WHITEMEADOW INVESTMENTS LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-10-22 (in 5mo)
Last made up 2025-10-08
Watchouts
Cash
£68K
-86.9% vs 2023
Net assets
£5M
-15.6% lowest in 3 filed years
Employees
422
-26.7% vs 2023
Profit before tax
£3M
-5.1% vs 2023
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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2 PSCs ceased in last 24 months
Significant control changed hands — see the Ownership section.
Net assets
7-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
7-year trend · latest reflected 2024-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2018-12-31 | 2019-12-31 | 2020-12-31 | 2021-12-31 | 2022-12-31 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | — | — | — | — | — | £58,153,587 | £44,920,828 | |
| Operating profit | — | — | — | — | — | £3,779,009 | £3,677,943 | |
| Profit before tax | — | — | — | — | — | £3,641,890 | £3,455,382 | |
| Net profit | — | — | £1,374,193 | — | — | £27,900,004 | £2,575,214 | |
| Cash | £40,759 | £5,547 | £69,858 | — | — | £518,472 | £67,699 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | — | — | — | — | — | £10,475,545 | £7,623,854 | |
| Net assets | — | — | £8,763,007 | — | — | £5,468,770 | £4,616,478 | |
| Equity | — | — | — | £11,290,538 | £13,495,231 | £5,468,770 | £4,616,478 | |
| Average employees | — | — | 6 | — | — | 576 | 422 | |
| Wages | — | — | £0 | — | — | £16,186,834 | £12,278,631 | |
| Directors' remuneration | — | — | — | — | — | £1,433,804 | £1,191,180 |
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
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Turnover
-22.8%
£58,153,587 £44,920,828
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Cash
-86.9%
£518,472 £67,699
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Net assets
-15.6%
£5,468,770 £4,616,478
lowest in 3 filed years
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Employees
-26.7%
576 422
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Operating profit
-2.7%
£3,779,009 £3,677,943
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Profit before tax
-5.1%
£3,641,890 £3,455,382
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Wages
-24.1%
£16,186,834 £12,278,631
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 | 2018-12-31 | 2019-12-31 | 2020-12-31 | 2021-12-31 | 2022-12-31 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | — | — | — | — | — | 6.5% | 8.2% | |
| Net margin | — | — | — | — | — | 48.0% | 5.7% | |
| Return on capital employed | — | — | — | — | — | 36.1% | 48.2% | |
| Current ratio | — | — | — | — | — | 0.79x | 0.18x | |
| Interest cover | — | — | — | — | — | 6.07x | 8.99x |
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 INVESTMENTS LIMITED 2017-10-18 → present
- WHITEMEADOW (TOPCO) LIMITED 2017-10-09 → 2017-10-18
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Consolidated group
- Auditor
- Streets Audit LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“At the time of approving the financial statements, the directors have a reasonable expectation that the company has adequate resources to enable it to continue to meet its obligations as they fall due for a period of 12 months from the date of sign off of these financial statements. The directors have considered current bank reserves and have prepared detailed profit and cashflow forecasts for a period of 12 months from the date of sign off of these financial statements.”
Group structure
- WHITEMEADOW INVESTMENTS LIMITED · parent
- Orchard Way Property Group Limited 100%
- Whitemeadow Furniture Limited 100%
- W M Frames Limited 100%
- Peak Converters Limited 45%
- The Branded Furniture Company Limited 65%
Significant events
- “On 24 October 2024 a series of transactions took place which involved a demerger of the trading subsidiary, joint venture and associate. The group profit and loss account therefore reflects the results up to this date for those entities. At the year end the Group activities were just property investments.”
- “a change in group structure has contributed to the decreased turnover, combined with a fall in the trading entity's turnover.”
- “The reduced global economic activity has brought about significant restructuring requirements across the business as it contends higher interest rates, higher labour costs and the higher Selling prices.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
5 active · 4 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| AINLEY, Paul Craig | Director | 2017-10-09 | Oct 1971 | British |
| CLARRIDGE, Michael Stuart | Director | 2017-10-09 | Oct 1970 | British |
| KITCHEN, Andrew | Director | 2017-11-02 | Nov 1966 | British |
| OSCROFT, Daniel Robert | Director | 2017-11-02 | Oct 1987 | British |
| OSCROFT, Ian Robert | Director | 2017-11-02 | Mar 1960 | British |
Show 4 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| GARNETT, Garfield Peter | Director | 2017-11-02 | 2021-12-31 |
| PRICE, Alan | Director | 2022-09-01 | 2024-10-28 |
| WESSON, Paul John | Director | 2017-11-02 | 2020-05-31 |
| WILKINSON, Nick | Director | 2022-03-01 | 2024-10-28 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mr Daniel Robert Oscroft | Individual | Shares 25–50%, Voting 25–50% | 2024-10-24 | Active |
| Mr Ian Robert Oscroft | Individual | Significant influence | 2017-11-02 | Ceased 2024-10-24 |
| Mr Daniel Oscroft | Individual | Shares 50–75%, Voting 50–75% | 2017-10-09 | Ceased 2024-10-24 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 53 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2024-11-02 MA Memorandum articles
- 2024-11-02 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
- 2024-10-25 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-11-18 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2025-11-13 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-09-17 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-09-09 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2025-02-14 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2025-02-14 | PSC01 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2025-02-14 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2024-11-02 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles | |
| 2024-11-02 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2024-11-01 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-11-01 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-10-25 | SH08 | capital | Capital name of class of shares | |
| 2024-10-25 | SH19 | capital | Capital statement capital company with date currency figure | |
| 2024-10-25 | SH20 | capital | Legacy | |
| 2024-10-25 | CAP-SS | insolvency | Legacy | |
| 2024-10-25 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2024-10-25 | SH10 | capital | Capital variation of rights attached to shares | |
| 2024-10-25 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-10-17 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-11-09 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 4
- Capital events
- 4
- 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.