WPA HEALTHCARE PRACTICE PLC
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Next accounts due
2026-06-30 (in 1mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-10-11 (in 5mo)
Last made up 2025-09-27
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£2M
+4% vs 2023
Net assets
£1M
-0.5% vs 2023
Employees
—
Average over period
Profit before tax
£1M
+2.9% vs 2023
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Financials median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2024-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £13,965,233 | £14,246,642 | |
| Operating profit | £1,283,017 | £1,321,729 | |
| Profit before tax | £1,303,543 | £1,341,856 | |
| Net profit | £1,303,543 | £1,338,367 | |
| Cash | £1,536,092 | £1,597,160 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | — | — | |
| Net assets | £1,352,861 | £1,346,228 | |
| Equity | £1,352,861 | £1,346,228 | |
| Average employees | — | — | |
| Wages | — | — | |
| Directors' remuneration | £26,677 | £26,087 |
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 → FY2024 · period ending 2024-12-31 vs 2023-12-31
-
Turnover
+2%
£13,965,233 £14,246,642
-
Cash
+4%
£1,536,092 £1,597,160
-
Net assets
-0.5%
£1,352,861 £1,346,228
-
Employees
—
Not reported
-
Operating profit
+3%
£1,283,017 £1,321,729
-
Profit before tax
+2.9%
£1,303,543 £1,341,856
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 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 9.2% | 9.3% | |
| Net margin | 9.3% | 9.4% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 20.5% | 25.4% | |
| Current ratio | 4.61x | 3.84x | |
| Interest cover | 247.30x | 435.35x |
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 2 times since incorporation
- WPA HEALTHCARE PRACTICE PLC 2016-04-11 → present
- WPA HEALTHCARE PRACTICE LIMITED 2016-04-11 → 2016-04-11
- WPA NATIONAL FRANCHISE LIMITED 2010-07-20 → 2016-04-11
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- UK adopted International Accounting standards
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The Directors confirm that they are satisfied that the Company have adequate resources to continue in operation for the next 12 months. Accordingly, they continue to adopt the going concern basis in preparing the financial statements.”
Significant events
- “persistent pressures within the UK healthcare sector, coupled with a notable rise in private healthcare usage since 2023, have contributed to significant premium increases. This shift has made renewal discussions more complex and, at times, challenging.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
4 active · 16 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BELL, Kimberley Jayne | Secretary | 2017-11-01 | — | — |
| CHAPMAN, Andrew Donald Sutcliffe | Director | 2022-04-20 | Jun 1958 | British |
| PYE, Andrew Christopher | Director | 2024-12-10 | Aug 1982 | British |
| SOUTHERN, Mark John | Director | 2015-06-03 | Feb 1977 | British |
Show 16 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| HAWORTH, Andrew Nathan | Secretary | 2014-06-23 | 2016-07-20 |
| ROYLE, Nicola Anne | Secretary | 2016-07-20 | 2017-11-01 |
| ATTREE, Theresa Helen | Director | 2021-08-02 | 2025-10-23 |
| BRAMSTON, Rodney Adrian | Director | 2016-02-08 | 2017-07-03 |
| BRAMSTON, Rodney Adrian | Director | 2015-05-22 | 2015-06-03 |
| CHAMBERS, Mark | Director | 2015-05-22 | 2016-02-08 |
| EAVIS, Donna Mary | Director | 2019-11-01 | 2025-02-04 |
| HAWORTH, Andrew Nathan | Director | 2015-03-01 | 2022-12-16 |
| HUMPHREYS, Adrian Macmahon | Director | 2010-07-20 | 2014-10-31 |
| IRWIN, Nathan Luke | Director | 2013-04-11 | 2019-08-20 |
| JOHNSON, Rosalind Andrea | Director | 2010-07-20 | 2014-05-01 |
| KENYON, Henry James | Director | 2017-12-14 | 2024-01-01 |
| MOORE, Russell Duddington | Director | 2018-08-07 | 2024-11-30 |
| PUGH, Arthur John | Director | 2017-12-14 | 2024-05-09 |
| PUGH, Arthur John | Director | 2010-07-20 | 2013-04-19 |
| STAINTON, Julian Clifford | Director | 2010-07-20 | 2017-12-31 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Western Provident Association Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors, Significant influence | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 90 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-10-23 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-10-01 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-05-23 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-02-10 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-02-10 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-12-15 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-12-15 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-10-31 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-05-22 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-01-02 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-10-03 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-06-13 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-12-20 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2022-10-13 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2022-09-28 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-05-18 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-04-20 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2021-09-28 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-08-09 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2021-07-03 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full |
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.