WHICKERCO LIMITED
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Cash
£4M
Latest balance sheet
Net assets
-£44M
Equity attributable
Employees
6
Average over period
Profit before tax
-£86K
Period ending 2025-12-31
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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Negative shareholders' funds
Net assets
3-year trend · vs Real Estate median
Accounts
3-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2025-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2024-02-25 | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | — | £71,000 | £510,000 | — | |
| Operating profit | — | -£331,000 | -£935,000 | — | |
| Profit before tax | £43,482,000 | -£9,186,000 | -£86,000 | — | |
| Net profit | £43,482,000 | -£9,186,000 | -£86,000 | — | |
| Cash | £471,000 | £27,191,000 | £3,959,000 | — | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £54,077,000 | £41,409,000 | £17,300,000 | — | |
| Net assets | -£34,442,000 | -£43,628,000 | -£43,714,000 | — | |
| Equity | -£34,442,000 | — | — | — | |
| Average employees | — | — | 6 | — | |
| Wages | — | — | £286,000 | — | |
| Directors' remuneration | — | — | £120,000 | — |
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 —. Year-on-year comparison hidden: this filing covers about 12 months versus 10 months prior. About these numbers
Ratios
Computed from the line items above — sparklines read oldest → newest
| Ratio | Trend | 2024-02-25 | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | — | — | -183.3% | |
| Net margin | — | — | -16.9% | |
| Return on capital employed | — | -0.8% | -5.4% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | — | 201.2% | 349.6% | |
| Current ratio | — | 17.60x | 19.08x | |
| Interest cover | — | -7.70x | — |
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. Margin ratios are hidden where reported turnover is too small relative to profit to yield a meaningful figure — typical of holding companies whose income is mostly subsidiary dividends rather than trading revenue. Sector-distribution context coming next.
Name history
Renamed 3 times since incorporation
- WHICKERCO LIMITED 2025-01-16 → present
- PORTALS FINANCE 3 LIMITED 2021-02-27 → 2025-01-16
- WHICKERCO LIMITED 2018-01-31 → 2021-02-27
- NEWCO2018 4 LIMITED 2018-01-19 → 2018-01-31
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- Grant Thornton UK LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“As such, the Directors have a reasonable expectation that the Company has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future. Accordingly, the Directors have continued to adopt the going concern basis in preparing the financial statements.”
Group structure
- WHICKERCO LIMITED · parent
- Portals Paper S.A. De C.V.
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
3 active · 6 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ATWAL, Aaron Rai | Director | 2025-01-14 | May 1989 | British |
| HOLLIDAY, Ross, Dr | Director | 2018-06-27 | Jun 1978 | British |
| PRIESTLEY, William De Bretton | Director | 2025-01-14 | Apr 1968 | British |
Show 6 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| GROVER, Jason | Director | 2018-06-27 | 2019-08-05 |
| LEWIS, Rebecca | Director | 2024-02-22 | 2024-12-31 |
| NASH, Andrew Simon | Director | 2023-08-04 | 2024-08-15 |
| PRIESTLEY, William De Bretton | Director | 2018-01-19 | 2018-06-27 |
| RANCON, Jean-Baptiste | Director | 2019-08-28 | 2024-02-22 |
| WILSON, Owen Henry | Director | 2018-01-19 | 2018-06-27 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Godivaco Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2018-01-19 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 55 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2025-01-16 CERTNM Certificate change of name company PDF
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-05-22 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2026-01-30 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-08-08 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-01-22 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2025-01-17 | PSC05 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2025-01-16 | CERTNM | change-of-name | Certificate change of name company | |
| 2025-01-15 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-01-15 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-01-15 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2025-01-15 | AA01 | accounts | Change account reference date company previous shortened | |
| 2025-01-09 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-12-24 | MR05 | mortgage | Mortgage charge part release with charge number | |
| 2024-12-24 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2024-08-24 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-08-15 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-05-13 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2024-02-22 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-02-22 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-01-17 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-12-06 | 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
- 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.