W B HANDLING LTD
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Next accounts due
2026-10-31 (in 5mo)
Last filed for 2025-01-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-11-30 (in 6mo)
Last made up 2025-11-16
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£2M
+105.2% highest in 4 filed years
Net assets
£30M
+103.6% highest in 4 filed years
Employees
44
+18.9% highest in 4 filed years
Profit before tax
£20M
+20.7% vs 2024
Net assets
4-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
4-year trend · latest reflected 2025-01-31
| Metric | Trend | 2022-01-31 | 2023-01-31 | 2024-01-31 | 2025-01-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | — | — | £95,874,587 | £128,763,631 | |
| Operating profit | — | — | £16,605,640 | £20,044,196 | |
| Profit before tax | — | — | £16,605,640 | £20,044,196 | |
| Net profit | — | — | £12,454,230 | £15,033,147 | |
| Cash | £79,045 | £221,558 | £1,117,947 | £2,293,812 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £533,204 | £2,062,255 | £14,741,899 | £29,729,514 | |
| Net assets | £533,204 | £2,062,255 | £14,516,485 | £29,549,632 | |
| Equity | £533,204 | £2,062,255 | £14,516,485 | £29,549,632 | |
| Average employees | 5 | 15 | 37 | 44 | |
| Wages | — | — | — | — | |
| 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
FY2024 → FY2025 · period ending 2025-01-31 vs 2024-01-31
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Turnover
+34.3%
£95,874,587 £128,763,631
-
Cash
+105.2%
£1,117,947 £2,293,812
highest in 4 filed years
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Net assets
+103.6%
£14,516,485 £29,549,632
highest in 4 filed years
-
Employees
+18.9%
37 44
highest in 4 filed years
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Operating profit
+20.7%
£16,605,640 £20,044,196
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Profit before tax
+20.7%
£16,605,640 £20,044,196
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 | 2022-01-31 | 2023-01-31 | 2024-01-31 | 2025-01-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | — | — | 17.3% | 15.6% | |
| Net margin | — | — | 13.0% | 11.7% | |
| Return on capital employed | — | — | 112.6% | 67.4% | |
| Current ratio | — | — | 2.77x | 3.47x |
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
- W B HANDLING LTD 2024-08-22 → present
- RED HOUSE DISTRIBUTIONS LIMITED 2021-01-06 → 2024-08-22
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102 §1A
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- Sagars Accountants Ltd
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The accounts have been prepared on a going concern basis. The company is forecast to be cash generative in the next financial year and has sufficient cash flows to meet its liabilities as they fall due for at least one year from the date of approval of the accounts.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
1 active · 1 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| KING, Peter James | Director | 2021-01-06 | May 1955 | British |
Show 1 resigned officer
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| BEALEY, Abigail | Director | 2021-01-06 | 2021-01-06 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Miss Abigail Bealey | Individual | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100% | 2021-01-06 | Ceased 2021-01-06 |
| Mr Peter James King | Individual | Shares 75–100% | 2021-01-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 19 of 19 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2024-08-22 CERTNM Certificate change of name company PDF
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-11-17 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-11-16 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2025-02-10 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2024-09-18 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-08-22 | CERTNM | change-of-name | Certificate change of name company | |
| 2024-03-05 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-02-24 | DISS40 | gazette | Gazette filings brought up to date | |
| 2024-02-21 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type unaudited abridged | |
| 2024-02-13 | DISS16(SOAS) | dissolution | Dissolved compulsory strike off suspended | |
| 2024-01-02 | GAZ1 | gazette | Gazette notice compulsory | |
| 2023-01-19 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-11-27 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type unaudited abridged | |
| 2022-02-18 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-02-04 | PSC01 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2021-02-04 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2021-02-04 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2021-02-04 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2021-02-04 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2021-01-06 | 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.