | — | £515,635 | £1,118,347 | £535,089 | — | |
| Profit before tax | — | — | — | £499,642 | £1,070,125 | £474,275 | — | |
| Net profit | — | — | — | £365,121 | £735,049 | £337,261 | — | |
| Cash | £521,286 | £919,451 | £156,078 | £267,087 | £318,099 | £345,263 | — | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £2,095,682 | £2,599,514 | £2,375,509 | £2,643,601 | £3,257,258 | £2,729,445 | — | |
| Net assets | £1,791,237 | £2,142,625 | £2,173,597 | £2,048,718 | £2,200,781 | £1,837,805 | — | |
| Equity | £1,791,237 | £2,142,625 | £2,173,597 | £2,048,718 | £2,200,781 | £1,837,805 | — | |
| Average employees | 44 | 40 | 40 | 52 | 64 | 76 | — | |
| Wages | £1,320,273 | £1,636,087 | — | £2,180,215 | £1,945,630 | £3,071,020 | — | |
| Directors' remuneration | — | — | — | — | £74,402 | £73,341 | — |
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 —. Year-on-year comparison hidden: this filing covers about 12 months versus 9 months prior. About these numbers
Ratios
Computed from the line items above — sparklines read oldest → newest
| Ratio | Trend | 2021-03-31 | 2022-03-31 | 2023-03-31 | 2024-03-31 | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | — | — | — | 3.7% | 8.7% | 3.2% | |
| Net margin | — | — | — | 2.6% | 5.7% | 2.0% | |
| Return on capital employed | — | — | — | 19.5% | 34.3% | 19.6% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 60.4% | 56.3% | 52.1% | 63.1% | 61.6% | 62.9% | |
| Current ratio | — | — | — | 1.42x | 1.58x | 1.55x | |
| Interest cover | — | — | — | 25.29x | 19.23x | 7.68x |
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
- WESSEX FIXINGS LIMITED 2014-04-04 → present
- WESSEX SUPPLIES LIMITED 2012-04-03 → 2014-04-04
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- Byrd + Link Audit Limited
- Audit opinion
- Qualified
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“At the time of approving the financial statements, the directors have a reasonable expectation that the company has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future. Thus the directors continue to adopt the going concern basis of accounting”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
6 active · 6 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| LONG, Nicholas Yorke | Secretary | 2012-04-03 | — | — |
| BARRY, Duane | Director | 2023-01-23 | Dec 1990 | British |
| GRAY, Dawson | Director | 2023-01-23 | May 1992 | British |
| LONG, Derry Giles | Director | 2012-04-03 | Jan 1985 | British |
| LONG, Kirsten Heidi | Director | 2012-04-03 | Dec 1985 | British |
| LONG, Sandra | Director | 2012-04-03 | Apr 1965 | British |
Show 6 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| LONG, Carolyn Mary | Director | 2012-04-03 | 2016-11-02 |
| LONG, Heidi Kirsten | Director | 2012-04-03 | 2012-04-03 |
| LONG, Nevill Claude | Director | 2012-04-03 | 2017-01-01 |
| LONG, Nicholas Yorke | Director | 2012-04-03 | 2012-04-03 |
| LONG, Nicholas Yorke | Director | 2012-04-03 | 2012-04-03 |
| LONG, Sandra | Director | 2012-04-03 | 2012-04-03 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mr Nicholas Yorke Long | Individual | Shares 25–50%, Voting 25–50% | 2017-02-15 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 72 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2023-03-09 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
- 2023-03-09 MA Memorandum articles
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-09-27 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-12-24 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-10-13 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2025-08-26 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2024-10-18 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type total exemption full | |
| 2024-08-12 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-08-11 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-04-02 | AA01 | accounts | Change account reference date company current shortened | |
| 2024-02-29 | AA01 | accounts | Change account reference date company current extended | |
| 2024-01-15 | AA01 | accounts | Change account reference date company current shortened | |
| 2024-01-12 | AA01 | accounts | Change account reference date company previous shortened | |
| 2023-11-03 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type total exemption full | |
| 2023-08-22 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2023-03-09 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2023-03-09 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles | |
| 2023-03-09 | SH10 | capital | Capital variation of rights attached to shares | |
| 2023-03-09 | SH08 | capital | Capital name of class of shares | |
| 2023-03-08 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-03-08 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2022-12-22 | 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.