WHP TELECOMS LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2027-02-28 (in 9mo)
Last filed for 2025-05-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-08-04 (in 3mo)
Last made up 2025-07-21
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£2M
-73.3% lowest in 5 filed years
Net assets
£8M
-17.9% vs 2024
Employees
619
-6.2% vs 2024
Profit before tax
-£2M
-126.7% lowest in 5 filed years
Net assets
7-year trend · vs Industrials median
Accounts
7-year trend · latest reflected 2025-05-31
| Metric | Trend | 2019-05-31 | 2020-05-31 | 2021-05-31 | 2022-06-01 | 2023-05-31 | 2024-05-31 | 2025-05-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | — | £80,169,314 | £118,945,716 | — | £157,328,606 | £183,301,648 | £144,643,124 | |
| Operating profit | — | £8,729,289 | £17,475,964 | — | £8,170,977 | £9,666,325 | -£579,259 | |
| Profit before tax | — | £8,000,472 | £16,750,099 | — | £6,076,838 | £7,692,002 | -£2,055,611 | |
| Net profit | — | £7,488,087 | £16,797,262 | — | £6,468,489 | £7,013,524 | -£1,804,974 | |
| Cash | — | £6,534,218 | £4,198,089 | — | £3,744,602 | £7,591,734 | £2,030,681 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | — | £8,402,519 | £25,055,132 | — | — | — | — | |
| Net assets | — | £8,234,959 | £25,032,221 | — | £3,080,509 | £10,094,033 | £8,289,059 | |
| Equity | £9,161,872 | £8,234,959 | £25,032,221 | £38,412,020 | £3,080,509 | £10,094,033 | £8,289,059 | |
| Average employees | — | 335 | 443 | — | 564 | 660 | 619 | |
| Wages | — | £12,212,492 | £17,568,301 | — | £23,048,134 | £29,958,840 | £28,779,549 | |
| Directors' remuneration | — | — | — | — | — | £1,378,388 | £1,380,261 |
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
FY2024 → FY2025 · period ending 2025-05-31 vs 2024-05-31
-
Turnover
-21.1%
£183,301,648 £144,643,124
-
Cash
-73.3%
£7,591,734 £2,030,681
lowest in 5 filed years
-
Net assets
-17.9%
£10,094,033 £8,289,059
-
Employees
-6.2%
660 619
-
Operating profit
-106%
£9,666,325 -£579,259
lowest in 5 filed years
-
Profit before tax
-126.7%
£7,692,002 -£2,055,611
lowest in 5 filed years
-
Wages
-3.9%
£29,958,840 £28,779,549
Each % is (latest − prior) ÷ |prior| for the line item as filed. The comparison is only shown when the latest and prior accounts cover broadly equal-length periods — short or long stubs (typical around incorporation or a year-end change) are suppressed rather than misrepresented. Lines a company doesn't report are omitted. About these numbers
Ratios
Computed from the line items above — sparklines read oldest → newest
| Ratio | Trend | 2019-05-31 | 2020-05-31 | 2021-05-31 | 2022-06-01 | 2023-05-31 | 2024-05-31 | 2025-05-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | — | 10.9% | 14.7% | — | 5.2% | 5.3% | -0.4% | |
| Net margin | — | 9.3% | 14.1% | — | 4.1% | 3.8% | -1.2% | |
| Return on capital employed | — | 103.9% | 69.8% | — | — | — | — | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | — | — | — | — | — | 93.0% | 93.2% | |
| Current ratio | — | — | — | — | — | 1.06x | 1.05x | |
| Interest cover | — | 11.95x | 24.08x | — | 3.87x | 4.88x | -0.39x |
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
- WHP TELECOMS LIMITED 2016-04-18 → present
- WHP PROJECTS LIMITED 1998-07-21 → 2016-04-18
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- S&W Audit
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“Auditor concluded that the Directors' use of the going concern basis of accounting is appropriate and identified no material uncertainties relating to events or conditions that may cast significant doubt on the company's ability to continue as a going concern for at least twelve months from when the financial statements are authorised for issue.”
Significant events
- “The delay in releases of new works from the mobile network operators following the approval by the Competition and Markets Authority of the merger between Vodafone and Three UK. This merger was ratified in December 2024 but key contracts associated with this were not signed by the Company until late 2025. The Company is now one of four named partners responsible for the rollout of the new network for the merged entity Vodafone Three.”
- “The delay noted above coincided with completion of the partial not spots work in relation to the Single Rural Network. This work stream saw revenues fall by £41.3m.”
- “In May 2025 the Company successfully won a tender to deliver telecommunication services to Scottish Power Energy Networks ("SPEN"). The directors expect this to deliver c£20m of revenue per annum. As a result of winning this the Company also TUPE'd 62 employees from the incumbent.”
- “The group retains work with all key customers and since 31 May 2025, has been successful in securing a significant new long-term framework with Vodafone, as well as two new maintenance workstreams, which supports the group's growth plans over the next three years.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
4 active · 8 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CHEYNE, Martyn James | Director | 2006-03-01 | Sep 1970 | British |
| HUMPHREYS, David Christopher | Director | 2017-12-20 | Feb 1973 | British |
| POTTER, Robert Michael Edward | Director | 2006-03-01 | Jul 1972 | British |
| TRACEY, Christopher | Director | 2017-12-20 | Apr 1971 | British |
Show 8 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| BOTTING, Catherine | Secretary | 1998-07-21 | 1998-07-29 |
| BOWALL, Elaine Pamela | Secretary | 2004-04-28 | 2013-11-06 |
| HELSBY, Gary Donald | Secretary | 1998-07-29 | 2004-04-28 |
| MACLEOD, Burton James | Secretary | 2013-11-06 | 2018-05-04 |
| HELSBY, Gary Donald | Director | 1998-07-29 | 2008-03-13 |
| HULLAH, Paul Nicholas | Director | 2006-03-01 | 2025-07-09 |
| VERRELL, Rose Elizabeth | Director | 1998-07-21 | 1998-07-29 |
| WILKINSON, Alan Arthur | Director | 1998-07-29 | 2004-04-28 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mr Robert Michael Edward Potter | Individual | Significant influence | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2016-04-06 |
| Mr Paul Nicholas Hullah | Individual | Significant influence | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2016-04-06 |
| Mr Martyn James Cheyne | Individual | Significant influence | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2016-04-06 |
| Whp Holdings Ltd | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 136 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-02-16 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-07-21 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-07-09 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-12-20 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-07-25 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-02-19 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-07-21 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-06-29 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2023-06-29 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2023-06-29 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2023-06-29 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2023-06-23 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2023-02-09 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-07-25 | PSC05 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2022-07-21 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-02-28 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-07-28 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-07-28 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2021-07-28 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2021-07-28 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 3
- 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.