WITHERBY INVESTMENTS LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-05-31 (this month)
Last filed for 2024-05-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-10-21 (in 5mo)
Last made up 2025-10-07
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£3M
+38.2% highest in 5 filed years
Net assets
£7M
-0.7% vs 2023
Employees
60
+17.6% highest in 4 filed years
Profit before tax
-£4K
-103.3% vs 2023
Net assets
5-year trend · vs Industrials median
Accounts
5-year trend · latest reflected 2024-05-31
| Metric | Trend | 2020-05-31 | 2021-05-31 | 2022-05-31 | 2023-05-31 | 2024-05-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | — | — | — | £12,861,327 | £14,558,108 | |
| Operating profit | — | — | — | £104,439 | -£167,375 | |
| Profit before tax | — | — | — | £108,532 | -£3,625 | |
| Net profit | — | £627,145 | £28,683 | £104,146 | -£47,042 | |
| Cash | £19,882 | £11,979 | £17,199 | £2,329,016 | £3,217,936 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | — | — | — | £7,184,209 | £7,124,893 | |
| Net assets | — | £2,085,100 | £2,018,783 | £6,975,991 | £6,928,949 | |
| Equity | — | — | £2,018,783 | £6,975,991 | £6,928,949 | |
| Average employees | — | 5 | 5 | 51 | 60 | |
| Wages | — | £30,827 | £48,786 | £3,622,607 | £5,362,598 | |
| Directors' remuneration | — | — | — | £2,266,721 | £3,967,566 |
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 2024-05-31 vs 2023-05-31
-
Turnover
+13.2%
£12,861,327 £14,558,108
-
Cash
+38.2%
£2,329,016 £3,217,936
highest in 5 filed years
-
Net assets
-0.7%
£6,975,991 £6,928,949
-
Employees
+17.6%
51 60
highest in 4 filed years
-
Operating profit
-260.3%
£104,439 -£167,375
-
Profit before tax
-103.3%
£108,532 -£3,625
-
Wages
+48%
£3,622,607 £5,362,598
highest in 4 filed years
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 | 2020-05-31 | 2021-05-31 | 2022-05-31 | 2023-05-31 | 2024-05-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | — | — | — | 0.8% | -1.1% | |
| Net margin | — | — | — | 0.8% | -0.3% | |
| Return on capital employed | — | — | — | 1.5% | -2.3% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | — | — | — | 18.8% | 16.4% | |
| Current ratio | — | — | — | 3.61x | 4.66x | |
| Interest cover | — | — | — | 1657.76x | — |
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
- WITHERBY INVESTMENTS LIMITED 2012-02-08 → present
- LISTER SQUARE (NO. 67) LIMITED 2011-10-31 → 2012-02-08
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Consolidated group
- Auditor
- Azets Audit Services
- 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
- WITHERBY INVESTMENTS LIMITED · parent
- Witherby Publishing Group Limited 100%
- Witherby Estate Management Limited 100%
- Seamanship International Limited 100%
- Witherby Digital Limited 100%
- Witherbys Publishing Limited 100%
Significant events
- “There have been no significant events affecting the Group since the year end.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
9 active · 10 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| MFMAC SECRETARIES LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 2011-10-31 | — | — |
| BALSTON, David Charles William | Director | 2020-12-01 | Oct 1955 | British |
| HEATHCOTE, Katrina | Director | 2012-06-28 | Feb 1962 | British |
| MACHTELINCKX, Johan Fernand Dominique | Director | 2019-12-19 | May 1965 | Belgian |
| MACNEIL, Iain Gerard | Director | 2012-06-28 | Apr 1971 | British |
| MACROSSON, Gillian | Director | 2025-06-19 | May 1971 | British |
| REID, John Charles | Director | 2026-04-01 | May 1959 | British |
| TAIT, Donna Louise | Director | 2024-01-01 | Nov 1975 | British |
| WEIR, Derek Robert | Director | 2025-06-19 | Aug 1974 | British |
Show 10 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| COLLINS, Andrew Seymour | Director | 2012-06-28 | 2023-12-15 |
| FLYNN, Austin | Director | 2011-10-31 | 2012-06-28 |
| HENEY, James Stewart Mcvicker | Director | 2017-12-20 | 2019-11-12 |
| LYNCH, Dominic Gerard | Director | 2022-01-01 | 2023-12-31 |
| MACHTELINCKX, Johan Fernand Dominique | Director | 2012-06-28 | 2017-12-20 |
| SEALEY, Barry Edward | Director | 2013-04-24 | 2014-12-17 |
| TAIT, Donna Louise | Director | 2015-01-15 | 2017-12-20 |
| YOUNG, Eric Macfie | Director | 2022-06-23 | 2023-03-09 |
| ARIGNA DEVELOPMENTS LTD | Corporate Director | 2017-12-20 | 2022-01-01 |
| MORTON FRASER DIRECTORS LIMITED | Corporate Director | 2011-10-31 | 2012-06-28 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Iain Macneil | Individual | Shares 50–75%, Voting 50–75% | 2016-10-31 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 80 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-05-08 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-10-07 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-08-21 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2025-07-01 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-07-01 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-02-10 | CH04 | officers | Change corporate secretary company with change date | |
| 2024-12-20 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2024-10-15 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2024-02-16 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2024-02-08 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-02-06 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-02-06 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-10-10 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-03-30 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2022-12-20 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2022-10-19 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-08-26 | PSC04 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2022-07-12 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2022-02-04 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2022-02-04 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 5
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 3
- 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.