WEST MIDLAND MERCHANTS LIMITED

5-6 LONG LANE, ROWLEY REGIS, B65 0JA

Company Number: 00669227
Incorporation date: 02-Sep-1960
Status: Active
Entity type: Private Limited Company

SIC codes:
46480 Wholesale of watches and jewellery





SUMMARY

This company is 63.6 years old and is currently active. It is controlled by multiple entities. The company has positive equity (net assets) of GBP 1.5 million which has increased from GBP 1.3 million in the previous year. The latest reported revenue figure is GBP 16.4 million which is up 30% on previous year's figure of GBP 12.6 million. The company has 5 active officers (directors or partners) who are or were officers of 16 other companies, 2 (12.5%) of which have since been dissolved or are proposed for strike off. The company has no public disputes filed on the Business Disputes Register. There are no court cases involving the company that we are aware of.


FINANCIALS (BETA)

Next accounts due: 31-Mar-2024
Accounts Filed: FULL (31-Mar-2022)


P&L Financials:
Year end Currency Revenue Operating profit Interest Received Interest Paid Tax Net Profit GBP
31-Mar-2022 GBP 16,380,741 288,767 26 55,048 233,745
31-Mar-2021 GBP 12,556,694 35,603 207 35,810
31-Mar-2020 GBP 9,811,043 5,742 11,063 7 1,591 18,389
01-Nov-2017 GBP 38,259,680 79,757 10,528 66,695 16,576 7,014
31-Oct-2017 GBP 33,237,148 306,579 42,469 51,856 212,254


Balance Sheet Financials:
Year end Currency Cash Current Assets Current Liabilities Debt Share Capital Premium Reserve Retained Earnings Net Assets
31-Mar-2022 GBP 343,265 11,489,177 9,998,687 25,000 16,384 1,445,943 1,490,490
31-Mar-2021 GBP 1,222,186 11,077,500 9,821,689 25,000 16,384 1,212,198 1,256,745
31-Mar-2020 GBP 617,964 14,672,860 13,452,859 25,000 16,384 1,176,388 1,220,935
01-Nov-2017 GBP 7,250,441 23,270,038 22,068,426 25,000 16,384 1,157,999 1,202,546
31-Oct-2017 GBP 16,947,382 15,702,034 25,000 16,384 1,150,985 1,195,532

VALUATION EVENTS (BETA)

Year end Currency % Equity Sum raised Pre-Money Valuation* Post-Money Valuation* Enterprise Value**
Insufficient available data for calculating valuations.

DISPUTES

No disputes filed on www.disputesregister.org

COMPANY SECRETARY


Status Name Appointed on Resigned on Occupation Nationality All apointments
(active/resigned)
Active Robert Alan WYLIE 06 Jul 2011 29 Mar 2024 1 - 0
Resigned Andrew Scott Douglas HIGGS 01 Aug 2005 06 Jul 2011 9 - 3
Resigned Pamela Jane HIGGS 31 Jul 2005 11 - 5

DIRECTORS


Status Name Appointed on Resigned on Occupation Nationality All appointments
(active/resigned)
Dissolved companies
(rate)
Active Robert WYLIE 05 Aug 2014 Finance Director British 6 - 01 (16.7%)
Active Pamela Jane HIGGS 06 Jul 2011 Director British 11 - 51 (6.3%)
Active Philip James HIGGS 06 Jul 2011 Director British 9 - 12 (20.0%)
Active Andrew Scott Douglas HIGGS 17 Nov 2006 Chartered Accounant British 9 - 32 (16.7%)
Resigned Peter John VANDOME 01 Sep 1994 31 May 2007 Jeweller British 1 - 30 (0.0%)
Resigned Pamela Jane HIGGS 07 Jul 2011 Director British 11 - 51 (6.3%)
Active Alan Hugh HIGGS Chartered Accountant British 14 - 53 (15.8%)
Number of active directors: 5
Average tenure of active directors: 10.5 years
Average tenure of resigned directors: 6.4 years
Average active director Dissolution Rate: 15.1%

DIRECTOR APPOINTMENTS IN OTHER COMPANIES

Name
 
T.H.BAKER & CO.(ESTABLISHED 1888)LIMITED (00506598) - Active
WEST MIDLAND MERCHANTS LIMITED (00669227) - Active
THE COMPANY OF MASTER JEWELLERS LIMITED (01488011) - Active
CREEDPOINT LIMITED (02300447) - Active
GREEN + BENZ LTD (02647036) - Liquidation
HEATHFIELD EDUCATIONAL TRUST (04595454) - Active
T. H. BAKER GROUP LIMITED (06217948) - Active
T. H. BAKER & CO. LIMITED (06976293) - Liquidation
T. H. BAKER GOLDSMITHS LIMITED (07133680) - Active
T.H. BAKER (MANAGEMENT SERVICES) LIMITED (07177589) - Active
KHEPER LIMITED (08139421) - Active
T. H. BAKER LIMITED (08215056) - Active
CREEDPOINT (PORTUGAL) LIMITED (08357240) - Active
HELBOYS TWO LIMITED (08650977) - Liquidation
T H BAKER HOLDINGS LIMITED (09445711) - Active
LOW LEAM INVESTMENT COMPANY LIMITED (11718946) - Active
T H BAKER GLOBAL INCORPORATED LTD (11719694) - Active

SHAREHOLDERS (BETA)

Shareholder name Share class Shares at confirmation date
2015-07-312014-07-312013-07-312012-07-312011-07-19
T H BAKER GROUP LTDORDINARY A25,000
100%
25,000
100%
25,000
100%
25,000
100%
25,000
100%

SHAREHOLDINGS (BETA)

no shareholding data

CONTROLLED COMPANIES / CONTROLLING ENTITIES



Controlling entities above

WEST MIDLAND MERCHANTS LIMITED

no controlled companies

LATE PAYMENTS REPORT


This company has not filed any late payment reports possibly because it is not considered \'Large\'.

