WHITFIELD & BROWN (DEVELOPMENTS) LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-12-31 (in 7mo)
Last filed for 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-11-07 (in 6mo)
Last made up 2025-10-24
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£1M
Latest balance sheet
Net assets
£2M
Equity attributable
Employees
30
Average over period
Profit before tax
£19K
Period ending 2025-03-31
Net assets
7-year trend · vs Industrials median
Accounts
7-year trend · latest reflected 2025-03-31
| Metric | Trend | 2018-03-31 | 2019-09-30 | 2020-09-30 | 2021-09-30 | 2022-09-30 | 2023-09-30 | 2025-03-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | — | — | — | — | — | £16,084,640 | £24,570,661 | |
| Operating profit | — | — | — | — | — | £160,950 | £38,291 | |
| Profit before tax | — | — | — | — | — | £126,098 | £18,605 | |
| Net profit | — | — | — | — | — | £97,925 | £8,707 | |
| Cash | — | — | — | — | — | £1,101,144 | £1,115,000 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | — | — | — | — | — | £2,047,437 | £2,019,652 | |
| Net assets | — | — | — | — | — | £1,863,984 | £1,842,691 | |
| Equity | £1,319,319 | £1,412,179 | — | — | — | £1,863,984 | £1,842,691 | |
| Average employees | — | — | — | — | — | 34 | 30 | |
| Wages | — | — | — | — | — | £1,612,408 | £2,216,810 | |
| Directors' remuneration | — | — | — | — | — | £181,761 | £382,363 |
Values shown as filed in the company's annual accounts. — indicates the figure wasn't present under that line item in that period. About these numbers
Year-on-year
FY2023 → FY2025 · period ending 2025-03-31 vs 2023-09-30
Ratios
Computed from the line items above — sparklines read oldest → newest
| Ratio | Trend | 2018-03-31 | 2019-09-30 | 2020-09-30 | 2021-09-30 | 2022-09-30 | 2023-09-30 | 2025-03-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | — | — | — | — | — | 1.0% | 0.2% | |
| Net margin | — | — | — | — | — | 0.6% | 0.0% | |
| Return on capital employed | — | — | — | — | — | 7.9% | 1.9% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | — | — | — | — | — | 65.7% | 69.2% | |
| Current ratio | — | — | — | — | — | 1.57x | 1.48x | |
| Interest cover | — | — | — | — | — | 4.00x | 1.12x |
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
- WHITFIELD & BROWN (DEVELOPMENTS) LIMITED 2016-01-06 → present
- WHITFIELD AND BROWN (DEVELOPMENTS) LIMITED 1972-07-10 → 2016-01-06
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- Mitchell Charlesworth (Audit) Limited
- 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.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
5 active · 9 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BIGGS, Nigel Andrew | Secretary | 1996-08-05 | — | British |
| BIGGS, Nigel Andrew | Director | 1999-09-01 | Nov 1966 | British |
| HADFIELD, Gareth | Director | 2015-10-14 | Nov 1982 | British |
| MURPHY, Jonathan Michael | Director | 2023-08-23 | Feb 1979 | British |
| ROBINSON, Ian | Director | 2023-08-23 | Apr 1978 | British |
Show 9 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| CARR, Margaret | Secretary | — | 1996-08-05 |
| BALL, David Paul | Director | — | 1996-09-05 |
| BIGGS, John Michael | Director | — | 2007-12-09 |
| BIGGS, Leah | Director | — | 2015-10-14 |
| BROOKE, Zoe | Director | 2015-10-14 | 2023-04-27 |
| COOPER, Neil Jeffrey | Director | 2004-01-30 | 2019-12-20 |
| FISHWICK, Michael Robert | Director | 1996-09-09 | 2004-01-30 |
| LAMB, Susan Mary | Director | 2025-07-31 | 2025-07-31 |
| WHITTAKER, Geoffrey Gordon | Director | 1994-12-16 | 1997-07-14 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Whitfield And Brown (Holdings) Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 142 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-03-26 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2026-03-10 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2026-02-27 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-11-03 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2025-11-03 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-06-18 | AA01 | accounts | Change account reference date company previous extended | |
| 2024-11-04 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2024-06-28 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-11-01 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2023-09-12 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-09-06 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-06-30 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-05-13 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2022-10-26 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2022-03-01 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-10-25 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2021-06-28 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2020-11-25 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2020-01-14 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2019-12-31 | AAMD | accounts | Accounts amended with accounts type small |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 6
- 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.