WHITPORT LIMITED
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Cash
£7M
+23.1% highest in 3 filed years
Net assets
£19M
+5% highest in 3 filed years
Employees
436
-8.4% lowest in 3 filed years
Profit before tax
£1.4M
+507.5% highest in 3 filed years
Net assets
3-year trend · vs Industrials median
Accounts
3-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2026-01-31
| Metric | Trend | 2024-01-31 | 2025-01-31 | 2026-01-31 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £33,470,897 | £34,106,161 | £35,534,307 | +4.2% | |
| Operating profit | £284,764 | £51,494 | £1,242,142 | +2,312.2% | |
| Profit before tax | £440,105 | £223,003 | £1,354,725 | +507.5% | |
| Net profit | £254,313 | -£196,736 | £1,095,553 | +656.9% | |
| Cash | £6,003,319 | £5,652,386 | £6,957,007 | +23.1% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £20,161,523 | £19,583,094 | £21,482,585 | +9.7% | |
| Net assets | £18,275,992 | £17,867,224 | £18,763,058 | +5% | |
| Equity | £18,275,992 | £17,867,224 | £18,763,058 | +5% | |
| Average employees | 489 | 476 | 436 | -8.4% | |
| Wages | £12,882,240 | £14,672,797 | £14,177,957 | -3.4% | |
| Directors' remuneration | £181,870 | £295,421 | £299,357 | +1.3% |
Values shown as filed in the company's annual accounts. — indicates the figure wasn't present under that line item in that period. The Δ column is the change from the prior filed period as a percentage of |prior|; lines a company doesn't report show —. About these numbers
Ratios
Computed from the line items above — sparklines read oldest → newest
| Ratio | Trend | 2024-01-31 | 2025-01-31 | 2026-01-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 0.9% | 0.2% | 3.5% | |
| Net margin | 0.8% | -0.6% | 3.1% | |
| Return on capital employed | 1.4% | 0.3% | 5.8% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 24.5% | 25.1% | — | |
| Current ratio | 2.50x | 2.17x | 2.31x | |
| Interest cover | 7.13x | 0.97x | 16.03x |
Margins divide P&L lines by turnover. Gearing is liabilities over total assets. Current ratio is current assets over creditors falling due within one year. Interest cover is operating profit over absolute finance costs. Sector-distribution context coming next.
Name history
Renamed 2 times since incorporation
- WHITPORT LIMITED 2009-02-24 → present
- WHITPORT PLC 1982-04-14 → 2009-02-24
- WHITPORT LIMITED 1899-05-17 → 1982-04-14
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Consolidated group
- Auditor
- Fiander ETL
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“In auditing the financial statements, we have concluded that the directors' use of the going concern basis of accounting in the preparation of the financial statements is appropriate. Based on the work we have performed, we have not identified any material uncertainties relating to events or conditions that, individually or collectively, may cast significant doubt on the group's and parent company's ability to continue as a going concern for a period of at least twelve months from when the financial statements are authorised for issue.”
Group structure
- WHITPORT LIMITED · parent
- White & Co Plc 100%
- White & Co of Scotland Limited 100%
- Maidmans Moving and Storage Limited 100%
- Goodmove Moving and Storage Limited 100%
- R. H. Pardy Moving and Storage Limited 100%
- Security Self Storage Limited 100%
- Barnes of Lincoln Limited 100%
- Curtiss & Sons Limited 100%
- Grampian International Removers Limited 100%
- Southampton Removals and Storage Limited 100%
- Portsmouth Removals and Storage Limited 100%
- Record Management Limited 100%
- Landguard Property Investments Plc 100%
- Ivybridge Moving & Storage Limited 100%
- Inverness Moving & Storage Limited 100%
- Milton Keynes Removals and Storage Limited 100%
- Edinburgh Removals & Storage Limited 100%
- Chichester Removals Limited 100%
- Lund-Conlon Removers & Storers Limited 100%
- Wrekin Moving and Storage Limited 100%
- Archibald of Chichester Moving & Storage Limted 100%
- South Hams Moving and Storage Limited 100%
- Moving and Storage Limited 100%
- The Moving Shop (UK) Limited 100%
- Whites Moving and Storage Spain SL
- White Van Lines Limited
- Lawrence & Hall Limited
Significant events
- “The geopolitical situation throughout world markets continues to disrupt and impact on international business, this has now extended to the Middle East. Despite the disrupted markets the company has been fortunate to have successfully introduced new business into our portfolio, resulting in improved trading.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
7 active · 13 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| PRANGLE, Stacey | Secretary | 2026-02-01 | — | — |
| OWERS, Rebecca Caroline | Director | 2014-05-27 | May 1964 | British |
| PALMER, Ian Michael | Director | 2019-03-01 | May 1961 | British |
| PRANGLE, Stacey | Director | 2026-02-01 | Jul 1981 | British |
| TURNER, Isabel Alice | Director | 2023-11-09 | Apr 1989 | British |
| WHITE, Andrew Wallis | Director | 2022-09-29 | Feb 1976 | British |
| WHITE, Robert Wallis | Director | 1997-10-13 | Oct 1942 | British |
Show 13 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| HOARE, David Anthony | Secretary | 1997-08-07 | 2012-01-31 |
| HOWSON-GREEN, Michael | Secretary | — | 1997-08-07 |
| NICKLINSON, Roy John | Secretary | 2012-01-31 | 2018-06-06 |
| VITORIA, Dominic John Mark | Secretary | 2018-06-06 | 2026-02-01 |
| ELLIOTT, Cuthbert Samuel | Director | — | 2005-03-04 |
| HALLIWELL, Geoffrey Richard | Director | — | 2002-06-23 |
| HOARE, David Anthony | Director | 2002-10-10 | 2023-09-01 |
| HOWSON-GREEN, Michael | Director | — | 2014-05-27 |
| JEANS, Richard Henry | Director | 1991-11-01 | 2023-02-16 |
| NICKLINSON, Roy John | Director | 1991-10-01 | 2020-04-01 |
| PALMER, Ian Michael | Director | 1994-04-18 | 1994-08-06 |
| VITORIA, Dominic John Mark | Director | 2018-06-06 | 2026-02-01 |
| WHITE, Dudley Wallis | Director | — | 1991-09-30 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 193 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2024-07-22 MA Memorandum articles
- 2024-07-22 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
- 2024-07-18 CC04 Statement of companys objects
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-06-30 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2026-03-18 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2026-02-13 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2026-02-13 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2026-02-13 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2026-02-13 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2025-08-14 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2025-07-28 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2025-03-06 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2024-08-07 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2024-07-24 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2024-07-22 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles | |
| 2024-07-22 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2024-07-18 | CC04 | change-of-constitution | Statement of companys objects | |
| 2023-11-14 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-09-14 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-08-08 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2023-08-02 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2023-02-28 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2022-10-05 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 8
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 2
- Officers resigned
- 2
last 12 months
last 24 months
last 12 months
last 12 months
Direct counts from the register. No score, no rating — see the Filing timeline for the underlying events.