WHITEMEADOW FURNITURE LIMITED
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Cash
£172k
-47.5% vs 2024
Net assets
£2.9m
+16% vs 2024
Employees
446
-11.9% lowest in 6 filed years
Profit before tax
£3.7m
+24.1% highest in 6 filed years
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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1 PSC ceased in last 24 months
Significant control changed hands — see the Ownership section.
Net assets
6-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
6-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2025-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2020-12-31 | 2021-12-31 | 2022-12-31 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £47,488,206 | £60,432,797 | £66,342,642 | £58,153,587 | £54,466,940 | £50,526,374 | -7.2% | |
| Operating profit | £2,031,736 | £1,201,947 | £1,674,953 | £2,853,267 | £3,080,030 | £3,551,315 | +15.3% | |
| Profit before tax | £1,965,851 | £1,119,992 | £1,512,095 | £2,710,645 | £2,943,355 | £3,653,714 | +24.1% | |
| Net profit | £1,524,238 | £891,143 | £1,132,139 | £2,059,082 | £2,134,009 | £2,770,590 | +29.8% | |
| Cash | £120,451 | £98,096 | £161,861 | £435,233 | £326,577 | £171,561 | -47.5% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £3,905,290 | £2,890,175 | £2,342,947 | £3,514,068 | £2,956,890 | £3,410,232 | +15.3% | |
| Net assets | £3,622,019 | £2,373,162 | £1,970,301 | £3,197,383 | £2,531,392 | £2,936,882 | +16% | |
| Equity | £3,622,019 | £2,373,162 | £1,970,301 | £3,197,383 | £2,531,392 | £2,936,882 | +16% | |
| Average employees | 593 | 623 | 634 | 576 | 506 | 446 | -11.9% | |
| Wages | £15,471,957 | £16,475,815 | £17,732,410 | £16,186,834 | £15,115,824 | £14,012,569 | -7.3% | |
| Directors' remuneration | £621,225 | £638,495 | £905,663 | £1,338,806 | £1,377,569 | £1,192,744 | -13.4% | |
| Directors' pension contributions | — | — | — | — | £213,256 | £172,000 | -19.3% | |
| Highest paid director | — | — | — | — | £269,642 | £219,582 | -18.6% |
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 | 2020-12-31 | 2021-12-31 | 2022-12-31 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 4.3% | 2.0% | 2.5% | 4.9% | 5.7% | 7.0% | |
| Net margin | 3.2% | 1.5% | 1.7% | 3.5% | 3.9% | 5.5% | |
| Return on capital employed | 52.0% | 41.6% | 71.5% | 81.2% | 104.2% | 104.1% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 78.0% | 85.3% | 85.9% | 79.1% | 81.4% | 77.8% | |
| Current ratio | — | — | — | — | 1.08x | 1.13x | |
| Interest cover | 30.60x | 14.67x | 10.28x | 18.86x | 22.54x | 38.35x |
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
- WHITEMEADOW FURNITURE LIMITED 2007-12-31 → present
- SPH 525 LIMITED 2007-10-01 → 2007-12-31
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- Streets Audit LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“we have concluded that the directors' use of the going concern basis of accounting in the preparation of the financial statements is appropriate.”
Group structure
- WHITEMEADOW FURNITURE LIMITED · parent
- WM Collections Limited 100%
- The Branded Furniture Company Limited 65%
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
6 active · 5 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| AINLEY, Paul Craig | Director | 2015-12-01 | Oct 1971 | British |
| CLARRIDGE, Michael Stuart | Director | 2015-12-15 | Oct 1970 | British |
| KITCHEN, Andrew | Director | 2007-10-01 | Nov 1966 | British |
| OSCROFT, Daniel Robert | Director | 2020-04-01 | Oct 1987 | British |
| PRICE, Alan | Director | 2022-09-01 | Sep 1973 | British |
| WILKINSON, Nicholas Kiel | Director | 2022-02-01 | Apr 1987 | British |
Show 5 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| SCULLY, David James Edward | Secretary | 2007-10-01 | 2013-03-02 |
| GARNETT, Garfield Peter | Director | 2007-10-01 | 2021-12-31 |
| OSCROFT, Ian Robert | Director | 2007-10-01 | 2024-10-28 |
| SCULLY, David James Edward | Director | 2007-10-01 | 2013-03-02 |
| WESSON, Paul John | Director | 2007-10-01 | 2020-05-31 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Whitemeadow 2024 Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2024-10-24 | Active |
| Mr Ian Robert Oscroft | Individual | Shares 50–75%, Voting 50–75%, Appoints directors, Significant influence (as firm) | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2024-10-24 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 114 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-09-28 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2026-05-21 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2026-05-21 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2026-03-24 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2025-11-13 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-09-16 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type medium | |
| 2025-09-09 | PSC05 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2025-09-09 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2025-09-04 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-05-07 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2024-11-05 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2024-11-01 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-10-24 | PSC02 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2024-10-24 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2024-10-17 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type medium | |
| 2024-10-10 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-03-15 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2023-09-29 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-09-22 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-10-18 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 5
- Capital events
- 0
- 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.