WS TANKER LOGISTICS LIMITED
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Cash
£83k
-94% lowest in 3 filed years
Net assets
£892k
+12.9% vs 2024
Employees
146
+9.8% highest in 3 filed years
Profit before tax
£238k
-60.6% 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
3-year trend · vs Industrials median
Accounts
3-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2025-11-30
| Metric | Trend | 2023-11-30 | 2024-11-30 | 2025-11-30 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £20,046,131 | £22,269,972 | £23,929,165 | +7.5% | |
| Operating profit | £1,312,087 | £1,376,851 | £1,269,253 | -7.8% | |
| Profit before tax | £689,010 | £603,419 | £237,848 | -60.6% | |
| Net profit | £576,284 | £422,244 | £101,569 | -75.9% | |
| Cash | £856,002 | £1,386,459 | £82,731 | -94% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £10,391,645 | £12,422,533 | £13,449,566 | +8.3% | |
| Net assets | £1,067,885 | £790,129 | £891,698 | +12.9% | |
| Equity | £1,067,885 | £790,129 | £891,698 | +12.9% | |
| Average employees | 121 | 133 | 146 | +9.8% | |
| Wages | £5,149,235 | £5,895,743 | £6,743,287 | +14.4% | |
| Directors' remuneration | £104,821 | £106,487 | £204,591 | +92.1% | |
| Directors' pension contributions | £3,000 | £3,000 | £12,047 | +301.6% |
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 | 2023-11-30 | 2024-11-30 | 2025-11-30 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 6.5% | 6.2% | 5.3% | |
| Net margin | 2.9% | 1.9% | 0.4% | |
| Return on capital employed | 12.6% | 11.1% | 9.4% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 94.2% | 96.2% | 96.7% | |
| Current ratio | 0.63x | 0.67x | 0.40x | |
| Interest cover | 2.02x | 1.57x | 1.23x |
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
- Dodd & Co Audit Limited
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The group has net current liabilities at 30 November 2025 and meets its day to day working capital requirements through its bank borrowings and asset finance arrangements. On the basis of this support, the director considers it appropriate to prepare the financial statements on the going concern basis.”
Group structure
- WS TANKER LOGISTICS LIMITED · parent
- Cutts Tanker Logistics Limited 100%
- WS Tankers North West Limited 100%
- BTS Tanker Logistics Limited 100%
- Tank Solutions Limited 100%
- EWT Logistics Limited 50%
- Sherburns LGV Ltd 49%
Significant events
- “On 30 June 2025, WS Tanker Logistics Limited acquired 100% of the issued share capital of WS Tankers North West Limited, obtaining control.”
- “On 10 October 2025, WS Tanker Logistics Limited acquired the remaining 50% of the issued share capital of BTS Tanker Logistics Limited, obtaining full control.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
6 active · 0 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BINGHAM, George | Director | 2025-10-16 | Sep 1996 | British |
| BINGHAM, Mark Steven | Director | 2017-11-06 | Feb 1971 | British |
| COX, David Norman | Director | 2017-11-06 | Apr 1979 | British |
| GRIFFITHS, David Christopher | Director | 2025-10-17 | Mar 1987 | British |
| STOBART, William | Director | 2017-11-06 | Nov 1961 | British |
| WOODIWISS, Daniel | Director | 2025-10-17 | Oct 1972 | British |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wst Group Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 25–50%, Voting 25–50% | 2024-12-01 | Active |
| Ws Transport Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 25–50%, Voting 25–50% | 2017-11-06 | Ceased 2024-12-01 |
| Traction Handling Ltd | Corporate entity | Shares 25–50%, Voting 25–50% | 2017-11-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 38 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-09-10 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2026-02-08 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-10-18 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-10-18 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-10-18 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-09-02 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2025-01-06 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2025-01-06 | PSC02 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2025-01-06 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2024-11-21 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2024-11-05 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-09-05 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2023-11-09 | PSC05 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2023-11-08 | PSC05 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2023-11-08 | PSC05 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2023-11-07 | PSC05 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2023-11-07 | AD02 | address | Change sail address company with new address | |
| 2023-11-07 | PSC05 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2023-11-06 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2023-10-06 | PSC05 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 5
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 3
- 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.