WESTCOTT INVESTMENTS LIMITED
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Cash
£477k
-16.7% vs 2024
Net assets
£9m
+1.3% highest in 6 filed years
Employees
129
-10.4% vs 2024
Profit before tax
£460k
-72.5% 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
6-year trend · vs Industrials median
Accounts
6-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2025-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2020-12-31 | 2021-12-31 | 2022-12-31 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | — | — | — | £15,475,203 | £19,549,677 | £20,658,184 | +5.7% | |
| Operating profit | — | — | — | £1,776,519 | £2,162,638 | £1,080,257 | -50% | |
| Profit before tax | — | — | — | £1,041,116 | £1,674,196 | £459,818 | -72.5% | |
| Net profit | — | — | — | -£33,203 | £1,233,324 | £312,432 | -74.7% | |
| Cash | — | £0 | £19,843 | £1,731,378 | £572,704 | £477,144 | -16.7% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £550,001 | £550,001 | £4,635,282 | £13,029,915 | £15,379,953 | £15,446,923 | +0.4% | |
| Net assets | — | £550,001 | £4,140,223 | £7,901,610 | £8,934,934 | £9,047,366 | +1.3% | |
| Equity | £550,001 | £550,001 | £4,140,223 | £7,901,610 | £8,934,934 | £9,047,366 | +1.3% | |
| Average employees | 0 | 1 | 1 | 129 | 144 | 129 | -10.4% | |
| Wages | — | — | — | £6,377,399 | £7,623,702 | £8,700,301 | +14.1% | |
| Directors' remuneration | — | — | — | £9,000 | £30,000 | £37,600 | +25.3% |
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 | 2020-12-31 | 2021-12-31 | 2022-12-31 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | — | — | — | 11.5% | 11.1% | 5.2% | |
| Net margin | — | — | — | -0.2% | 6.3% | 1.5% | |
| Return on capital employed | — | — | — | 13.6% | 14.1% | 7.0% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | — | 0.0% | 22.7% | 56.9% | 55.9% | 59.2% | |
| Current ratio | — | — | — | 1.02x | 1.16x | 0.92x | |
| Interest cover | — | — | — | 2.37x | 3.94x | 1.70x |
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
- Thomas Quinn
- 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 group's and parent company's ability to continue as a going concern for a period of at least twelve months”
Group structure
- WESTCOTT INVESTMENTS LIMITED · parent
- R J Laundry Ltd 100%
- Clenstar Ltd 100%
- The Blue House Laundry Ltd 100%
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
1 active · 2 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| LINCOLN, James Andrew | Director | 2021-01-01 | Apr 1982 | British |
Show 2 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| SABAN, Joanna | Director | 2012-08-16 | 2012-08-16 |
| WESTCOTT, Christopher Mark | Director | 2012-08-16 | 2025-04-15 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Westcott Holdings 2026 Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2026-07-21 | Active |
| Mr Christopher Mark Westcott | Individual | Shares 75–100% | 2016-05-01 | Ceased 2026-07-21 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 46 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2025-05-02 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-09-25 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2026-09-24 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2026-09-24 | PSC02 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2026-04-07 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-09-29 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2025-05-02 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2025-04-28 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-04-11 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-10-05 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2024-04-23 | RP04CS01 | confirmation-statement | Second filing of confirmation statement with made up date | |
| 2024-04-08 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2024-04-08 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-10-19 | SH08 | capital | Capital name of class of shares | |
| 2023-10-19 | SH08 | capital | Capital name of class of shares | |
| 2023-09-28 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type total exemption full | |
| 2023-04-06 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-12-20 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type total exemption full | |
| 2022-04-06 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-03-25 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type total exemption full | |
| 2021-12-29 | AA01 | accounts | Change account reference date company current shortened |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 4
- 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.