WOODALL-NICHOLSON LTD
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Cash
£3.8M
Latest balance sheet
Net assets
£13M
Equity attributable
Employees
375
Average over period
Profit before tax
£7M
Period ending 2025-11-30
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
2-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2025-11-30
| Metric | Trend | 2024-11-30 | 2025-11-30 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £64,386,474 | £82,567,052 | — | |
| Operating profit | £4,632,274 | £7,114,637 | — | |
| Profit before tax | £4,594,363 | £6,981,390 | — | |
| Net profit | £7,467,536 | £5,317,906 | — | |
| Cash | £2,247,783 | £3,847,044 | — | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £7,759,315 | £13,413,357 | — | |
| Net assets | £7,468,536 | £12,786,442 | — | |
| Equity | £7,468,536 | £12,786,442 | — | |
| Average employees | 412 | 375 | — | |
| Wages | £13,760,911 | £13,696,032 | — | |
| Directors' remuneration | £372,832 | £494,334 | — |
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 —. Year-on-year comparison hidden: this filing covers about 12 months versus 17 months prior. About these numbers
Ratios
Computed from the line items above — sparklines read oldest → newest
| Ratio | Trend | 2024-11-30 | 2025-11-30 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 7.2% | 8.6% | |
| Net margin | 11.6% | 6.4% | |
| Return on capital employed | 59.7% | 53.0% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 72.8% | 58.0% | |
| Current ratio | 1.18x | 1.48x | |
| Interest cover | — | 53.39x |
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
- WOODALL-NICHOLSON LTD 2023-12-21 → present
- DUMAREY MOTORS LTD 2023-07-18 → 2023-12-21
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Consolidated group
- Auditor
- MHA
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“In auditing the financial statements, we have concluded that the directors' use of the going concern basis of accounting in the preparation of the financial statements is appropriate. Based on the work we have performed, we have not identified any material uncertainties relating to events or conditions that, individually or collectively, may cast significant doubt on the group's and parent company's ability to continue as a going concern for a period of at least twelve months from when the financial statements are authorised for issue.”
Group structure
- WOODALL-NICHOLSON LTD · parent
- Castilian 1 Ltd 100%
- Mellor Bus Ltd 100%
- Treka Bus Limited 100%
- Promech Engineering Ltd 100%
- Coleman Milne Limited 100%
- Mellor Coachcraft Limited 100%
Significant events
- “The year to November 2025 has continued to be transformational for the group, with the introduction of new and revamped existing products, and £1.0m invested in new product development including CitySprint, Strata, and Maxima vehicles. New accounts and facilities opened with HSBC in November 2025 to support future growth.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
2 active · 0 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DE KEYSER, Pascal | Director | 2023-12-06 | Jun 1973 | Belgian |
| DUMAREY, Guido Lieven Peter | Director | 2023-07-18 | Sep 1959 | Belgian |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mr Guido Lieven Peter Dumarey | Individual | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100% | 2023-07-18 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 11 of 11 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2023-12-21 CERTNM Certificate change of name company PDF
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-05-22 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2025-10-27 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2025-09-10 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-04-07 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2024-09-25 | AA01 | accounts | Change account reference date company current extended | |
| 2024-09-18 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-01-05 | PSC04 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2023-12-21 | CERTNM | change-of-name | Certificate change of name company | |
| 2023-12-20 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2023-12-20 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-07-18 | NEWINC | incorporation | Incorporation company |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 3
- 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.