CHARLES WILSON ENGINEERS LIMITED
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Shareholders' funds
£130,262,230
Balance sheet as at 2025-04-30
What it does
The principal activity of the company during the year continued to be the hire of plant
The company's own description, from its latest filed accounts.
Overview
- Company type
- Private Limited Company
- Incorporated
- 1978-10-10
- Employees
- 385 (2025 accounts · was 386 in 2024)
- Registered office
- Pendragon House, 65 London Road, St Albans, Hertfordshire, AL1 1LJ
- Postcode
- AL1 1LJ
- Capital
- 8 GBP
- Accounts category
- Full
Accounts
- Last made up to
- 2025-04-30
- Next due by
- 2027-01-31
- Financial year end
- 30 April
Confirmation statement
- Last statement dated
- 2025-08-18
- Next due by
- 2026-09-01
Nature of business (SIC)
- 77320 Renting and leasing of construction and civil engineering machinery and equipment
- 77390 Renting and leasing of other machinery, equipment and tangible goods not elsewhere classified
Officers 8 current · 6 resigned
Group structure
Controlled by MATTHEW INVESTMENTS LIMITED — since 2016-04-06
From persons-with-significant-control filings on the public register.
Gender pay gap
4.62%
Women's median hourly pay above men's, 2025/26 · around the middle of the pack for parity
Previous registered addresses 3
| Address | Changed on |
|---|---|
| 680 KENTON LANE, HARROW, LONDON, HA3 6AA | 2008-10-28 |
| PENDRAGON HOUSE, 65 LONDON ROAD, ST ALBANS, AL1 1LJ | 2008-10-20 |
| 14 UPPER MARLBOROUGH ROAD, ST. ALBANS, HERTS, AL1 3UR | 1990-01-24 |
Among its peers
Top 10%
by shareholders' funds, of 19 similar companies in AL
The largest employer among its local peers (385 staff).
2nd oldest of its local peers, trading since 1978.
Competitors St. Albans
This company ranks 1 among renting and leasing of construction and civil engineering machinery and equipment in St. Albans.
The class of 1978
51%
of the 8,636 companies incorporated in 1978 are still active today; 42% have since been dissolved.
A fact about the year, not a forecast for this company.
Property in England & Wales 2 titles
- Leasehold
- 2
- Most recent registration
- 2023-04-06
- Where
- West Midlands (2)
| Title number | County | Tenure | Registered | Price paid |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| MM182961 | West Midlands | Leasehold | 2023-04-06 | — |
| MM172889 | West Midlands | Leasehold | 2022-07-27 | — |
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