WILLIAM PURVES (FUNERAL DIRECTORS) HOLDINGS LIMITED
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Cash
£718
+1.3% vs 2024
Net assets
£1.1K
+87.7% vs 2024
Employees
116
+7.4% vs 2024
Profit before tax
£1.3K
+24.3% vs 2024
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
2-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2025-09-30
| Metric | Trend | 2024-09-30 | 2025-09-30 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £15,235 | £16,109 | +5.7% | |
| Operating profit | £1,477 | £1,513 | +2.4% | |
| Profit before tax | £1,073 | £1,334 | +24.3% | |
| Net profit | £885 | £1,082 | +22.3% | |
| Cash | £709 | £718 | +1.3% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £1,085 | £1,406 | +29.6% | |
| Net assets | — | £1,098 | — | |
| Equity | £585 | £1,098 | +87.7% | |
| Average employees | 108 | 116 | +7.4% | |
| Wages | £3,771,297 | £3,895,021 | +3.3% | |
| Directors' remuneration | £97,316 | £482,378 | +395.7% |
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 | 2024-09-30 | 2025-09-30 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 9.7% | 9.4% | |
| Net margin | 5.8% | 6.7% | |
| Return on capital employed | 136.1% | 107.6% | |
| Current ratio | 0.66x | 0.71x | |
| Interest cover | 3.41x | 3.95x |
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
- WILLIAM PURVES (FUNERAL DIRECTORS) HOLDINGS LIMITED 2024-09-30 → present
- PURVES ESTATES HOLDINGS LIMITED 2023-12-18 → 2024-09-30
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.”
Group structure
- WILLIAM PURVES (FUNERAL DIRECTORS) HOLDINGS LIMITED · parent
- William Purves (Funeral Directors) Limited 100%
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| PURVES, Alison Judith | Director | 2024-09-12 | Apr 1974 | British |
| PURVES, John Timothy | Director | 2023-12-18 | Jun 1976 | British |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mrs Alison Judith Purves | Individual | Shares 25–50%, Voting 25–50% | 2024-09-11 | Active |
| Mr John Timothy Purves | Individual | Shares 50–75%, Voting 50–75% | 2023-12-18 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 13 of 13 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2024-09-30 CERTNM Certificate change of name company
- 2024-09-30 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-01-22 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2025-12-18 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-01-30 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2025-01-08 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2024-11-11 | AA01 | accounts | Change account reference date company previous shortened | |
| 2024-10-08 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-10-08 | PSC01 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2024-10-08 | PSC04 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2024-10-08 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2024-09-30 | CERTNM | change-of-name | Certificate change of name company | |
| 2024-09-30 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2024-09-17 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2023-12-18 | NEWINC | incorporation | Incorporation company |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 2
- Capital events
- 1
- 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.