WILLIAM LEE LIMITED

CALLYWHITE LANE, DRONFIELD, DERBYSHIRE, S18 2XU

Company Number: 02575974
Incorporation date: 23-Jan-1991
Status: Active
Entity type: Private Limited Company

SIC codes:
24510 Casting of iron

SUMMARY

This company is 35 years old and is currently active. It is controlled by Castings Plc. The company has positive equity (net assets) of GBP 33.8 million which has increased from GBP 32.1 million in the previous year. The latest reported revenue figure is GBP 54.2 million which is similar to the previous year's figure of GBP 56.2 million. The company has 8 active officers (directors or partners) who are or were officers of 22 other companies, 6 (27.3%) 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-Dec-2026
Accounts Filed: FULL (31-Mar-2025)

P&L Financials:

Year end	Currency	Revenue	Operating profit	Interest Received	Tax	Net Profit GBP
31-Mar-2020	GBP	54,231,018	2,231,789	13,232	523,434	1,721,587
31-Mar-2019	GBP	56,177,277	3,836,765	11,614	722,946	3,125,433
31-Mar-2018	GBP	46,786,202	3,406,825	24,784	617,437	2,814,172
31-Mar-2017	GBP	39,891,314	2,154,489	34,942	355,704	1,833,727
31-Mar-2016	GBP	43,731,196	2,006,771	35,921	328,310	1,714,382
31-Mar-2015	GBP	43,786,548	1,436,340	26,797	309,114	1,154,023
31-Mar-2014	GBP	50,649,063	4,691,357	32,751	822,877	3,901,231
31-Mar-2013	GBP	45,406,605	4,324,482	26,408	1,070,771	3,280,119
31-Mar-2012	GBP	48,963,348	4,706,988	7,021	1,055,486	3,658,523
31-Mar-2011	GBP	44,758,506	5,409,418	5,795	1,369,694	4,045,519
31-Mar-2010	GBP	27,438,571	3,378,543	14,996	1,223,497	2,170,042
31-Mar-2009	GBP	34,799,360	745,218	461,820	210,688
31-Mar-2008	GBP	37,838,945	5,207,600	426,260	1,284,802
31-Mar-2007	GBP	33,596,137	3,310,589	334,969	1,026,537

Balance Sheet Financials:

Year end	Currency	Cash	Current Assets	Current Liabilities	Share Capital	Retained Earnings	Net Assets
31-Mar-2020	GBP	6,333,226			2	29,651,827	33,806,555
31-Mar-2019	GBP	5,173,552	22,999,319		2	27,930,240	32,084,968
31-Mar-2018	GBP	4,959,440	20,174,014		2	27,804,807	31,959,535
31-Mar-2017	GBP	5,631,022			2	27,990,635	32,145,363
31-Mar-2016	GBP	6,931,596	19,701,221	34,311,636	2	30,156,908	34,311,636
31-Mar-2015	GBP	8,100,109	19,568,528	6,779,685	2	31,858,729	36,013,457
31-Mar-2014	GBP	9,177,215	21,940,147	7,642,416	2	32,704,706	36,859,434
31-Mar-2013	GBP	7,588,965	19,420,137	7,314,930	2	30,803,475	34,958,203
31-Mar-2012	GBP	4,693,634	17,071,993	7,820,730	2	29,523,356	33,678,084
31-Mar-2011	GBP	2,941,400	15,513,795	10,279,728	2	25,864,833	30,019,561
31-Mar-2010	GBP	1,483,999	10,647,647	9,056,504	2	21,819,314	25,974,042
31-Mar-2009	GBP	2,628,416	9,281,834	24,388,023	2	19,649,272	23,804,000
31-Mar-2008	GBP	10,311,149	19,628,230	24,382,650	2	20,227,922	24,382,650
31-Mar-2007	GBP	9,087,203	18,529,733	21,533,592	2	17,378,864	21,533,592

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	Steven James MANT	18 Oct 2010	16 Jan 2026			1 - 0
Resigned	John Christopher ROBY	18 Feb 1991	18 Oct 2010		British	0 - 12

