WELLINGTON ESTATES HOLDINGS LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-05-31 (this month)
Last filed for 2024-08-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-06-06 (in 1mo)
Last made up 2025-05-23
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£140K
+23.9% vs 2023
Net assets
-£2M
-127.5% vs 2023
Employees
70
+2.9% vs 2023
Profit before tax
-£642K
+23.6% vs 2023
Net assets
3-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
3-year trend · latest reflected 2024-08-31
| Metric | Trend | 2022-08-31 | 2023-08-31 | 2024-08-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | — | £4,364,398 | £4,374,041 | |
| Operating profit | — | -£524,575 | -£322,699 | |
| Profit before tax | — | -£840,321 | -£642,363 | |
| Net profit | — | -£377,100 | -£938,201 | |
| Cash | — | £113,194 | £140,268 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | — | £8,552,912 | £7,222,935 | |
| Net assets | — | -£779,648 | -£1,773,315 | |
| Equity | -£380,552 | -£779,648 | -£1,773,315 | |
| Average employees | — | 68 | 70 | |
| Wages | — | £2,249,047 | £2,294,396 | |
| Directors' remuneration | — | — | — |
Values shown as filed in the company's annual accounts. — indicates the figure wasn't present under that line item in that period. About these numbers
Year-on-year
FY2023 → FY2024 · period ending 2024-08-31 vs 2023-08-31
-
Turnover
+0.2%
£4,364,398 £4,374,041
-
Cash
+23.9%
£113,194 £140,268
-
Net assets
-127.5%
-£779,648 -£1,773,315
-
Employees
+2.9%
68 70
-
Operating profit
+38.5%
-£524,575 -£322,699
-
Profit before tax
+23.6%
-£840,321 -£642,363
-
Wages
+2%
£2,249,047 £2,294,396
Each % is (latest − prior) ÷ |prior| for the line item as filed. The comparison is only shown when the latest and prior accounts cover broadly equal-length periods — short or long stubs (typical around incorporation or a year-end change) are suppressed rather than misrepresented. Lines a company doesn't report are omitted. About these numbers
Ratios
Computed from the line items above — sparklines read oldest → newest
| Ratio | Trend | 2022-08-31 | 2023-08-31 | 2024-08-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | — | -12.0% | -7.4% | |
| Net margin | — | -8.6% | -21.4% | |
| Return on capital employed | — | -6.1% | -4.5% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | — | 107.2% | 117.2% | |
| Current ratio | — | 0.67x | 0.59x | |
| Interest cover | — | -1.65x | -1.01x |
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
- Shaw Gibbs (Audit) Limited
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The directors' use of the going concern basis of accounting is appropriate; no material uncertainties have been identified that may cast significant doubt on the group's and parent company's ability to continue as a going concern for at least twelve months from when the financial statements are authorised for issue.”
Group structure
- WELLINGTON ESTATES HOLDINGS LIMITED · parent
- Wellesley Prep School Limited 100%
- Wellington Education Property Limited 100%
- Wellington Estates Education Limited 100%
- Daneshill School Limited 100%
- Wellington Education Property 2 Limited 100%
Significant events
- “The group had a successful trading year, with turnover marginally increasing to £4,374,041 (2023: £4,364,398) and EBITDA rising to £475,612 (2023: £258,296). Pupil numbers are strong, but VAT on private school fees may impact 2025-26. Future plans include IT improvements and a new Drama studio.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
2 active · 1 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| WELLESLEY, Arthur Gerald, Earl Of Mornington | Director | 2018-05-24 | Jan 1978 | British |
| WILLIAMS, Helen Marie | Director | 2018-05-24 | Oct 1980 | British |
Show 1 resigned officer
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| SPEED, Andrew Prescott | Director | 2018-05-24 | 2022-11-30 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alexander Theophilus Rycroft | Individual | Shares 75–100%, ownership-of-shares-75-to-100-percent-as-trust, Voting 75–100%, voting-rights-75-to-100-percent-as-trust, Appoints directors, right-to-appoint-and-remove-directors-as-trust | 2018-05-24 | Active |
| Peter John Charles Troughton | Individual | Shares 75–100%, ownership-of-shares-75-to-100-percent-as-trust, Voting 75–100%, voting-rights-75-to-100-percent-as-trust, Appoints directors, right-to-appoint-and-remove-directors-as-trust | 2018-05-24 | Active |
| The Rt Hon Lord Of North Hill William Arthur Waldegrave | Individual | Shares 75–100%, ownership-of-shares-75-to-100-percent-as-trust, Voting 75–100%, voting-rights-75-to-100-percent-as-trust, Appoints directors, right-to-appoint-and-remove-directors-as-trust | 2018-05-24 | Active |
| Duchess Of Wellington Antonia Brigid Luise Wellesley | Individual | Shares 75–100%, ownership-of-shares-75-to-100-percent-as-trust, Voting 75–100%, voting-rights-75-to-100-percent-as-trust, Appoints directors, right-to-appoint-and-remove-directors-as-trust | 2018-05-24 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 17 of 17 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-07-04 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2025-06-07 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-08-29 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2024-06-04 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-06-07 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2023-05-30 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-12-09 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2022-05-24 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-05-19 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2021-09-05 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2021-06-01 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2020-09-01 | AUD | auditors | Auditors resignation company | |
| 2020-05-26 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2019-12-31 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2019-05-28 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2018-08-30 | AA01 | accounts | Change account reference date company current extended | |
| 2018-05-24 | NEWINC | incorporation | Incorporation company |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 2
- 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.