GEORGE WILLIAMSON & CO. LIMITED
Company number 01173126 · Monitor this company
Executive summary
George Williamson & Co. Limited presents a mixed financial picture: its current vital signs are healthy with strong liquidity (current ratio 8.88:1), minimal leverage (liabilities at just 4.2% of assets), and positive net assets of £1.6M. However, the company has experienced dramatic asset depletion, with net assets falling 83% from £9.3M (2024) to £1.6M (2026), likely reflecting intra-group restructuring within the Williamson Tea organisation rather than operational distress. The prognosis depends entirely on whether this asset reduction is a completed strategic repositioning or an ongoing process—further erosion at recent rates would materially compromise the company's financial standing within 12-18 months.
Shareholders' funds
£9,029,533
Balance sheet as at 2022-03-31
What it does
The principal activity of the company is activities of agricultural holding companies.
The company's own description, from its latest filed accounts.
Overview
- Company type
- Private Limited Company
- Incorporated
- 1974-06-07
- Employees
- 4 (2026 accounts · was 5 in 2025)
- Registered office
- The Old Vicarage, Shepton Montague, Wincanton, Somerset, England, BA9 8JE
- Postcode
- BA9 8JE
- Capital
- 19,000 GBP
- Accounts category
- Total Exemption Full
- Charges
- 0 outstanding
Accounts
- Last made up to
- 2026-03-31
- Next due by
- 2027-12-31
- Financial year end
- 31 March
Confirmation statement
- Last statement dated
- 2026-05-08
- Next due by
- 2027-05-22
Nature of business (SIC)
- 64201 Activities of agricultural holding companies
Officers 5 current · 8 resigned
Group structure 2 subsidiaries
Controlled by WILLIAMSON TEA LIMITED — since 2020-05-21
From persons-with-significant-control filings on the public register.
Previous registered addresses 4
| Address | Changed on |
|---|---|
| 5 WEST MILLS, NEWBURY, BERKSHIRE, RG14 5HG | 2014-06-05 |
| PHOENIX HOUSE, BARTHOLOMEW STREET, NEWBURY, BERKSHIRE RG14 5QA | 2007-04-28 |
| 5 WEST MILLS, NEWBURY, BERKSHIRE RG14 5HG | 2005-08-24 |
| SIR JOHN LYON HSE, 5 HIGH TIMBER ST., LONDON EC4V 3LD | 1994-04-28 |
Among its peers
Top 5%
by shareholders' funds, of 591 similar companies in BA — measured against the wider sector
Among the biggest employers among its local peers (4 staff).
Among the oldest 25% of its local peers, trading since 1974.
The class of 1974
54%
of the 5,336 companies incorporated in 1974 are still active today; 39% have since been dissolved.
A fact about the year, not a forecast for this company.