WHITELINK SEAFOODS LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-09-28 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-28
Confirmation statement due
2026-06-26 (in 1mo)
Last made up 2025-06-12
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£832K
-9% lowest in 3 filed years
Net assets
£16M
+5.7% vs 2023
Employees
190
-0.5% vs 2023
Profit before tax
£2M
+18.3% vs 2023
Net assets
3-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
3-year trend · latest reflected 2024-12-28
| Metric | Trend | 2022-12-29 | 2023-12-28 | 2024-12-28 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | — | £76,043,420 | £70,622,715 | |
| Operating profit | — | £1,564,603 | £1,996,941 | |
| Profit before tax | — | £1,285,262 | £1,520,778 | |
| Net profit | — | £918,982 | £1,070,811 | |
| Cash | £1,908,643 | £915,013 | £832,211 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | — | £17,707,749 | £19,898,287 | |
| Net assets | — | £15,194,934 | £16,065,745 | |
| Equity | £14,475,952 | £15,194,934 | £16,065,745 | |
| Average employees | — | 191 | 190 | |
| Wages | — | £6,548,561 | £7,132,628 | |
| Directors' remuneration | — | £204,424 | £176,600 |
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 2024-12-28 vs 2023-12-28
-
Turnover
-7.1%
£76,043,420 £70,622,715
-
Cash
-9%
£915,013 £832,211
lowest in 3 filed years
-
Net assets
+5.7%
£15,194,934 £16,065,745
-
Employees
-0.5%
191 190
-
Operating profit
+27.6%
£1,564,603 £1,996,941
-
Profit before tax
+18.3%
£1,285,262 £1,520,778
-
Wages
+8.9%
£6,548,561 £7,132,628
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 | 2022-12-29 | 2023-12-28 | 2024-12-28 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | — | 2.1% | 2.8% | |
| Net margin | — | 1.2% | 1.5% | |
| Return on capital employed | — | 8.8% | 10.0% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | — | 52.7% | 51.4% | |
| Current ratio | — | 1.35x | 1.45x | |
| Interest cover | — | 5.60x | 4.12x |
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
- WHITELINK SEAFOODS LIMITED 1992-06-26 → present
- LEDGE 126 LIMITED 1992-06-12 → 1992-06-26
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- Anderson Anderson & Brown Audit LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“In auditing the financial statements, we have concluded that the directors' use of the going concern basis of accounting in the preparation of the financial statements is appropriate. Based on the work we have performed, we have not identified any material uncertainties relating to events or conditions that, individually or collectively, may cast significant doubt on the Company's ability to continue as a going concern for a period of at least twelve months from when the financial statements are authorised for issue.”
Significant events
- “There have been no significant events affecting the company since the year end.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
3 active · 5 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SUTHERLAND, Andrew Buchan | Director | 2011-10-01 | Jan 1963 | British |
| SUTHERLAND, Graeme | Director | 2011-10-01 | Nov 1966 | British |
| SUTHERLAND, James | Director | 2011-10-01 | Apr 1978 | British |
Show 5 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| SUTHERLAND, Marie | Secretary | 1992-07-02 | 2025-05-20 |
| LEDINGHAM CHALMERS | Corporate Nominee Secretary | 1992-06-12 | 1992-07-02 |
| SUTHERLAND, James | Director | 1992-07-02 | 2011-03-31 |
| SUTHERLAND, Marie | Director | 1992-07-02 | 2025-05-20 |
| DURANO LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Director | 1992-06-12 | 1992-07-02 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mr James Sutherland Snr | Individual | Shares 25–50%, Voting 25–50% | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2023-08-28 |
| Mrs Marie Sutherland | Individual | Shares 50–75%, Voting 50–75% | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2023-08-28 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 145 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2023-08-31 MA Memorandum articles
- 2023-08-31 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-09-08 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-06-12 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2025-05-20 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2025-05-20 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-09-23 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-08-12 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2024-08-12 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2024-07-15 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2024-06-11 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2023-10-05 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-09-01 | SH08 | capital | Capital name of class of shares | |
| 2023-09-01 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2023-08-31 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles | |
| 2023-08-31 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2023-08-31 | PSC08 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control statement | |
| 2023-08-31 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2023-08-31 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2023-06-30 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-06-30 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2023-06-30 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 4
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 0
- Officers resigned
- 2
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.