WHITE ROSE UK LTD
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Cash
£14m
+3.3% highest in 6 filed years
Net assets
£12m
+10.9% highest in 6 filed years
Employees
1,343
-7.7% vs 2024
Profit before tax
£2.2m
+59.4% first positive since 2022
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 | £38,740,047 | £59,222,829 | £64,608,700 | £71,015,145 | £71,645,427 | £67,111,865 | -6.3% | |
| Operating profit | — | — | — | £606,389 | £1,075,524 | £1,866,513 | +73.5% | |
| Profit before tax | £1,657,740 | £5,350,877 | -£1,009,280 | £865,482 | £1,368,125 | £2,180,522 | +59.4% | |
| Net profit | £1,283,277 | £4,235,425 | -£763,673 | £563,329 | £978,134 | £1,587,981 | +62.3% | |
| Cash | £5,461,768 | £9,792,311 | £10,662,205 | £10,700,833 | £13,090,333 | £13,521,616 | +3.3% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £7,704,592 | £11,858,426 | £10,631,699 | £10,834,937 | £11,074,294 | £12,179,683 | +10% | |
| Net assets | £7,476,053 | £11,511,478 | £10,472,805 | £10,391,134 | £10,679,268 | £11,842,249 | +10.9% | |
| Equity | £7,476,053 | £11,511,478 | £10,472,805 | £10,391,134 | £10,679,268 | £11,842,249 | +10.9% | |
| Average employees | 1,335 | 1,520 | 1,624 | 1,784 | 1,455 | 1,343 | -7.7% | |
| Wages | £13,761,825 | £15,810,592 | £18,973,192 | £19,582,347 | £20,871,283 | £19,244,505 | -7.8% | |
| Directors' remuneration | £8,424 | £8,424 | £8,424 | £8,423 | £8,424 | £10,587 | +25.7% | |
| Directors' pension contributions | — | — | — | £7,800 | £7,800 | £33,000 | +323.1% |
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 | — | — | — | 0.9% | 1.5% | 2.8% | |
| Net margin | 3.3% | 7.2% | -1.2% | 0.8% | 1.4% | 2.4% | |
| Return on capital employed | — | — | — | 5.6% | 9.7% | 15.3% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 34.2% | 26.2% | 35.6% | 36.5% | 41.0% | 34.1% | |
| Current ratio | — | — | — | 2.07x | 1.99x | 2.48x |
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.
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- Manex Accountants Ltd
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“we have concluded that the director's use of the going concern basis of accounting in the preparation of the financial statements is appropriate.”
Significant events
- “During the year, the company sold one of its restaurants, reducing the group size to 12 stores.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
2 active · 1 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BURNETT, Melissa | Secretary | 2008-04-09 | — | British |
| WYNNE, David Paul | Director | 2008-04-09 | Dec 1966 | British |
Show 1 resigned officer
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| FORM 10 DIRECTORS FD LTD | Corporate Director | 2008-04-09 | 2008-04-10 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mr David Paul Wynne | Individual | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100% | 2016-12-31 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 57 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2018-07-13 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-09-14 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2026-04-20 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-12-16 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-11-12 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2025-04-23 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-10-16 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-04-22 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-09-19 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-04-20 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-10-14 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-04-20 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-04-19 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-12-23 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-04-09 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2020-09-15 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2020-04-09 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2019-09-16 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2019-04-09 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2018-09-19 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2018-07-13 | 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
- 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.