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Business and domestic software development · Durham, North East

Waterstons

Waterstons Limited

Loss-makingActiveLatest figures: 2025Abridged accountsAs filed (group accounts)27 years on the register

Private limited company registered in Durham, classed under “Business and domestic software development” and 3 other activities.

Headline figures

FY to Jun 2025 · As filed (group accounts)

Turnover

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Profit after tax

−£112k

Net assets

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Cash

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Employees

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Retained reserves

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What the numbers say

4 findings from the figures, in plain English

Written by rules from the figures on this page. Not a forecast or a credit opinion.

History

Pro
£2021202220232024*2025
Profit after tax−£112k
Turnover
Net assets
Cash
Employees
Retained reserves
Dividends paid

Every figure for all 5 years

“—” means we did not find the figure in a source; it is never filled with an estimate. * Restated: the next year's accounts printed different figures for this year, and those later figures are shown.

Balance sheet and ratios

From the filed balance sheets · £

Balance sheet2022202320242025
Fixed assets
Current assets
of which debtors
of which cash
Creditors due within a year
Net current assets
Net assets
Ratios
Profit marginProfit after tax as a share of turnover
Return on equityProfit after tax as a share of net assets
Dividends to profitDividends paid as a share of profit after tax, in a year with a profit
Current ratioCurrent assets for every £1 owed within a year
Cash ratioCash for every £1 owed within a year
Creditors to assetsEverything owed to creditors as a share of fixed plus current assets
Turnover per employeeTurnover divided by average staff
Debtor daysDays of turnover owed by customers at the year end

7 balance-sheet lines and 8 ratios, every year

A ratio appears only for years where every line it needs was filed. Lines are as tagged in the accounts; nothing is added up or estimated.

Timeline

Checked 2026-10-12

  1. Shares
    Statement of capital on 23 September 2026 GBP 15,550.23
  2. Directors
    Statement by Directors
  3. Filing
    Solvency Statement dated 29/07/26
  4. Shares
    Resolutions RES06 ‐ Resolution of reduction in issued share capital
  5. Shares
    Cancellation of shares. Statement of capital on 29 July 2026 GBP 15,707.24
  6. Shares
    Purchase of own shares.
  7. Shares
    Purchase of own shares.
  8. Shares
    Purchase of own shares.
  9. Shares
    Statement of capital on 11 February 2026 GBP 15,717.64 Cancellation of treasury shares. Treasury capital: GBP 0 on 11 February 2026
  10. Shares
    Sale or transfer of treasury shares. Treasury capital: GBP 523.89
  11. Directors
    Termination of appointment of Robert Michael Waterston as a director on 19 February 2026
  12. Shares
    Purchase of own shares. Shares purchased into treasury: GBP 1,065.04 ANNOTATION Clarification hmrc - confirtmation received that approrriate duty that has been paid on this tran…
  13. 6 earlier
    1. Directors
      Appointment of Mr Philip Iain Patrick Adams as a director on 1 May 2026
    2. Ownership
      Change of details for Mrs Sally Ann Waterston as a person with significant control on 13 December 2025
    3. Directors
      Director's details changed for Margaret Scullion on 19 December 2025
    4. Ownership
      Change of details for Margret Scullion as a person with significant control on 19 December 2025
    5. Ownership
      Change of details for Mrs Sally Ann Waterston as a person with significant control on 13 December 2025
    6. Ownership
      Change of details for Mr Robert Michael Waterston as a person with significant control on 13 December 2025

From the Companies House filing history. Routine confirmation statements are left out, and a run of the same filing is shown once.

Questions people ask

›What does Waterstons do?

Private limited company registered in Durham, classed under “Business and domestic software development” and 3 other activities. In its own words: “Whatever IT, data, cyber or software challenge you're facing, we'll give you honest advice, roll our sleeves up, and make a real difference”

›How much turnover does Waterstons make?

Answered in the full report

›Is Waterstons profitable?

No: it made a loss after tax of £112k in the year to 30 June 2025, its latest filed accounts.

›How many people work at Waterstons?

Answered in the full report

›Who runs and owns Waterstons?

Its directors are Matthew Lee Thomas, Philip Iain Patrick Adams, James David Alderson, Robert Morrow, Iain Stuart Richardson and 3 more. Its owners are shown to subscribers.

›Where is Waterstons based?

Its registered office is Liddon Court, Aykley Heads, Durham, DH1 5TS, in Durham, North East.

›When was Waterstons founded?

Waterstons Limited was incorporated on 3 August 1999.

›Is Waterstons still trading?

The register lists Waterstons Limited as active.

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