DIRECTORS

Status	Name	Appointed on	Resigned on	Occupation	Nationality	All appointments (active/resigned)	Dissolved companies (rate)
Active	Mathew ROPER	01 Sep 2023			British	1 - 0	0 (0.0%)
Resigned	Bruce Alexander LAING	01 Jan 2020	31 Dec 2022	Director	British	0 - 1	0 (0.0%)
Resigned	David Nikolas DOBBS	05 Jun 2018	28 Feb 2021	Company Director	British	0 - 1	0 (0.0%)
Active	Simon John ALEXANDER	21 Apr 2018		Director	British	1 - 13	3 (21.4%)
Active	Adam VICARY	31 Mar 2017		Director	British	6 - 4	4 (40.0%)
Active	Adrian Mark LACEY	01 Mar 2016		Operations Director	British	1 - 0	0 (0.0%)
Active	Shaun CROFTS	01 Oct 2014		Technical Director	British	1 - 0	0 (0.0%)
Active	Christopher Hall HODSON	01 Jun 2014			British	1 - 0	0 (0.0%)
Active	Steven James MANT	18 Oct 2010		Chartered Accountant	British	4 - 0	0 (0.0%)
Active	Tracy MCLOUGHLIN	01 Apr 2010		Finance Director	British	1 - 0	0 (0.0%)
Resigned	Martyn WHELPTON	04 Jan 2005	28 Feb 2015	Foundry Director	British	0 - 1	0 (0.0%)
Resigned	Toni CARANNANTE	01 Apr 1996	30 Sep 2022	Engineering	British	0 - 2	1 (50.0%)
Resigned	Anthony Philip RODDIS	04 Apr 1991	31 May 2014	Salesman	British	0 - 1	0 (0.0%)
Resigned	Michael Roger HUNT	04 Apr 1991	31 Mar 2004	Foundryman	British	0 - 1	0 (0.0%)
Resigned	Randolph James COWARD	04 Apr 1991	07 Apr 2006	Accountant	British	2 - 1	0 (0.0%)
Resigned	Alan BONSALL	04 Apr 1991	01 Apr 2002	Sales Director	British	0 - 1	0 (0.0%)
Resigned	Graham COOPER	04 Apr 1991	30 Sep 2014		British	0 - 2	0 (0.0%)
Resigned	Terry WOODHOUSE	04 Apr 1991	22 Dec 2004	Managing Director	British	0 - 5	0 (0.0%)
Resigned	John Christopher ROBY	18 Feb 1991	18 Oct 2010	Chartered Accountant	British	0 - 12	0 (0.0%)
Resigned	Brian John COOKE	18 Feb 1991	15 Aug 2023		British	2 - 11	0 (0.0%)
Resigned	PINSENT MASONS DIRECTOR LIMITED	23 Jan 1991	18 Feb 1991			Many	N/A
Resigned	PINSENT MASONS DIRECTOR LIMITED	23 Jan 1991	18 Feb 1991			Many	N/A

Number of active directors: 8
Average tenure of active directors: 10.4 years
Average tenure of resigned directors: 13.9 years
Average active director Dissolution Rate: 7.7%

