WHISTL CONSOLIDATED LIMITED
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Cash
£50m
+29.6% highest in 3 filed years
Net assets
£36m
+12.8% highest in 3 filed years
Employees
1,828
-7.2% lowest in 3 filed years
Profit before tax
£61m
+1,585.8% highest in 3 filed years
Net assets
3-year trend · vs Industrials median
Accounts
3-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2025-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £766,300,000 | £821,916,000 | £861,735,000 | +4.8% | |
| Operating profit | -£4,744,000 | £793,000 | £59,261,000 | +7,373% | |
| Profit before tax | -£10,397,000 | -£4,080,000 | £60,619,000 | +1,585.8% | |
| Net profit | -£9,045,000 | -£4,120,000 | £46,386,000 | +1,225.9% | |
| Cash | £32,659,000 | £38,943,000 | £50,466,000 | +29.6% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £109,915,000 | £98,236,000 | £87,482,000 | -10.9% | |
| Net assets | £36,228,000 | £32,148,000 | £36,268,000 | +12.8% | |
| Equity | £36,228,000 | £32,148,000 | £36,268,000 | +12.8% | |
| Average employees | 2,413 | 1,969 | 1,828 | -7.2% | |
| Wages | £70,941,000 | £65,260,000 | £63,498,000 | -2.7% | |
| Directors' remuneration | £1,136,000 | £959,000 | £1,095,000 | +14.2% | |
| Directors' pension contributions | £25,000 | £3,000 | — | — | |
| Highest paid director | £387,000 | £388,000 | £330,000 | -14.9% |
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 | 2025-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | -0.6% | 0.1% | 6.9% | |
| Net margin | -1.2% | -0.5% | 5.4% | |
| Return on capital employed | -4.3% | 0.8% | 67.7% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 87.4% | 88.9% | 87.1% | |
| Current ratio | 0.74x | 0.67x | 0.72x | |
| Interest cover | -0.82x | 0.14x | — |
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
- WHISTL CONSOLIDATED LIMITED 2021-12-06 → present
- NNY 91 LIMITED 2019-05-14 → 2021-12-06
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- IFRS
- Reporting scope
- Consolidated group
- Auditor
- Ernst & Young LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The directors have prepared cash flow forecasts for the Group from the date of approval of the 2025 financial statements through to 31 July 2027... In assessing whether the going concern basis is appropriate the directors have taken account of all available information...”
Group structure
- WHISTL CONSOLIDATED LIMITED · parent
- Whistl Group Holdings Limited 100%
- Whistl Limited 100%
- Whistl Group Limited 100%
- Whistl UK Limited 100%
- Whistl North Limited 100%
- Whistl Scotland Limited 100%
- Whistl South West Limited 100%
- Whistl Midlands Limited 100%
- Whistl London Limited 100%
- Whistl Marketing Service Group Ltd 100%
- Whistl (Doordrop Media) Limited 100%
- Whistl Fulfilment Limited 100%
- Whistl Fulfilment Central Limited 100%
- Whistl Fulfilment (Farnborough) Limited 100%
- Parcelhub Limited 100%
- Mail Workshop Limited 100%
- Whistl Ecommerce Group Limited 100%
- Whistl Fulfilment (Gateshead) Limited 100%
- Spark Etail Limited 100%
- Whistl Fulfilment (SouthWest) Limited 100%
- Relish Agency Limited 100%
Significant events
- “During the year, BGF exited its minority investment in the Group through a £21m share buyback simplifying the Group's shareholder structure.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
6 active · 5 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| EVANS, John | Secretary | 2019-05-14 | — | — |
| BERENDSEN, Pim | Director | 2021-05-19 | May 1973 | Dutch |
| KEILTY, Ian David | Director | 2025-07-01 | Jul 1972 | British |
| PARMAR, Manoj Kumar | Director | 2019-05-14 | Oct 1966 | British |
| POLGLASS, Nigel Graham | Director | 2019-05-14 | May 1961 | British |
| WELLS, Nicholas Mark | Director | 2019-05-14 | Jul 1959 | British |
Show 5 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| COCHRANE, Alistair | Director | 2022-04-21 | 2023-06-23 |
| GREENBURY, James | Director | 2019-06-21 | 2025-12-31 |
| KOVALIKHINA, Elena | Director | 2024-12-19 | 2025-05-30 |
| LEDWIDGE, Sarah Elizabeth | Director | 2024-03-26 | 2024-12-19 |
| NUNNY, Mark Ian | Director | 2019-06-21 | 2024-03-26 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nicholas Mark Wells | Individual | Voting 25–50% | 2025-05-30 | Active |
| Mr Nicholas Mark Wells | Individual | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100% | 2019-05-14 | Ceased 2019-06-21 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 87 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2025-07-01 MA Memorandum articles
- 2025-07-01 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-09-24 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2026-05-21 | SH04 | capital | Capital sale or transfer treasury shares with date currency capital figure | |
| 2026-05-21 | SH03 | capital | Capital return purchase own shares treasury capital date | |
| 2026-05-19 | SH03 | capital | Capital return purchase own shares treasury capital date | |
| 2026-05-18 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2026-05-16 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2026-05-06 | SH03 | capital | Capital return purchase own shares treasury capital date | |
| 2026-03-04 | PSC01 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2026-03-04 | PSC09 | persons-with-significant-control | Withdrawal of a person with significant control statement | |
| 2026-02-24 | SH03 | capital | Capital return purchase own shares treasury capital date | |
| 2026-02-09 | SH04 | capital | Capital sale or transfer treasury shares with date currency capital figure | |
| 2026-01-09 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-11-07 | SH03 | capital | Capital return purchase own shares treasury capital date | |
| 2025-10-01 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2025-09-23 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2025-07-08 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-07-01 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles | |
| 2025-07-01 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2025-07-01 | SH10 | capital | Capital variation of rights attached to shares | |
| 2025-07-01 | SH06 | capital | Capital cancellation shares |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 14
- Capital events
- 10
- Officers appointed
- 0
- 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.