W.E.BLACK LIMITED Financials
- Company number
- 00425267CopyCopy
- Registered office
- Hawridge Place Hawridge Common, Hawridge, Chesham, Buckinghamshire HP5 2ZD
- Incorporated
- 07/12/1946
Company snapshot
- Status
- Active
- Employees
- 18 (2024)
- Latest financial data
- 2024
- Accounts type
- Group
Financial highlights
Latest reported figures. Okredo holds filed data for 2021–2024.
Net Assets
3.99%vs 20232023: £242.67M
Total Assets
4.00%vs 20232023: £250.90M
Cash in Bank
-18.37%vs 20232023: £38.32M
Total Liabilities
4.77%vs 20232023: £8.19M
Employees
-2vs 20232023: 20
In 2024, W.E.BLACK LIMITED reported net assets of £252.35M. The same filing shows total assets of £260.94M, cash in bank of £31.28M and total liabilities of £8.58M. Reported headcount was 18 in 2024. Total Assets rose from £250.90M in 2023 to £260.94M in 2024 (4.00%). Okredo holds filed figures for 2021–2024; the table below lists every reported indicator by year. See every reported indicator by year.
Financial performance
Pick a measure to see how it has moved across the reported years, with the year-on-year change beneath it.
Net Assets
3.99%from £242.67M in 2023Year-on-year change
Net Assets as filed for 2021–2024. Every figure in this chart is also in the financial history table.
3-year financial trend (2022–2024)
How the figures W.E.BLACK LIMITED filed moved across the three reported years 2022, 2023 and 2024 — measured end to end rather than year on year.
Net Assets
+3.6%vs 2022+1.8% a year compound (CAGR)
Cash in Bank
-69.8%vs 2022-45% a year compound (CAGR)
Total Assets
+4.9%vs 2022+2.4% a year compound (CAGR)
Total Liabilities
+62.7%vs 2022+27.5% a year compound (CAGR)
Employees
+5.9%vs 2022+1Biggest increase
Total Liabilities+62.7%
£5.27M in 2022 to £8.58M in 2024
Biggest decrease
Cash in Bank-69.8%
£103.46M in 2022 to £31.28M in 2024
W.E.BLACK LIMITED's filings pull in both directions between 2022 and 2024. The steepest rise came in total liabilities, pointing to heavier outstanding obligations, set against a fall in cash in bank, pointing to a tighter cash position. See the full year-by-year figures.
Ratios from the filed figures
Calculated from W.E.BLACK LIMITED's own reported amounts, each shown against the year it was derived from — nothing here is estimated or industry-averaged.
- Net assets to total assets
- 96.70%2024
- Reported net assets divided by reported total assets, for the latest year both were filed. Shows how much of the asset base is not financed by liabilities.
- Liabilities to total assets
- 3.29%2024
- Total liabilities divided by reported total assets, for the latest year both were available. Shows how much of the asset base is funded by obligations.
- Cash to liabilities
- 364.54%2024
- Reported cash in bank divided by total liabilities for the same year. Shows what share of outstanding obligations the reported cash balance would cover.
- Cash to total assets
- 11.99%2024
- Reported cash in bank divided by reported total assets, for the latest year both were filed.
Financial history
Every indicator Okredo tracks, year by year.
Reported financial indicators for W.E.BLACK LIMITED by year. Amounts are as filed; a dash means the figure was not reported for that year.
| Indicator | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Net Assets£ | 241.35M | 243.53M | 242.67M | 252.35M |
| Total Assets£ | 243.99M | 248.85M | 250.90M | 260.94M |
| Cash in Bank£ | 105.61M | 103.46M | 38.32M | 31.28M |
| Total Liabilities£ | 2.58M | 5.27M | 8.19M | 8.58M |
| Employees | 18 | 17 | 20 | 18 |
W.E.BLACK LIMITED financials: frequently asked questions
Answered from this company's own filed figures.
Yes. Okredo holds filed figures for W.E.BLACK LIMITED covering 2021–2024, across 5 reported indicators. The most recent reported year is 2024.
W.E.BLACK LIMITED reported net assets of £252.35M for 2024. That compares with £242.67M in 2023, a change of 3.99%.
W.E.BLACK LIMITED reported total assets of £260.94M for 2024. That compares with £250.90M in 2023, a change of 4.00%.
W.E.BLACK LIMITED reported cash in bank of £31.28M for 2024. That compares with £38.32M in 2023, a change of -18.37%.
W.E.BLACK LIMITED reported 18 employees in 2024, compared with 20 in 2023.
Between 2022 and 2024, W.E.BLACK LIMITED's net assets rose by 3.6%, cash in bank fell by 69.8%, total assets rose by 4.9% and total liabilities rose by 62.7%. Net assets compounded at 1.8% a year across the two years to 2024, from £243.53M to £252.35M. Reported headcount went from 17 in 2022 to 18 in 2024 (+1).
Okredo holds reported figures for the years 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024. Where an indicator was not reported for a given year, the financial history table shows a dash rather than a value.