WHITFORD LIMITED
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Cash
£6.9m
-29.2% lowest in 3 filed years
Net assets
£32m
+10.5% highest in 3 filed years
Employees
75
-2.6% lowest in 3 filed years
Profit before tax
£9.1m
-40% vs 2024
Net assets
3-year trend · vs Basic Materials median
Accounts
3-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2025-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £37,594,000 | £44,455,000 | £39,012,000 | -12.2% | |
| Operating profit | £8,431,000 | £14,998,000 | £8,690,000 | -42.1% | |
| Profit before tax | £8,635,000 | £15,229,000 | £9,145,000 | -40% | |
| Net profit | £6,684,000 | £11,402,000 | £6,821,000 | -40.2% | |
| Cash | £12,514,000 | £9,720,000 | £6,885,000 | -29.2% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £24,501,000 | £29,011,000 | £32,059,000 | +10.5% | |
| Net assets | £24,501,000 | £28,903,000 | £31,924,000 | +10.5% | |
| Equity | £24,501,000 | £28,903,000 | £31,924,000 | +10.5% | |
| Average employees | 82 | 77 | 75 | -2.6% | |
| Wages | £3,952,000 | £3,809,000 | £3,797,000 | -0.3% | |
| Directors' remuneration | £364,000 | £378,000 | £388,000 | +2.6% | |
| Directors' pension contributions | £79,000 | £81,000 | £83,000 | +2.5% | |
| Highest paid director | — | £273,000 | £242,000 | -11.4% |
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 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 22.4% | 33.7% | 22.3% | |
| Net margin | 17.8% | 25.6% | 17.5% | |
| Return on capital employed | 34.4% | 51.7% | 27.1% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 17.4% | 13.0% | 12.4% | |
| Current ratio | 4.88x | 6.77x | 7.26x |
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 1 time since incorporation
- WHITFORD LIMITED 2008-04-19 → present
- WHITFORD PLASTICS LIMITED 1969-07-28 → 2008-04-19
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- Cooper Parry Group Limited
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The directors have prepared a going concern assessment for the entity in order to conclude on the appropriateness of the application of the going concern presumption in preparing the financial statements.”
Group structure
- WHITFORD LIMITED · parent
- Whitford SRL 10%
Significant events
- “Management decision to exit the medical sector in 2025.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
2 active · 19 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DIXON, Ruth Kristina | Director | 2019-07-03 | Apr 1976 | British |
| POLAND, Mark Charles | Director | 2022-09-30 | Aug 1978 | British |
Show 19 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| ATHERTON, Geoffrey William | Secretary | — | 1996-03-18 |
| CHRISTIAN, Jack | Secretary | 1996-03-19 | 1998-12-31 |
| GODDARD, Mark Simeon | Secretary | 1999-01-18 | 2007-02-28 |
| JOHNSON, David Andrew | Secretary | 2007-02-28 | 2019-08-31 |
| ATHERTON, Geoffrey William | Director | 1992-12-01 | 1996-03-18 |
| BENNETT, Stephen John | Director | 1997-10-01 | 2001-09-30 |
| BUTLER, Stephen Anthony | Director | 2022-02-01 | 2026-08-14 |
| COATES, Michael, Dr | Director | 2003-08-15 | 2006-05-17 |
| COPEMAN, Christopher Robert | Director | — | 1996-03-11 |
| GARNETT, Martin John | Director | 2006-03-06 | 2019-04-02 |
| GOODE, Richard Michael | Director | 2019-07-03 | 2022-02-01 |
| GRAHAM, Sidney Rhoades | Director | 1995-07-28 | 1998-05-01 |
| GUERIN, Emmanuelle | Director | 2019-04-02 | 2020-07-01 |
| NEELY, Peter Harold | Director | 1999-11-23 | 2000-06-30 |
| SPEIGHT, David Brian | Director | 2002-01-01 | 2003-08-15 |
| SUMMERS, Jennifer Victoria | Director | 2020-07-01 | 2022-09-30 |
| SYDES, Daniel Francis Edward | Director | 2004-05-01 | 2006-05-17 |
| WILLIS, Anne Severns | Director | 1995-07-28 | 2019-04-02 |
| WILLIS, David Pond | Director | — | 2019-04-02 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ppg Industries, Inc | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2019-03-01 | Active |
| David Pond Willis Jnr | Individual | Shares 75–100% (as firm), Voting 75–100% (as firm), Appoints directors (as firm) | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2019-03-01 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 168 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2020-12-15 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-09-24 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2026-08-14 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2026-07-01 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-10-03 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-06-30 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-10-04 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-07-04 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-02-16 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2023-08-11 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-08-08 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-07-07 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-12-05 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2022-09-24 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-07-28 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-06-22 | PSC05 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2022-03-14 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2022-03-14 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2021-09-17 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-08-02 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2020-12-15 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 4
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 0
- Officers resigned
- 1
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.