WORLD OPTIONS HOLDINGS LIMITED
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Cash
£2.5m
+138.4% highest in 3 filed years
Net assets
£7m
+28.9% highest in 3 filed years
Employees
105
+22.1% highest in 3 filed years
Profit before tax
£3.9m
+147.8% highest in 3 filed years
Watch the reel
Our short-form breakdown of WORLD OPTIONS HOLDINGS LIMITED's latest filing
World Options, the UK logistics franchisor behind Mail Boxes Etc., just filed a stellar set of accounts. Revenue is up, profits doubled, and the dividend payout got a massive bump. 📦📈
Net assets
3-year trend · vs Unclassified median
Accounts
3-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2025-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £48,162,949 | £49,421,919 | £59,311,249 | +20% | |
| Operating profit | £1,653,896 | £2,002,987 | £4,389,886 | +119.2% | |
| Profit before tax | £1,054,150 | £1,576,043 | £3,904,927 | +147.8% | |
| Net profit | £1,517,786 | £1,024,053 | £2,399,049 | +134.3% | |
| Cash | £1,595,884 | £1,060,789 | £2,529,046 | +138.4% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £7,571,451 | £6,615,144 | £8,642,017 | +30.6% | |
| Net assets | £4,421,259 | £5,435,312 | £7,005,107 | +28.9% | |
| Equity | £4,421,259 | £5,435,312 | £7,005,107 | +28.9% | |
| Average employees | 90 | 86 | 105 | +22.1% | |
| Wages | £4,284,756 | £3,495,231 | £4,079,451 | +16.7% | |
| Directors' remuneration | £57,368 | £65,342 | £170,984 | +161.7% |
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 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 3.4% | 4.1% | 7.4% | |
| Net margin | 3.2% | 2.1% | 4.0% | |
| Return on capital employed | 21.8% | 30.3% | 50.8% | |
| Current ratio | 0.64x | 0.63x | 0.86x | |
| Interest cover | 2.74x | 4.54x | 8.84x |
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
- Studholme-Bell Limited
- 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. 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 the parent 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.”
Group structure
- WORLD OPTIONS HOLDINGS LIMITED · parent
- World Options Limited 100%
- World Options (Franchise) Ltd 100%
- World Options Inc 100%
- Mail Boxes Etc. (UK) Limited 100%
- Siid Limited 100%
- Pack and Send UK Limited 100%
- Pack and Send Trading Limited 100%
- DHM Logistics Limited 51%
- Bridgeway Express Parcels Limited 51%
- ELK Motors Limited 51%
Significant events
- “As a result of acquiring 3 more entities in 2025 and the investment in more people, wages and salary costs increased by £0.65m to £4.53m in 2025, compared to £3.88m in 2024.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
5 active · 4 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BUTLER, Stewart Michael | Director | 2016-04-08 | Apr 1974 | British |
| EDWARDS, James Andrew | Director | 2016-04-08 | Dec 1975 | English |
| FARRIS, Ryan | Director | 2025-07-10 | Aug 1975 | American |
| MENNELLA, Valeria | Director | 2025-10-20 | Mar 1978 | Italian |
| SPACCIA, Samuele | Director | 2022-07-02 | May 1980 | Italian |
Show 4 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| COMINONE, Paolo | Director | 2022-07-02 | 2025-07-10 |
| FERGUSON, Warren James | Director | 2016-04-08 | 2018-05-25 |
| JACKSON, Andrew | Director | 2016-04-08 | 2018-09-03 |
| RUDI, Giuseppe | Director | 2022-07-02 | 2025-10-20 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mbe Worldwide S.P.A | Corporate entity | Shares 50–75%, Voting 50–75% | 2022-07-02 | Active |
| Mr Stewart Michael Butler | Individual | Shares 50–75%, Voting 50–75% | 2016-04-08 | Ceased 2022-07-02 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 79 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2022-08-15 MA Memorandum articles
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-07-15 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2026-06-01 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2026-06-01 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2026-02-06 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-11-07 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-11-07 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-07-30 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-07-30 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-07-29 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2025-01-24 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-08-31 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2024-01-25 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-10-04 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2023-01-10 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2023-01-06 | SH06 | capital | Capital cancellation shares | |
| 2023-01-06 | SH03 | capital | Capital return purchase own shares | |
| 2022-09-30 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2022-08-30 | SH06 | capital | Capital cancellation shares | |
| 2022-08-30 | SH03 | capital | Capital return purchase own shares | |
| 2022-08-15 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 6
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 1
- Officers resigned
- 1
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.