WESTERN UNITED FINANCE COMPANY LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-06-30 (in 1mo)
Last filed for 2024-09-30
Confirmation statement due
2026-07-09 (in 2mo)
Last made up 2025-06-25
Watchouts
Cash
—
Latest balance sheet
Net assets
£255K
-5.4% vs 2023
Employees
—
Average over period
Profit before tax
-£15K
-59.2% vs 2023
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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Material uncertainty over going concern
Notwithstanding the net current liabilities of £1,674m (30 September 2023: £1,659m), the financial statements have been prepared on a going concern basis... forecasts indicate sufficient funds, through funding from its ultimate parent company, Metro AG, to meet its liabilities... directors acknowledge no certainty that this support will continue... prepare financial statements on a going concern basis.
Name history
Renamed 1 time since incorporation
- WESTERN UNITED FINANCE COMPANY LIMITED 1990-07-16 → present
- VESTEY BROTHERS LIMITED 1915-10-28 → 1990-07-16
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Industrials median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2024-09-30
| Metric | Trend | 2023-09-30 | 2024-09-30 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | — | — | |
| Operating profit | — | — | |
| Profit before tax | -£9,164 | -£14,590 | |
| Net profit | -£9,164 | -£14,590 | |
| Cash | — | — | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £269,664 | £255,074 | |
| Net assets | £269,664 | £255,074 | |
| Equity | £269,664 | £255,074 | |
| Average employees | — | — | |
| Wages | — | — |
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 | 2023-09-30 | 2024-09-30 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Current ratio | 0.32x | 0.32x |
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
- Gravita Audit Limited
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Material uncertainty disclosed
“Notwithstanding the net current liabilities of £1,674m (30 September 2023: £1,659m), the financial statements have been prepared on a going concern basis... forecasts indicate sufficient funds, through funding from its ultimate parent company, Metro AG, to meet its liabilities... directors acknowledge no certainty that this support will continue... prepare financial statements on a going concern basis.”
Group structure
- WESTERN UNITED FINANCE COMPANY LIMITED · parent
- Classic Fine Foods Rungis SAS 100%
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
2 active · 17 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BATEL, Olivier Jean Paul Claude | Director | 2025-02-28 | Feb 1975 | French |
| GRIES, Peter | Director | 2025-02-28 | May 1971 | German |
Show 17 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| CUTHBERT, John Richard | Secretary | 1994-08-11 | 2006-01-30 |
| MACGREGOR, Donald George Rhynas | Secretary | — | 1994-08-11 |
| THORNTON, Neil | Secretary | 2006-01-30 | 2011-01-18 |
| BALFOUR, Fergus George | Director | 2011-09-13 | 2017-04-03 |
| BARRET, Christophe | Director | 2019-02-12 | 2022-06-30 |
| EDELMANN, Jesper Scheel | Director | 2006-01-30 | 2011-01-18 |
| GRIFFITHS, Simon David | Director | 2011-01-18 | 2015-08-26 |
| MICHEL, Jens Wolfgang | Director | 2022-06-30 | 2025-02-28 |
| PIERLEONI, Marco Alessandro | Director | 2006-01-30 | 2006-04-30 |
| TAN, Poh Thuan Yang Lindsay | Director | 2011-01-18 | 2014-04-30 |
| TAY HUI LIN, Karen | Director | 2018-04-27 | 2019-02-12 |
| THORNTON, Neil | Director | 2006-04-30 | 2011-01-18 |
| VEILLEROY, Damien | Director | 2017-04-03 | 2018-06-12 |
| VESTEY, Edmund Hoyle | Director | — | 2005-11-18 |
| VESTEY, George Moubray William | Director | 2005-11-18 | 2006-01-30 |
| VESTEY, Samuel George Armstrong, Lord | Director | — | 2006-01-30 |
| YOUNG, Paul Michael | Director | 2011-09-13 | 2020-05-29 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Classic Fine Foods Group Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 160 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-07-02 | AD02 | address | Change sail address company with old address new address | |
| 2025-07-01 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-06-16 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-03-05 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-03-05 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-03-05 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-09-20 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-08-27 | PSC05 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2024-08-27 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2024-07-01 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-06-25 | AD02 | address | Change sail address company with old address new address | |
| 2023-12-19 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-06-29 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-11-07 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-07-12 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-06-30 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2022-06-30 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2021-10-08 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-07-02 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-04-16 | AA01 | accounts | Change account reference date company current shortened |
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.
Year-on-year
FY2023 → FY2024 · period ending 2024-09-30 vs 2023-09-30
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Turnover
—
Not reported
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Cash
—
Not reported
-
Net assets
-5.4%
£269,664 £255,074
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Employees
—
Not reported
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Profit before tax
-59.2%
-£9,164 -£14,590
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