WICKES BUILDING SUPPLIES LIMITED
ActiveKey figures
† WICKES BUILDING SUPPLIES LIMITED filed these accounts on paper, so Companies House publishes them only as a scanned image. The figures for the years marked † were read automatically from the scan and kept only where the statements add up (for example net assets equal total equity), but a reading error is still possible — check the original accounts at Companies House.
Ratios
2025Sector comparison
SIC 47789Where the company stands among the 9,899 active companies whose first SIC code is 47789 (Other retail sale of new goods in specialised stores (not commercial art galleries and opticians)).
- PETS AT HOME LTD£980.7m
- TJX UK£909.3m
- TJX EUROPE LIMITED£254.4m
- WARREN JAMES (JEWELLERS) LIMITED£238.1m
- RICHARD MILLE EUROPE, MIDDLE EAST AND AFRICA LIMITED£213.6m
- WICKES BUILDING SUPPLIES LIMITED£205m
- SHOP TJC LIMITED£161.7m
- WICKES GROUP PLC£130.9m
- MICHAEL KORS (UK) LIMITED£125.6m
- BLUE DIAMOND UK LIMITED£87.6m
Positions are approximate. Figures come from each company's latest accounts; money and employee figures are compared only with companies that filed accounts in pounds for a period ending in the last two and a half years and are not dormant, so those groups are smaller than 9,899. The line on each bar marks the median.
Summary: WICKES BUILDING SUPPLIES LIMITED
What kind of company is it?
WICKES BUILDING SUPPLIES LIMITED is a private limited company registered with Companies House under company number 01840419. It was incorporated on 13 Aug 1984. Its status is active. The registered office is in Watford (WD24). Its nature of business (SIC 2007) is other retail sale of new goods in specialised stores (not commercial art galleries and opticians) (47789).
How is the company doing financially?
The latest accounts in the database are for 2025 (period ending 27 Dec 2025); the company files full accounts. Turnover was £1,625,400,000. Net assets were £205,000,000, down 2.4% on the previous year. Cash at bank and in hand was £33,500,000. Total assets were £522,400,000 and total liabilities £272,300,000. The company had an average of 7,713 employees. Figures are available for 2 financial years (2024–2025).
How does it compare with similar companies?
Compared with 9,899 active companies whose first SIC code is 47789: By turnover it ranks higher than 97% of the 229 that publish turnover (median £1,131,384). By net assets it ranks higher than 99% of them (median £15,368). By total assets it ranks higher than 99% of them (median £84,279). By cash it ranks higher than 99% of them (median £27,240). By number of employees it ranks higher than 99% of them (median 2). It is older than 96% of them (median age 8.3 years).
What do public registers and reports show?
It appears on the Home Office register of licensed sponsors (Skilled Worker). HMRC lists it as an importer of goods, mainly miscellaneous manufactures, electrical equipment, optical, medical and measuring instruments. HMRC lists it as an exporter of goods, mainly ceramics, miscellaneous metal articles, machinery. In its latest payment practices report it took an average of 46 days to pay suppliers, and 5% of invoices were not paid within agreed terms. Its gender pay gap report for 2025/26 shows median hourly pay for women 3.2% lower than for men. It has modern slavery statements on the government registry for 7 years.
Who runs and controls the company?
One person with significant control is registered. 2 of 67 registered charges are outstanding.
When are its next filings due?
The next accounts are due by 30 Sep 2027. The next confirmation statement is due by 15 Oct 2027.
Filed accounts2024–2025
| 2024 † | 2025 † | |
|---|---|---|
| Turnover | 1,534,500,000 | 1,625,400,000 |
| Cash at bank and in hand | 3,100,000 | 33,500,000 |
| Total assets | 507,100,000 | 522,400,000 |
| Total liabilities | 246,200,000 | 272,300,000 |
| Net assets / total equity | 210,000,000 | 205,000,000 |
| Average number of employees | 7,774 | 7,713 |
A dash (—) means no accounts were filed for that year or the item is not in the accounts; 0 is a zero stated in the accounts. Small companies usually file only a balance sheet, so the profit and loss account is often missing.
