W.G.M (ENGINEERING)LIMITED
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Cash
£3.3M
+56.7% vs 2024
Net assets
£6.8M
+34.1% vs 2024
Employees
505
+14.8% highest in 4 filed years
Profit before tax
£4.5M
+69.2% highest in 4 filed years
Net assets
4-year trend · vs Industrials median
Accounts
4-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2025-04-06
| Metric | Trend | 2021-03-31 | 2023-03-31 | 2024-03-31 | 2025-04-06 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £38,094,709 | £44,109,460 | £52,693,122 | £71,431,345 | +35.6% | |
| Operating profit | £259,284 | — | £2,679,398 | £4,676,327 | +74.5% | |
| Profit before tax | £257,569 | £1,442,787 | £2,654,873 | £4,491,925 | +69.2% | |
| Net profit | £198,910 | £1,312,931 | £2,040,438 | £3,118,204 | +52.8% | |
| Cash | £6,882,170 | £1,952,807 | £2,100,272 | £3,290,620 | +56.7% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £7,219,314 | £8,844,203 | £7,156,637 | £11,363,840 | +58.8% | |
| Net assets | £5,094,319 | £8,503,004 | £5,043,442 | £6,762,646 | +34.1% | |
| Equity | £5,094,319 | £8,503,004 | £5,043,442 | £6,762,646 | +34.1% | |
| Average employees | 280 | 376 | 440 | 505 | +14.8% | |
| Wages | £12,919,044 | £16,163,964 | £19,747,734 | £23,035,862 | +16.7% | |
| Directors' remuneration | £269,832 | £240,465 | £180,646 | £206,768 | +14.5% |
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 | 2021-03-31 | 2023-03-31 | 2024-03-31 | 2025-04-06 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 0.7% | — | 5.1% | 6.5% | |
| Net margin | 0.5% | 3.0% | 3.9% | 4.4% | |
| Return on capital employed | 3.6% | — | 37.4% | 41.2% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | — | — | 76.7% | 77.6% | |
| Current ratio | — | — | 1.09x | 1.10x | |
| Interest cover | 21.36x | — | — | 25.36x |
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.
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- BDO LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The Directors believe that the Group will continue to manage its business risks successfully despite uncertain economic conditions in some business sectors and countries. After making enquiries, the Directors have a reasonable expectation that the Company and the Group have adequate resources to continue to operate for the foreseeable future, being a period of at least twelve months after the date on which the report and financial statements are signed. Accordingly, they have continued to adopt a going concern basis in the preparation of the annual report and financial statements.”
Significant events
- “During the period, we opened our new off-site engineering facility, expanding our capability in modern construction methods.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
7 active · 4 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| EVANS, Sally Ann | Secretary | 2022-10-01 | — | — |
| AITKEN, David Scott Macdonald | Director | 2022-10-01 | Nov 1966 | British |
| HERLIHY, Francis | Director | 2025-04-01 | Jan 1966 | British |
| MATHIESON, Ian Walter | Director | 1994-12-12 | Jun 1968 | British |
| ROWE, Thomas James Wharton | Director | 2022-10-01 | Dec 1967 | British |
| RYDER, Alasdair Alan | Director | 2022-10-01 | Sep 1961 | British |
| YOUNG, Gary Donald | Director | 2022-10-01 | Sep 1961 | British |
Show 4 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| MATHIESON, Martha | Secretary | — | 2022-10-01 |
| DRAPER, Abigail Sarah | Director | 2022-10-01 | 2025-03-31 |
| MATHIESON, Martha | Director | — | 2022-10-01 |
| MATHIESON, Walter Gerrard | Director | — | 1994-12-11 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ares Management Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100% | 2023-03-31 | Active |
| Rsk Environment Limited | Corporate entity | Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2022-10-01 | Active |
| Mrs Martha Mathieson | Individual | Shares 25–50%, Voting 25–50% | 2022-06-23 | Ceased 2022-06-23 |
| Mr Ian Walter Mathieson | Individual | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2022-10-01 |
| Mrs Martha Mathieson | Individual | Shares 25–50%, Voting 25–50%, Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2022-06-23 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 151 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2023-07-17 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
- 2023-04-14 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
- 2023-04-14 MA Memorandum articles
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-11-04 | AAMD | accounts | Accounts amended with accounts type full | |
| 2025-10-28 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-09-25 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-04-03 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-04-02 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-04-01 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-11-04 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2024-09-16 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2024-09-16 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2024-09-12 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-02-29 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2023-12-15 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-08-31 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2023-08-23 | PSC02 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2023-08-23 | PSC05 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2023-07-17 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2023-04-14 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2023-04-14 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles | |
| 2023-04-12 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2023-04-03 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date |
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.