WHITEHEAD BUILDING SERVICES LIMITED
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Cash
£12m
+6.8% highest in 5 filed years
Net assets
£9.8m
+9.1% highest in 5 filed years
Employees
225
+4.7% highest in 5 filed years
Profit before tax
£1.6m
+14.1% highest in 5 filed years
Net assets
5-year trend · vs Industrials median
Accounts
5-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2025-11-30
| Metric | Trend | 2020-11-30 | 2021-11-30 | 2023-11-30 | 2024-11-30 | 2025-11-30 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £37,778,267 | £34,363,611 | £45,282,530 | £58,669,894 | £56,160,876 | -4.3% | |
| Operating profit | £631,855 | £612,582 | £814,744 | £1,081,755 | £1,295,187 | +19.7% | |
| Profit before tax | £638,075 | £614,680 | £972,839 | £1,382,707 | £1,577,833 | +14.1% | |
| Net profit | £726,287 | £796,155 | £964,571 | £1,027,550 | £1,926,505 | +87.5% | |
| Cash | £6,254,346 | £4,444,539 | £5,978,612 | £11,001,195 | £11,748,283 | +6.8% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £6,052,590 | £6,847,630 | £8,096,149 | £9,030,342 | £9,861,737 | +9.2% | |
| Net assets | £6,038,854 | £6,835,009 | £8,079,958 | £9,016,508 | £9,839,013 | +9.1% | |
| Equity | £6,038,854 | £6,835,009 | £8,079,958 | £9,016,508 | £9,839,013 | +9.1% | |
| Average employees | 223 | 207 | 196 | 215 | 225 | +4.7% | |
| Wages | £9,502,459 | £9,314,052 | £8,876,158 | £9,037,093 | £9,988,665 | +10.5% | |
| Directors' remuneration | £414,496 | £486,852 | £506,919 | £476,967 | £416,801 | -12.6% | |
| Directors' pension contributions | £NaN | £NaN | £10,883 | £9,396 | £9,685 | +3.1% | |
| Highest paid director | £NaN | £NaN | £146,608 | £142,478 | £133,559 | -6.3% |
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 | 2020-11-30 | 2021-11-30 | 2023-11-30 | 2024-11-30 | 2025-11-30 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 1.7% | 1.8% | 1.8% | 1.8% | 2.3% | |
| Net margin | 1.9% | 2.3% | 2.1% | 1.8% | 3.4% | |
| Return on capital employed | 10.4% | 8.9% | 10.1% | 12.0% | 13.1% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 70.9% | 54.4% | 58.1% | 62.4% | 67.8% | |
| Current ratio | — | — | 1.72x | 1.53x | 1.42x |
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
- WHITEHEAD BUILDING SERVICES LIMITED 2006-07-19 → present
- WHITEHEAD ELECTRICAL LIMITED 1978-10-19 → 2006-07-19
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Abridged
- Yes — abridged accounts (limited disclosure)
- Auditor
- UHY Hacker Young
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“At the time of approving the financial statements, the directors have a reasonable expectation that the company has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future. Thus the directors continue to adopt the going concern basis of accounting in preparing the financial statements.”
Significant events
- “The business contributed a total of £56,529 in CSR and charitable donations during the year.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
7 active · 6 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| MORTON, Rhys | Secretary | 2006-06-30 | — | British |
| CUMMINGS, Ian Leslie | Director | 2004-12-23 | Aug 1956 | British |
| CUMMINGS, Jan | Director | 2012-02-03 | Jul 1958 | British |
| MORTON, Rhys | Director | 2012-02-03 | Jul 1974 | British |
| PARRY, Michael James | Director | 2013-03-18 | Dec 1971 | British |
| REID, William Duncan | Director | 2013-03-18 | Oct 1962 | British |
| WILLIAMS, Nigel | Director | 2013-03-18 | Apr 1972 | British |
Show 6 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| CAIN, David John | Secretary | — | 1997-04-23 |
| FAULKNER, Esther | Secretary | 1997-04-23 | 2006-06-30 |
| CAIN, David John | Director | — | 1997-04-23 |
| FAULKNER, Byron Allan, Mr | Director | 2012-02-09 | 2013-03-18 |
| FAULKNER, Byron Allan, Mr | Director | — | 2011-04-01 |
| FAULKNER, Esther | Director | 2004-12-23 | 2008-12-01 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mr Ian Leslie Cummings | Individual | Significant influence | 2017-04-27 | Active |
| Mr Rhys Morton | Individual | Significant influence | 2017-04-27 | Active |
| Evol (Wales) Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100% | 2017-04-27 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 159 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2025-06-17 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
- 2024-12-31 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
- 2024-08-01 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-08-27 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2026-06-10 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-07-08 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-06-17 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2025-06-17 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2025-06-16 | SH06 | capital | Capital cancellation shares | |
| 2025-06-16 | SH03 | capital | Capital return purchase own shares | |
| 2024-12-31 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2024-08-13 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-08-01 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2024-08-01 | SH08 | capital | Capital name of class of shares | |
| 2024-06-18 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2023-08-29 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-06-16 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-04-21 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2023-04-17 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2023-03-03 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2023-02-28 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2022-08-22 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-06-14 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 2
- Capital events
- 2
- Officers appointed
- 0
- Officers resigned
- 0
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.