W B C F HOLDINGS LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-10-06 (in 5mo)
Last made up 2025-09-22
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£237K
-92.1% vs 2023
Net assets
£24M
+13.3% vs 2023
Employees
1,700
+27% vs 2023
Profit before tax
£4M
+10.4% vs 2023
Net assets
4-year trend · vs Consumer Staples median
Accounts
4-year trend · latest reflected 2024-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2021-12-31 | 2022-12-31 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | — | — | £142,222,777 | £175,405,797 | |
| Operating profit | — | — | £3,722,253 | £4,056,847 | |
| Profit before tax | — | — | £3,193,455 | £3,524,068 | |
| Net profit | — | — | £2,123,364 | £2,919,786 | |
| Cash | £0 | £59,516 | £2,991,438 | £236,954 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | — | — | £32,531,605 | £34,337,555 | |
| Net assets | — | — | £21,390,243 | £24,226,029 | |
| Equity | — | £18,947,827 | £21,390,243 | £24,226,029 | |
| Average employees | — | — | 1,339 | 1,700 | |
| Wages | — | — | £33,726,619 | £46,449,566 | |
| Directors' remuneration | — | — | £8,635 | £11,534 |
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 2024-12-31 vs 2023-12-31
-
Turnover
+23.3%
£142,222,777 £175,405,797
-
Cash
-92.1%
£2,991,438 £236,954
-
Net assets
+13.3%
£21,390,243 £24,226,029
-
Employees
+27%
1,339 1,700
-
Operating profit
+9%
£3,722,253 £4,056,847
-
Profit before tax
+10.4%
£3,193,455 £3,524,068
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Wages
+37.7%
£33,726,619 £46,449,566
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 | 2021-12-31 | 2022-12-31 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | — | — | 2.6% | 2.3% | |
| Net margin | — | — | 1.5% | 1.7% | |
| Return on capital employed | — | — | 11.4% | 11.8% | |
| Current ratio | — | — | 1.89x | 1.50x | |
| Interest cover | — | — | 6.70x | 6.64x |
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 C F HOLDINGS LIMITED 2021-10-05 → present
- FRIARS 924 LIMITED 2021-09-23 → 2021-10-05
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Consolidated group
- Auditor
- Chavereys Audit Limited
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“At the time of approving the financial statements, the director has a reasonable expectation that the group has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future. Thus the director continues to adopt the going concern basis of accounting in preparing the financial statements.”
Group structure
- W B C F HOLDINGS LIMITED · parent
- W B Chambers Farms Limited 100%
- WBC Imports Limited 100%
- W B Friars Limited 100%
- Team Berry Limited 100%
- Team Berry (UK) Limited 100%
Significant events
- “There have been no significant events affecting the group since the year end.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
1 active · 0 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CHAMBERS, Timothy William | Director | 2021-09-23 | Feb 1965 | British |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mr Timothy William Chambers | Individual | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2021-09-23 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 23 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2021-11-18 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
- 2021-11-18 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
- 2021-11-18 MA Memorandum articles
- 2021-11-10 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-12-19 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2025-12-18 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2025-12-17 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2025-10-06 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-09-29 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2024-10-07 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-09-30 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2023-10-25 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-10-02 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2023-04-06 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2022-11-16 | AA01 | accounts | Change account reference date company current extended | |
| 2022-10-20 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2022-10-19 | RP04SH01 | capital | Second filing capital allotment shares | |
| 2021-11-18 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2021-11-18 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2021-11-18 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles | |
| 2021-11-16 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2021-11-12 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2021-11-12 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2021-11-10 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 5
- 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.