WOODALL-NICHOLSON LTD
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Next accounts due
2026-08-31 (in 3mo)
Last filed for 2024-11-30
Confirmation statement due
2026-07-31 (in 2mo)
Last made up 2025-07-17
Watchouts
Cash
£2M
Latest balance sheet
Net assets
£7M
Equity attributable
Employees
412
Average over period
Profit before tax
£5M
Period ending 2024-11-30
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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Outstanding charges registered
One or more mortgages or charges remain undischarged on the Companies House register.
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2024-11-30
| Metric | Trend | 2023-07-17 | 2024-11-30 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | — | £64,386,474 | |
| Operating profit | — | £4,632,274 | |
| Profit before tax | — | £4,594,363 | |
| Net profit | — | £7,467,536 | |
| Cash | — | £2,247,783 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | — | £7,759,315 | |
| Net assets | — | £7,468,536 | |
| Equity | — | £7,468,536 | |
| Average employees | — | 412 | |
| Wages | — | £13,760,911 | |
| Directors' remuneration | — | £372,832 |
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 2024-11-30 vs 2023-07-17
Ratios
Computed from the line items above — sparklines read oldest → newest
| Ratio | Trend | 2023-07-17 | 2024-11-30 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | — | 7.2% | |
| Net margin | — | 11.6% | |
| Return on capital employed | — | 59.7% | |
| Current ratio | — | 1.18x | |
| Interest cover | — | 122.19x |
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%
- Promoch Engineering Ltd 100%
- Coleman Milne Limited 100%
- Mellor Coachcraft Limited 100%
Significant events
- “Woodall-Nicholson Ltd (previously Dumarey Motors Ltd) acquired a number of entities as part of the successful acquisition of the businesses and assets from WN VTech Holdings Limited and its subsidiaries, who were trading in administration under the instruction of Teneo Financial Advisory.”
- “The Group made a strategic decision to discontinue production of the Sigma Electric Bus range.”
- “£1.2m has been invested in a new range of funeral vehicles built on the new Mercedes E214 chassis to service the funeral care market.”
- “The Group launched the new Hearse and Limousine through Castilian 1 Ltd (trading as Coleman Milne) in November.”
- “The Group wrote off £4.1m in acquired assets, stock and finished goods from the Mellor Bus Ltd business.”
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 10 of 10 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2023-12-21 CERTNM Certificate change of name company PDF
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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
- 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.