WP ENGINE (UK) LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-09-12 (in 4mo)
Last made up 2025-08-29
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£115K
-73.2% vs 2023
Net assets
£5M
+19.7% vs 2023
Employees
72
+1.4% vs 2023
Profit before tax
£726K
-3.5% vs 2023
Net assets
3-year trend · vs Industrials median
Accounts
3-year trend · latest reflected 2024-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2022-12-31 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | — | £10,159,499 | £9,809,468 | |
| Operating profit | — | £752,557 | £726,628 | |
| Profit before tax | — | £752,557 | £726,425 | |
| Net profit | — | £571,588 | £561,777 | |
| Cash | — | £428,796 | £115,063 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | — | £3,988,363 | £4,774,355 | |
| Net assets | — | £3,988,363 | £4,774,355 | |
| Equity | £3,215,752 | £3,988,363 | £4,774,355 | |
| Average employees | — | 71 | 72 | |
| Wages | — | £6,843,908 | £6,884,168 | |
| Directors' remuneration | — | £0 | £0 |
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
-3.4%
£10,159,499 £9,809,468
-
Cash
-73.2%
£428,796 £115,063
-
Net assets
+19.7%
£3,988,363 £4,774,355
-
Employees
+1.4%
71 72
-
Operating profit
-3.4%
£752,557 £726,628
-
Profit before tax
-3.5%
£752,557 £726,425
-
Wages
+0.6%
£6,843,908 £6,884,168
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 | 2022-12-31 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | — | 7.4% | 7.4% | |
| Net margin | — | 5.6% | 5.7% | |
| Return on capital employed | — | 18.9% | 15.2% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | — | 18.3% | 16.1% | |
| Current ratio | — | 5.32x | 6.02x | |
| Interest cover | — | — | 3579.45x |
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 §1A
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Abridged
- Yes — abridged accounts (limited disclosure)
- Auditor
- Ernst & Young LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“After making enquiries and preparing projections, the directors have a reasonable expectation that the company has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for a period to 30 September 2026. As its key customer, the company is reliant on the continuance of its parent company, WP Engine, Inc. WP Engine, Inc. has provided a parental support letter which states that it will provide financial support and the directors have assessed that WP Engine, Inc. has the ability to provide this support. The directors made detailed enquiries, including confirmation of the strong liquidity position announced by WP Engine, Inc. and review of the latest financial results including the latest financial statements signed on 30 April 2025. After making these detailed enquiries, the directors are confident that WP Engine, Inc. has sufficient resources to enable it to provide financial support. The directors consider that the going concern assumption is appropriate have prepared the financial statements on a going concern basis. This assumes that the company will have adequate resources to continue in operational existence through meeting its liabilities as they come due.”
Significant events
- “No matter or circumstance has arisen since 31 December 2024 that has significantly affected, or may significantly affect the company's operations, the results of those operations, or the company's state of affairs in future financial years.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
3 active · 2 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| GRANT THORNTON SECRETARIAL SERVICES LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 2018-09-13 | — | — |
| BRUNNER, Heather Jean | Director | 2014-08-29 | Sep 1968 | American |
| COSTELLO, Charles | Director | 2018-06-07 | Jul 1972 | American |
Show 2 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| DYER, Mark Edward | Secretary | 2014-08-29 | 2018-09-13 |
| DOWNING, April Bland | Director | 2014-08-29 | 2018-05-31 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 35 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-10-30 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-08-29 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-08-13 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2025-01-22 | AAMD | accounts | Accounts amended with accounts type small | |
| 2024-12-13 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type total exemption full | |
| 2024-12-11 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-05-28 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-10-09 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type small | |
| 2023-09-07 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-06-23 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2023-06-23 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2022-11-25 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type small | |
| 2022-08-30 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-10-12 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type small | |
| 2021-08-31 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2020-12-16 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type small | |
| 2020-12-02 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2019-12-17 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type small | |
| 2019-09-11 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2018-09-20 | AP04 | officers | Appoint corporate secretary company with name date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 3
- 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.