DIRECTOR APPOINTMENTS IN OTHER COMPANIES

Name	Mathew ROPER	Simon John ALEXANDER	Adam VICARY	Adrian Mark LACEY	Shaun CROFTS	Christopher Hall HODSON	Steven James MANT	Tracy MCLOUGHLIN
WILLIAM COOK (MS) 2018 LIMITED (00053475) - Liquidation		✔
CHAMBERLIN PLC (00076928) - Liquidation			✔
CASTINGS PUBLIC LIMITED COMPANY (00091580) - Active			✔				✔
CHAMBERLIN & HILL CASTINGS LIMITED (00282360) - In Administration			✔
RUSSELL DUCTILE CASTINGS LIMITED (00324456) - In Administration			✔
WILLIAM COOK STANHOPE LIMITED (00359586) - Active		✔
WILLIAM COOK PRECISION LIMITED (00533243) - Active		✔
W H BOOTH & CO LIMITED (00962366) - Active			✔				✔
WILLIAM COOK NDT LIMITED (01011570) - Active		✔
NORTON CAST PRODUCTS LIMITED (01376835) - Active		✔
WILLIAM COOK INTERMODAL LIMITED (01483687) - Active		✔
DUCTILE CASTINGS LIMITED (01814643) - Active - Proposal to Strike off			✔
WILLIAM COOK INTEGRITY LIMITED (02070684) - Liquidation		✔
WILLIAM LEE LIMITED (02575974) - Active	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔
WILLIAM COOK MASTER PATTERNS LIMITED (02610170) - Active		✔
WILLIAM COOK CAST PRODUCTS LIMITED (02727560) - Active		✔
WILLIAM COOK LEEDS LIMITED (02727561) - Active		✔
C N C SPEEDWELL LIMITED (03124721) - Active			✔				✔
THE FOUNDRY ASSOCIATION (03157646) - Liquidation		✔
SHEFFIELD FORGEMASTERS ENGINEERING LIMITED (04864216) - Active		✔
COOK RAIL SYSTEMS LIMITED (09795392) - Active		✔
DUCTILE CASTINGS LIMITED (10273615) - Active			✔
CAST METALS FEDERATION (SC217836) - Active			✔

SHAREHOLDERS (BETA)

Shareholder name	Share class	Shares at confirmation date
Shareholder name	Share class	2018-11-05	2015-11-05	2014-11-05	2013-11-05	2012-11-05
CASTINGS PLC	ORDINARY	2 100%	1 50%	1 50%	1 50%	1 50%
BRIAN JOHN COOKE	ORDINARY	0 0%	1 50%	1 50%	1 50%	1 50%

SHAREHOLDINGS (BETA)

no shareholding data

CONTROLLED COMPANIES / CONTROLLING ENTITIES

>75%:Castings Plc (019580 - United Kingdom) active

Controlling entities above

WILLIAM LEE LIMITED

no controlled companies

LATE PAYMENTS REPORT

Start date	End date	Average days to pay	% invoices paid over 60 days	% invoices not paid within agreed terms	Gov.uk report
2018-10-01	2019-03-31	42	20%	0%	21044
2018-04-01	2018-09-30	42	18%	0%	9424

COURT CASES

No Court Cases found

PATENTS

No Patents found

COMPETITORS

(Based on Sic code: 24510 Casting of iron)

Company	Registered Address	Company Number	YE Date	Revenue GBP	Net Profit GBP	Other SIC codes
CASTINGS PUBLIC LIMITED COMPANY	LICHFIELD RD., BROWNHILLS, WEST MIDLANDS, WS8 6JZ	00091580	2018-03-31	133,276,000	10,093,000
DOVER FUELING SOLUTIONS UK LIMITED	EXCHANGE TOWER, 19 CANNING STREET, EDINBURGH, EH3 8EH	SC058090	2017-12-31	80,772,000	1,842,000	28290-Manufacture of other general-purpose machinery not elsewhere classified
GRAINGER & WORRALL LIMITED	BUILDING 7, STANMORE INDUSTRIAL ESTATE, BRIDGNORTH, SALOP, WV15 5HP	00980487	2018-05-31	56,597,490	2,960,948	24530-Casting of light metals 24540-Casting of other non-ferrous metals 29320-Manufacture of other parts and accessories for motor vehicles
WILLIAM LEE LIMITED	CALLYWHITE LANE, DRONFIELD, DERBYSHIRE, S18 2XU	02575974	2018-03-31	46,786,202	2,814,172
OUZLEDALE FOUNDRY COMPANY LIMITED	OUZLEDALE FOUNDRY, LONG ING, BARNOLDSWICK, LANCASHIRE, BB18 6BJ	00317800	2018-06-30	4,891,892	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
WILLIAM LEE LIMITED	0.7%	3.6%	7.1%	Medium
Other companies Active in the same sector	Too few competitors


Age	0.3%	1.3%	2.4%	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