WHITE HORSE CONTRACTORS LIMITED
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Cash
£1.5m
+460.3% highest in 5 filed years
Net assets
£2.9m
+32.7% highest in 5 filed years
Employees
45
+9.8% highest in 5 filed years
Profit before tax
£1.1m
+12% vs 2023
Net assets
5-year trend · vs Industrials median
Accounts
5-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2024-10-31
| Metric | Trend | 2020-04-30 | 2021-10-31 | 2022-10-31 | 2023-10-31 | 2024-10-31 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | — | — | £17,479,164 | £13,113,889 | £15,435,403 | +17.7% | |
| Operating profit | — | — | £1,302,187 | £1,002,140 | £1,090,654 | +8.8% | |
| Profit before tax | — | — | £1,273,389 | £955,425 | £1,069,954 | +12% | |
| Net profit | — | — | £1,049,486 | £717,938 | £808,005 | +12.5% | |
| Cash | £314,636 | £986,773 | £644,932 | £262,182 | £1,468,942 | +460.3% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £959,089 | £1,671,517 | £2,542,719 | £2,823,584 | £3,382,304 | +19.8% | |
| Net assets | £49,042 | £890,053 | £1,759,539 | £2,212,477 | £2,935,482 | +32.7% | |
| Equity | £49,042 | £890,053 | £1,759,539 | £2,212,477 | £2,935,482 | +32.7% | |
| Average employees | 34 | 40 | 39 | 41 | 45 | +9.8% | |
| Wages | — | — | £2,142,885 | £2,111,736 | £2,846,400 | +34.8% | |
| Directors' remuneration | — | — | £264,820 | £261,215 | £538,854 | +106.3% |
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 | 2020-04-30 | 2021-10-31 | 2022-10-31 | 2023-10-31 | 2024-10-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | — | — | 7.4% | 7.6% | 7.1% | |
| Net margin | — | — | 6.0% | 5.5% | 5.2% | |
| Return on capital employed | — | — | 51.2% | 35.5% | 32.2% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 97.1% | 78.3% | 68.5% | 59.4% | 51.6% | |
| Interest cover | — | — | 43.94x | 20.38x | 38.61x |
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
- WHITE HORSE CONTRACTORS LIMITED 2019-03-05 → present
- MUDDY PLANT HIRE LIMITED 2019-02-20 → 2019-03-05
People
7 active · 3 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ALCOCK, Thomas | Director | 2024-05-16 | May 1988 | British |
| CEBALLOS FERREIRA, Juan Carlos | Director | 2026-05-01 | May 1990 | Spanish |
| DANIELS, Thomas Adam | Director | 2023-11-01 | Jul 1987 | British |
| SLATTER, David Samuel | Director | 2019-02-20 | Feb 1983 | British |
| SMITH, Gordon David | Director | 2019-03-01 | Oct 1984 | British |
| WARREN, Paul Thomas | Director | 2025-11-01 | Mar 1985 | British |
| WELSH, James Peter, Dr | Director | 2019-03-01 | Sep 1971 | British |
Show 3 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| MCBETH, David William Colin | Director | 2024-05-16 | 2026-02-09 |
| SLATTER, Caroline Jane | Director | 2019-02-20 | 2019-03-01 |
| SLATTER, Philip John | Director | 2019-02-20 | 2019-03-01 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Slatter Group Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2019-02-20 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 30 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-09-11 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2026-05-08 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2026-02-21 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2026-02-20 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2026-01-04 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-04-17 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type medium | |
| 2025-02-20 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-05-18 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-05-16 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-05-02 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-02-20 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-11-13 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2023-11-02 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-07-13 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type small | |
| 2023-03-08 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-07-08 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type small | |
| 2022-03-21 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2021-04-14 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2020-10-30 | AA01 | accounts | Change account reference date company current extended | |
| 2020-10-26 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type small |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 5
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 2
- 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.