WHITE & CO PLC
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Next accounts due
2026-07-31 (in 2mo)
Last filed for 2025-01-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-08-17 (in 3mo)
Last made up 2025-08-03
Watchouts
Cash
£790K
-4.6% vs 2024
Net assets
£3M
-9.2% vs 2024
Employees
399
-3.4% vs 2024
Profit before tax
£33K
+112.3% vs 2024
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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3 officer resignations in last 12 months
Multiple officers have left the board recently — see the People section for who.
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Industrials median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2025-01-31
| Metric | Trend | 2024-01-31 | 2025-01-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £28,049,446 | £30,556,052 | |
| Operating profit | £20,748 | £337,102 | |
| Profit before tax | -£267,225 | £32,747 | |
| Net profit | -£221,005 | -£296,359 | |
| Cash | £828,415 | £790,255 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £8,726,205 | £8,458,186 | |
| Net assets | £3,232,636 | £2,936,277 | |
| Equity | £3,232,636 | £2,936,277 | |
| Average employees | 413 | 399 | |
| Wages | £11,800,749 | £12,363,265 |
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
Ratios
Computed from the line items above — sparklines read oldest → newest
| Ratio | Trend | 2024-01-31 | 2025-01-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 0.1% | 1.1% | |
| Net margin | -0.8% | -1.0% | |
| Return on capital employed | 0.2% | 4.0% | |
| Current ratio | 1.30x | 0.98x | |
| Interest cover | 0.07x | 1.01x |
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.
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- Fiander Tovell Limited
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The directors consider the company to have ample and adequate resources to continue in operational existence for at least the next 12 months, thus they continue to adopt the going concern basis of accounting in preparing the annual financial statements.”
Group structure
- WHITE & CO PLC · parent
- Lawrence & Hall Limited 100%
- White Van Lines Limited 100%
- White Moving & Storage Spain SL 100%
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
8 active · 18 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| PRANGLE, Stacey | Secretary | 2025-07-31 | — | — |
| COLES, Shane | Director | 2025-10-01 | Aug 1978 | British |
| FASSOMS, Steven Christopher | Director | 2014-08-01 | May 1967 | British |
| PALMER, Adam Mcgregor | Director | 2025-10-01 | Nov 1990 | British |
| PALMER, Ian Michael | Director | 1994-04-18 | May 1961 | British |
| PRANGLE, Stacey | Director | 2023-06-20 | Jul 1981 | British |
| SPIES, Louis | Director | 2016-05-01 | Sep 1968 | British |
| WHITE, Andrew Wallis | Director | 2026-02-10 | Feb 1976 | British |
Show 18 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| HOARE, David Anthony | Secretary | 2017-01-13 | 2018-05-22 |
| HOARE, David Anthony | Secretary | 1997-08-07 | 2016-06-29 |
| HOWSON-GREEN, Michael | Secretary | — | 1997-08-07 |
| UNIACKE, Martin John | Secretary | 2016-06-29 | 2017-01-13 |
| VITORIA, Dominic John Mark | Secretary | 2018-05-22 | 2025-07-31 |
| BURDEN, William Robert | Director | 2016-05-01 | 2018-01-31 |
| ELLIOTT, Cuthbert Samuel | Director | — | 1994-04-18 |
| HALLIWELL, Geoffrey Richard | Director | — | 1994-04-18 |
| HERBERT, Michael David | Director | 1998-03-26 | 2011-05-31 |
| HOARE, David Anthony | Director | 2002-10-29 | 2023-09-01 |
| HOWSON-GREEN, Michael | Director | — | 2015-01-28 |
| NICHOLSON, Ian David | Director | 2013-11-01 | 2024-04-30 |
| NICKLINSON, Roy John | Director | — | 2016-07-31 |
| PATEMAN, David John Charles | Director | — | 2015-07-31 |
| VITORIA, Dominic John Mark | Director | 2018-05-22 | 2025-07-31 |
| WHITE, Dudley Wallis | Director | — | 1991-09-30 |
| WHITE, Graham Gordon | Director | — | 2013-07-31 |
| WHITE, Robert Wallis | Director | 2024-10-29 | 2026-02-10 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Whitport Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100% | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 171 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-03-24 | PSC05 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2026-02-12 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2026-02-12 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-10-09 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-10-09 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-10-09 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-10-09 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-10-09 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-10-09 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-08-14 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-07-31 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2025-07-31 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-07-31 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2025-07-22 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-05-01 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-03-06 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2024-10-31 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-08-06 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-07-02 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-06-06 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 15
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 4
- Officers resigned
- 3
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.
Year-on-year
FY2024 → FY2025 · period ending 2025-01-31 vs 2024-01-31
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Turnover
+8.9%
£28,049,446 £30,556,052
-
Cash
-4.6%
£828,415 £790,255
-
Net assets
-9.2%
£3,232,636 £2,936,277
-
Employees
-3.4%
413 399
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Operating profit
+1,524.7%
£20,748 £337,102
-
Profit before tax
+112.3%
-£267,225 £32,747
-
Wages
+4.8%
£11,800,749 £12,363,265
Each % is (latest − prior) ÷ |prior| for the line item as filed. Periods don't have to be exactly 12 months apart — a long or short period (typical around incorporation or year-end changes) will distort the comparison. Lines a company doesn't report are omitted. About these numbers