W B C F HOLDINGS LIMITED
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Cash
£4.3m
+1,696.2% highest in 3 filed years
Net assets
£29m
+18.1% highest in 3 filed years
Employees
1,684
-0.9% vs 2024
Profit before tax
£6m
+71.4% highest in 3 filed years
Net assets
3-year trend · vs Consumer Staples 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 | £142,222,777 | £175,405,797 | £208,223,243 | +18.7% | |
| Operating profit | £3,722,253 | £4,056,847 | £6,569,287 | +61.9% | |
| Profit before tax | £3,193,455 | £3,524,068 | £6,039,454 | +71.4% | |
| Net profit | £2,123,364 | £2,919,786 | £4,801,342 | +64.4% | |
| Cash | £2,991,438 | £236,954 | £4,256,163 | +1,696.2% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £32,531,605 | £34,337,555 | £40,946,385 | +19.2% | |
| Net assets | £21,390,243 | £24,226,029 | £28,601,865 | +18.1% | |
| Equity | £21,390,243 | £24,226,029 | £28,601,865 | +18.1% | |
| Average employees | 1,339 | 1,700 | 1,684 | -0.9% | |
| Wages | £33,726,619 | £46,449,566 | £50,342,854 | +8.4% | |
| Directors' remuneration | £8,635 | £11,534 | £12,500 | +8.4% |
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 | 2.6% | 2.3% | 3.2% | |
| Net margin | 1.5% | 1.7% | 2.3% | |
| Return on capital employed | 11.4% | 11.8% | 16.0% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 54.8% | 56.6% | 59.9% | |
| Current ratio | 1.89x | 1.50x | 1.32x | |
| Interest cover | 6.70x | 6.64x | 11.58x |
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 and parent company have adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future.”
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%
- Team Growers Limited 100%
- Team Cherry Limited 100%
- W B Chambers Europe, Unipessoal Lda. 100%
- Mira Berries, Lda 75%
- Pinhal Novo Category, Lda. 75%
- Zambujeira Berry's, Lda. 75%
- Rustic Category Lda 75%
Significant events
- “On 30 December 2025 the group acquired 75% of the issued capital of Mira Berries, Lda., Pinhal Novo Category, Lda., Zambujeira Berry's, Lda. and Rustic Category Lda.”
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 24 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
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-09-30 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 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 |
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.