JOHN WAINWRIGHT & CO. LIMITED
Company number 00073151 · Monitor this company
Executive summary
John Wainwright & Co. Limited is a well-established, vertically integrated regional quarrying and surfacing contractor that has delivered impressive organic growth, tripling turnover over 15 years to £56.8M while maintaining a robust £29.9M net asset base and exceptional employee productivity of £381K per head. The company occupies a strong upper-mid-tier niche in the UK aggregates sector, leveraging vertical integration from extraction through to contracting to capture margin and provide counter-cyclical revenue stability. However, its geographic concentration, exposure to weak UK construction demand, and the early signs of a 14% Q1 FY2026 decline warrant close monitoring as the sector navigates a subdued infrastructure spending environment.
Shareholders' funds
£31,131,188
Balance sheet as at 2026-03-31
What it does
Supply of construction materials and providing contracting services
The company's own description, from its latest filed accounts.
Overview
- Company type
- Private Limited Company
- Incorporated
- 1902-03-19
- Employees
- 153 (2026 accounts · was 145 in 2025)
- Registered office
- Moons Hill Quarry, Mendip Road Stoke St Michael, Radstock, BA3 5JU
- Postcode
- BA3 5JU
- Capital
- 1,008,609 GBP
- Accounts category
- Full
- Charges
- 5 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
- 2026-05-16
- Next due by
- 2027-05-30
Nature of business (SIC)
- 8110 Quarrying of ornamental and building stone, limestone, gypsum, chalk and slate
- 23990 Manufacture of other non-metallic mineral products not elsewhere classified
Officers 8 current · 17 resigned
Group structure 2 subsidiaries
Controlled by VEALE WASBROUGH EXECUTOR AND TRUSTEE COMPANY — since 2023-06-12
From persons-with-significant-control filings on the public register.
Previous registered addresses 1
| Address | Changed on |
|---|---|
| DOWNSIDE, SHEPTON MALLETT, SOMERSET, BA4 4JF | 2000-02-08 |
Among its peers
Top 10%
by shareholders' funds, of 10 similar companies in BA — measured against the wider sector
The largest employer among its local peers (153 staff).
The oldest of its local peers, trading since 1902.
Property in England & Wales 21 titles
- Freehold
- 21
- Most recent registration
- 2024-12-02
- Price paid, where recorded
- £4,015,000
- Where
- Somerset (20), City Of Bristol (1)
| Title number | County | Tenure | Registered | Price paid |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ST392546 | Somerset | Freehold | 2024-12-02 | £345,000 |
| WS31162 | Somerset | Freehold | 2024-08-27 | £360,000 |
| WS99304 | Somerset | Freehold | 2023-01-17 | — |
| WS96653 | Somerset | Freehold | 2022-03-17 | — |
| WS96564 | Somerset | Freehold | 2022-03-10 | — |
| WS96530 | Somerset | Freehold | 2022-03-08 | — |
| ST154337 | Somerset | Freehold | 2020-12-14 | — |
| WS40243 | Somerset | Freehold | 2020-09-28 | £1,640,000 |
| ST113098 | Somerset | Freehold | 2020-06-24 | £600,000 |
| ST109351 | Somerset | Freehold | 2019-08-13 | £870,000 |
| WS85582 | Somerset | Freehold | 2018-11-23 | — |
| WS82161 | Somerset | Freehold | 2018-01-10 | — |
| WS65232 | Somerset | Freehold | 2013-03-28 | — |
| WS64806 | Somerset | Freehold | 2013-02-07 | — |
| WS64812 | Somerset | Freehold | 2013-02-07 | — |
| WS64822 | Somerset | Freehold | 2013-02-07 | — |
| WS64823 | Somerset | Freehold | 2013-02-07 | — |
| WS20988 | Somerset | Freehold | 2003-02-27 | £200,000 |
| ST80297 | Somerset | Freehold | 1991-07-29 | — |
| ST83691 | Somerset | Freehold | 1991-07-29 | — |
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