WILSONS AUCTIONS LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-12-31 (in 7mo)
Last filed for 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-10-04 (in 5mo)
Last made up 2025-09-20
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£4M
-21.1% vs 2024
Net assets
£49M
+11.4% vs 2024
Employees
263
-1.5% vs 2024
Profit before tax
£6M
-19.4% vs 2024
Net assets
7-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
7-year trend · latest reflected 2025-03-31
| Metric | Trend | 2019-03-31 | 2020-03-31 | 2021-03-31 | 2022-03-31 | 2023-03-31 | 2024-03-31 | 2025-03-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | — | — | — | — | — | £40,113,836 | £42,415,615 | |
| Operating profit | — | — | — | — | — | £7,656,364 | £6,192,137 | |
| Profit before tax | — | — | — | — | — | £7,558,398 | £6,091,222 | |
| Net profit | — | — | — | — | — | £5,672,037 | £4,390,623 | |
| Cash | -£1,420,802 | -£4,883,372 | -£4,776,025 | -£228,142 | £2,830,422 | £5,548,390 | £4,377,901 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | — | — | — | — | — | £46,042,889 | £55,812,310 | |
| Net assets | — | — | — | — | — | £44,008,934 | £49,040,793 | |
| Equity | — | — | — | — | — | £44,008,934 | £49,040,793 | |
| Average employees | — | — | — | — | — | 267 | 263 | |
| Wages | — | — | — | — | — | £9,889,942 | £10,937,328 | |
| Directors' remuneration | — | — | — | — | — | £2,478,965 | £2,755,195 |
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 2025-03-31 vs 2024-03-31
-
Turnover
+5.7%
£40,113,836 £42,415,615
-
Cash
-21.1%
£5,548,390 £4,377,901
-
Net assets
+11.4%
£44,008,934 £49,040,793
-
Employees
-1.5%
267 263
-
Operating profit
-19.1%
£7,656,364 £6,192,137
-
Profit before tax
-19.4%
£7,558,398 £6,091,222
-
Wages
+10.6%
£9,889,942 £10,937,328
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 | 2019-03-31 | 2020-03-31 | 2021-03-31 | 2022-03-31 | 2023-03-31 | 2024-03-31 | 2025-03-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | — | — | — | — | — | 19.1% | 14.6% | |
| Net margin | — | — | — | — | — | 14.1% | 10.4% | |
| Return on capital employed | — | — | — | — | — | 16.6% | 11.1% | |
| Current ratio | — | — | — | — | — | 1.17x | 1.04x | |
| Interest cover | — | — | — | — | — | 78.06x | 23.27x |
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
- WILSONS AUCTIONS LIMITED 2021-10-06 → present
- WILSON'S AUCTIONS LIMITED 1977-04-13 → 2021-10-06
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Consolidated group
- Auditor
- GMCG LISBURN
- 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.”
Group structure
- WILSONS AUCTIONS LIMITED · parent
- Wilsons Auctions (Maidstone) Limited 100%
- Wilsons Auctions (Portadown) Limited 100%
- Wilsons Auctions (Telford) Ltd 100%
- Wilsons Auctions Newport Limited 100%
- Wilsons Auctions Spain S.L. 100%
- Wilsons Auctions Oxford Capital Limited 100%
- Wilsons Auctions Oxford Limited 100%
Significant events
- “Wilsons Auctions continued its redevelopment of its flagship site at Shotton Point in North Wales. This nationally significant site will open for business in 2026 providing a first class auction facility with the local community encouraged to enjoy the landscaped gardens.”
- “Wilsons Auctions has also replaced and enhanced its car transporter fleet during the year.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
9 active · 4 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| WILSON, Ian Caughey | Secretary | 2011-03-30 | — | — |
| CLARKIN, Paul Thomas | Director | 2019-07-01 | Nov 1971 | Irish |
| JOHNSTON, Peter Adam | Director | 1998-12-31 | Aug 1966 | British |
| WALKER, Craig Norman | Director | 2019-07-01 | Dec 1978 | British |
| WILSON, Alison Mathilda | Director | 1977-04-13 | May 1952 | British |
| WILSON, Frederick | Director | 2012-11-28 | Mar 1978 | British |
| WILSON, Gareth | Director | 2012-11-28 | Mar 1979 | British |
| WILSON, Ian Caughey | Director | 2011-03-30 | Mar 1951 | British |
| WILSON, Rebecca | Director | 2012-11-28 | Apr 1983 | British |
Show 4 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| BARTON, Mary Amanda | Secretary | 1977-04-13 | 2011-03-30 |
| LARKIN, Aidan Joseph | Director | 2019-07-01 | 2020-03-31 |
| LYNN, Stafford | Director | 1998-12-31 | 2008-04-04 |
| WILSON, Ian | Director | 1977-04-13 | 2011-03-30 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mr Ian Caughey Wilson | Individual | Shares 75–100% | 2016-09-20 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 135 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2021-10-06 CERTNM Certificate change of name company PDF
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-12-19 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2025-09-26 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-12-02 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2024-09-23 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-11-08 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2023-09-20 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-11-28 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2022-09-20 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-11-04 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2021-10-21 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2021-10-06 | CERTNM | change-of-name | Certificate change of name company | |
| 2021-10-01 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-09-23 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2021-03-15 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2020-09-21 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2020-04-07 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2019-12-20 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2019-09-23 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2019-07-18 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2019-07-04 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date |
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.