COURT CASES


No Court Cases found

PATENTS


No Patents found

COMPETITORS

(Based on Sic code: 46480 Wholesale of watches and jewellery)

Company Registered Address Company Number YE Date Revenue GBP Net Profit GBP Other SIC codes
THE SWATCH GROUP (UK) LIMITED BUILDING 1000, THE ROYALS BUSINESS PARK, LONDON, E16 2QU 00177501 2017-12-31 84,967,000 2,539,000 47750-Retail sale of cosmetic and toilet articles in specialised stores
47770-Retail sale of watches and jewellery in specialised stores
ANDEA (THE SOUTH AMERICAN SHOP) LIMITED UNIT 7, THORPE CLOSE, LONDON, ENGLAND, W10 5XL 01344398 2018-06-30 629,821 0
JOS VON ARX (UK) LIMITED 4 STRATFIELD COURT, GREAT HOLM, MILTON KEYNES, BUCKINGHAMSHIRE, MK8 9EU 05136328 2017-12-31 452,311 0
RESULTCO LIMITED 79 ALBERT AVENUE, PRESTWICH, MANCHESTER, ENGLAND, M25 0LU 10668627 2019-03-31 202,306 0
ON A STRING LIMITED 19 RISBOROUGH STREET, RISBOROUGH STREET, LONDON, SE1 0HG 05398713 2017-03-31 100,610 0
MARJO LTD 6TH & 7TH FLOOR, 120 BARK STREET, BOLTON, BL1 2AX 09816008 2017-12-31 52,697 0 47910-Retail sale via mail order houses or via Internet
OMSIC LIMITED OFFICE 32, 19-21 CRAWFORD STREET, LONDON, UNITED KINGDOM, W1H 1PJ 09526113 2018-04-30 48,902 0
TRAVELS AFAR LIMITED KENO HILL, ISLE OF SEIL, ARGYLL, PA34 4TN SC254640 2018-07-31 47,909 0
GOLDCREST (UK) LIMITED 7 CYPRESS AVENUE, WELWYN GARDEN CITY, HERTFORDSHIRE, AL7 1HN 03025697 2018-04-30 46,524 0
CITRUS LONDON LIMITED 13 BERESFORD ROAD, KINGSTON UPON THAMES, SURREY, KT2 6LP 03828845 2017-09-30 40,194 0
CALLABA LTD 71-75 SHELTON STREET, COVENT GARDEN, LONDON, WC2H 9JQ 06422191 2018-11-30 33,985 0
AL MADINA JEWELLERY LIMITED 69 FORD END ROAD, BEDFORD, UNITED KINGDOM, MK40 4JG 09800344 2017-09-30 31,586 0
PEARL ESSENCE LIMITED 79 MOUNT PLEASANT LANE, BRICKET WOOD, ST ALBANS, HERTS, AL2 3UY 05711650 2018-02-28 20,972 0
JUSTICE JEWELLERS LIMITED 7 WHARF MILL, WHARF HILL, WINCHESTER, ENGLAND, SO23 9NJ 08337500 2017-12-31 20,757 0
SSB DESA LTD 4385, 09637639: COMPANIES HOUSE DEFAULT ADDRESS, CARDIFF, CF14 8LH 09637639 2017-05-31 16,620 0
MOBIUS JEWELLERY LTD 22 CYPRESS COURT, GREAT DUNMOW, ESSEX, CM6 1ZA 07763659 2018-09-30 12,638 0
GLOBAL ONLINE LIMITED 8 ADEL PARK COURT, LEEDS, WEST YORKSHIRE, UNITED KINGDOM, LS16 8HS 10291050 2018-07-31 5,514 0 47770-Retail sale of watches and jewellery in specialised stores
47820-Retail sale via stalls and markets of textiles, clothing and footwear
47910-Retail sale via mail order houses or via Internet
HAPPY TIMING LIMITED FLAT 5, 17 PRENTIS ROAD, LONDON, SW16 1QB 08966091 2018-03-31 1,561 0
VOW JEWELS LTD 71-75 SHELTON STREET, COVENT GARDEN, LONDON, UNITED KINGDOM, WC2H 9JQ 10751395 2019-05-31 135 0 47770-Retail sale of watches and jewellery in specialised stores
47910-Retail sale via mail order houses or via Internet
MAHMON LTD 44 44 EASTERLY PARK, BRAUNTON, DEVON, ENGLAND, EX33 2FH 04107671 2019-01-20 60 0
BEE UK LIMITED 20 LAVENHAM ROAD, LONDON, LONDON, SW18 5HA 05396105 2018-03-31 0 0
IZI DESIGN LIMITED 1 BEDFORD MEWS, LONDON, ENGLAND, N2 9DF 06354318 2018-03-31 0 0

LIQUIDATION RISK (BETA)



This company is Active. Statistically, Active companies have a low probability of being liquidated within a year.
Here are our probability predictions:
Basis Liquidation within 3 months Liquidation within 6 months Liquidation within 12 months Prediction confidence
WEST MIDLAND MERCHANTS LIMITED 0.7% 3.6% 7.1% Medium
Other companies Active in the same sector 0.8% 6.5% 11.1% Medium
Age 0.4% 1.4% 2.7% Medium
Company Type 0.7% 3.7% 7.4% Medium
Accounts category 0.7% 2.2% 3.8% Medium
Accounting Month 0.5% 1.8% 3.9% Medium
Sic code count 0.7% 3.5% 7.0% Medium
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