WHITE OAK EUROPE, LTD
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Cash
£37M
-1.5% vs 2023
Net assets
-£46M
-30.2% vs 2023
Employees
153
+2% vs 2023
Profit before tax
-£16M
+29.5% vs 2023
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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Negative shareholders' funds
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Financials median
Accounts
2-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2024-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £76,880,287 | £68,398,226 | -11% | |
| Operating profit | £18,987,177 | £24,402,162 | +28.5% | |
| Profit before tax | -£22,993,248 | -£16,220,217 | +29.5% | |
| Net profit | -£21,010,705 | -£13,920,977 | +33.7% | |
| Cash | £37,084,305 | £36,539,006 | -1.5% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £473,097,540 | £405,032,131 | -14.4% | |
| Net assets | -£35,422,960 | -£46,133,018 | -30.2% | |
| Equity | -£35,422,960 | -£46,133,018 | -30.2% | |
| Average employees | 150 | 153 | +2% | |
| Wages | £10,296,253 | £10,201,739 | -0.9% | |
| Directors' remuneration | £2,175,508 | £2,995,164 | +37.7% |
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 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 24.7% | 35.7% | |
| Net margin | -27.3% | -20.4% | |
| Return on capital employed | 4.0% | 6.0% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 107.3% | 110.0% | |
| Current ratio | 31.52x | 7.61x | |
| Interest cover | 0.44x | 0.57x |
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
- Consolidated group
- Auditor
- Deloitte LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The financial statements have been prepared on a going concern basis as the Directors are satisfied that the Company has adequate resources to continue in business for the foreseeable future.”
Group structure
- WHITE OAK EUROPE, LTD · parent
- LDI Operations Limited 100%
- LDF Finance No.1 Limited 100%
- LDF Finance No.2 Limited 100%
- LDF Group Finance Limited 100%
- LDF OPS Limited 100%
- LDF Finance No.3 Limited 100%
- White Oak UK No.4 Limited 100%
- White Oak UK No.5 Limited 100%
- White Oak UK No.5 (Blue) Limited 100%
- White Oak NO 6 Limited 100%
- LDF Group Holdco Limited 100%
- White Oak Europe Acquisition Limited 100%
- LDF Finance No.3 DD Limited 100%
- White Oak Europe ABL Limited 100%
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
3 active · 4 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BERRY, Kevin | Director | 2022-03-11 | Aug 1991 | American |
| HAKKAK, Andre | Director | 2016-05-07 | Jan 1973 | American |
| OTTE, Thomas | Director | 2016-05-07 | May 1955 | American |
Show 4 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| ALTIERI, Diane | Secretary | 2016-08-23 | 2022-11-15 |
| MCKEE, Barbara | Director | 2019-01-10 | 2024-12-31 |
| MCKEE, Barbara | Director | 2016-05-07 | 2018-04-05 |
| MOZAFFARIAN, Darius Joseph | Director | 2018-04-05 | 2020-01-06 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 74 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2024-12-19 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
- 2024-10-09 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-09-26 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2025-06-09 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2025-02-12 | MORT MISC | mortgage | Mortgage miscellaneous | |
| 2025-01-10 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-12-27 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2024-12-19 | SH20 | capital | Legacy | |
| 2024-12-19 | SH19 | capital | Capital statement capital company with date currency figure | |
| 2024-12-19 | CAP-SS | insolvency | Legacy | |
| 2024-12-19 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2024-11-22 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2024-10-09 | SH19 | capital | Capital statement capital company with date currency figure | |
| 2024-10-09 | SH20 | capital | Legacy | |
| 2024-10-09 | CAP-SS | insolvency | Legacy | |
| 2024-10-09 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2024-09-17 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2024-08-16 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2024-07-19 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2024-06-25 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2024-06-10 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2024-06-07 | MR05 | mortgage | Mortgage charge part release with charge number |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 1
- Capital events
- 7
- 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.