Statutory reporting
- Average time taken to pay invoices
- 46 days
- Invoices not paid within agreed terms
- 5%
- Standard payment terms
- 30–60 days
- Member of a payment code
- No
- Within 30 days 26%
- 31 to 60 days 54%
- After 60 days 20%
Earlier periods (6)
- Period ending
- Days to pay
- Within 30 days
- Late
- 31 Dec 2025
- 43
- 29%
- 3%
- 30 Jun 2025
- 46
- 26%
- 3%
- 30 Dec 2024
- 45
- 28%
- 3%
- 30 Jun 2024
- 46
- 28%
- 5%
- 31 Dec 2023
- 51
- 33%
- 11%
- 30 Jun 2023
- 41
- 40%
- 7%
- Median hourly pay
- women 3.2% lower
- Mean hourly pay
- women 7.9% lower
- Median bonus pay
- women 6.4% lower
- Employer size
- 5000 to 19,999 employees
Earlier years (8)
- Year
- Median hourly pay
- Mean hourly pay
- 2024/25
- women 0.8% higher
- women 8.6% lower
- 2023/24
- women 0.1% lower
- women 6.5% lower
- 2022/23
- women 2.6% lower
- women 7.4% lower
- 2021/22
- women 8.4% lower
- women 6.4% lower
- 2020/21
- women 14.6% lower
- women 13% lower
- 2019/20
- no gap
- women 11.7% lower
- 2018/19
- women 9.4% lower
- women 12.8% lower
- 2017/18
- women 1.2% lower
- women 10.8% lower
A positive gap means women's average hourly pay is lower than men's across the whole employer; it is not a comparison of pay for the same work. View on the Gender pay gap service
- 2026
- Statement · summary on GOV.UK · group statement (WICKES GROUP PLC)
- 2025
- Statement · summary on GOV.UK · group statement
- 2024
- Statement · summary on GOV.UK · group statement (WICKES GROUP PLC)
Earlier years (4)
- 2023
- Statement · summary on GOV.UK · group statement
- 2022
- Statement · summary on GOV.UK · group statement (WICKES GROUP PLC)
- 2021
- Statement · summary on GOV.UK
- 2020
- Statement · summary on GOV.UK
Figures the company reported itself to the government's Check payment practices service, Gender pay gap service and Modern slavery statement registry (Open Government Licence v3.0). Only large companies and employers with 250 or more staff have to report, so most companies have nothing here.
Registers and licences
- Licence type and rating
- Worker (A rating)
- Route
- Skilled Worker
On the Home Office register of licensed sponsors, which lists organisations licensed to sponsor workers from overseas.
Listed by HMRC as an importer of goods in 12 of the last 12 months on record, most recently August 2026. Main goods: miscellaneous manufactures, electrical equipment, optical, medical and measuring instruments, furniture and lighting and machinery.
Listed by HMRC as an exporter of goods in 3 of the last 12 months on record, most recently July 2026. Main goods: ceramics, miscellaneous metal articles, machinery and furniture and lighting.
From HMRC's monthly lists of importers and exporters. Traders can ask to be left off the lists, so absence does not mean a company does not trade.
Sources: Charity Commission for England and Wales, Care Quality Commission, Home Office and HM Revenue & Customs, under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Entries marked ‡ come from lists that do not state a company number and were linked by an exact match on the registered name.
History
8 events- Financial year 2025 endedAccounts: turnover £1.6bn, net assets £205m, 7,713 employees
- Financial year 2024 endedAccounts: turnover £1.5bn, net assets £210m, 7,774 employees
- Wickes Group Holdings Limited registered as a person with significant control
- Travis Perkins Plc ceased to be a person with significant control
- Travis Perkins Plc registered as a person with significant control
- Wickes Holdings Limited ceased to be a person with significant control
- Wickes Holdings Limited registered as a person with significant control
- Company incorporatedPrivate limited company
Dates as recorded at Companies House: incorporation, name changes, officer appointments and resignations, current and former persons with significant control, and the end of each financial year with figures in the database.