WHISTLES LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-12-31 (in 7mo)
Last filed for 2025-03-29
Confirmation statement due
2027-04-27 (in 11mo)
Last made up 2026-04-13
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£2M
-62.1% vs 2024
Net assets
£3M
+16.3% vs 2024
Employees
210
+2.4% vs 2024
Profit before tax
£958K
-25.4% vs 2024
Name history
Renamed 2 times since incorporation
- WHISTLES LIMITED 1983-01-21 → present
- WHISTLES & POLO LIMITED 1981-12-31 → 1983-01-21
- POLO RETAIL LIMITED 1980-08-28 → 1981-12-31
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2025-03-29
| Metric | Trend | 2024-03-30 | 2025-03-29 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £65,727,000 | £57,741,000 | |
| Operating profit | £2,548,000 | £1,830,000 | |
| Profit before tax | £1,285,000 | £958,000 | |
| Net profit | £878,000 | £452,000 | |
| Cash | £5,958,000 | £2,260,000 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £7,775,000 | £9,098,000 | |
| Net assets | £2,774,000 | £3,226,000 | |
| Equity | £2,774,000 | £3,226,000 | |
| Average employees | 205 | 210 | |
| Wages | £8,197,000 | £8,178,000 |
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 | 2024-03-30 | 2025-03-29 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 3.9% | 3.2% | |
| Net margin | 1.3% | 0.8% | |
| Return on capital employed | 32.8% | 20.1% | |
| Current ratio | 0.96x | 0.88x | |
| Interest cover | 2.74x | 1.69x |
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 101
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- Deloitte LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The financial statements have been prepared on a going concern basis which assumes that the Company will continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future being a period of at least twelve months from the date of signing this report. The Directors consider that it is appropriate to prepare the accounts on a going concern basis...”
Group structure
- WHISTLES LIMITED · parent
- Whistles International Limited 100%
- Whistles Stores Ireland Limited 100%
- WHNL Limited 100%
- Whistles Hong Kong Limited 100%
Significant events
- “Whistles opened 5 new stores also closed 19 stores.”
- “Distribution costs were slightly higher year on year, which is mainly driven by a one-off warehouse move that occurred in March 2025.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
2 active · 43 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| HAMPSHIRE, James Justin | Director | 2020-08-10 | Oct 1968 | British |
| MACKRILL, Emma Christina | Director | 2024-09-10 | Aug 1987 | British |
Show 43 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| D'CRUZE, Christopher | Secretary | 2001-10-24 | 2001-12-31 |
| GLANVILLE, Richard Spencer | Secretary | 2005-01-06 | 2008-01-26 |
| HAMPSHIRE, James Justin | Secretary | 2016-01-11 | 2019-01-02 |
| LEWIN, Richard David | Secretary | — | 2001-10-24 |
| MACAULAY, John Arnold | Secretary | 2001-12-31 | 2002-07-25 |
| MICKLER, Philip Graeme | Secretary | 2010-01-04 | 2015-12-31 |
| SHARMA, Sanjib | Secretary | 2004-06-25 | 2005-01-06 |
| STANFORD, Kevin Gerald | Secretary | 2002-07-25 | 2004-06-25 |
| WILKS, Jessica | Secretary | 2006-10-12 | 2008-01-26 |
| WILKS, Keith Scott | Secretary | 2008-01-26 | 2009-11-27 |
| BARNETT, Benjamin Lawrence Maximilian | Director | 2016-03-23 | 2021-06-30 |
| BRENNAN, Jennifer | Director | 1998-06-25 | 2002-05-07 |
| BROOKS, Amanda, Ms. | Director | 2002-07-29 | 2003-03-31 |
| BROOKS, Amanda, Ms. | Director | 1998-02-13 | 2002-07-25 |
| CARING, Richard Allan | Director | 1998-06-25 | 2002-07-25 |
| COOPER, Susan Nicola | Director | 2009-11-27 | 2014-11-10 |
| D'CRUZE, Christopher | Director | 1998-06-25 | 2001-12-31 |
| DEWINTER, Justin Zakgerald | Director | 1999-08-19 | 2001-04-30 |
| DIDYMIOTIS, Aleksandra | Director | 2021-05-28 | 2023-05-09 |
| EDWARDS, Gregory Desmond | Director | 2002-07-29 | 2003-01-31 |
| EDWARDS, Gregory Desmond | Director | 2001-10-01 | 2002-07-25 |
| GLANVILLE, Richard Spencer | Director | 2004-06-25 | 2008-01-26 |
| GOLDSBROUGH, Sandy | Director | 2003-05-01 | 2004-06-25 |
| HAMPSHIRE, Justin | Director | 2016-03-23 | 2019-01-02 |
| HARLOW, Lee Eric | Director | 2016-03-23 | 2020-08-12 |
| LAMBERT, Catherine Ann | Director | 2018-12-20 | 2021-05-28 |
| LEON, Stuart Anthony | Director | 1998-02-13 | 1999-05-17 |
| LEWIN, Lucille Patricia | Director | — | 2001-10-24 |
| LEWIN, Richard David | Director | — | 2001-10-24 |
| LOVELOCK, Derek John | Director | 2004-06-25 | 2008-01-26 |
| LUSTMAN, Margaret Eve | Director | 2006-01-23 | 2008-01-26 |
| MACAULAY, John Arnold | Director | 1998-06-25 | 2002-07-25 |
| MICKLER, Philip Graeme | Director | 2010-01-04 | 2015-12-31 |
| PASSMORE, Nicola | Director | 2016-02-04 | 2016-03-23 |
| SHARMA, Sanjib | Director | 2002-07-25 | 2004-06-25 |
| SHEARWOOD, Mike | Director | 2007-10-23 | 2008-01-26 |
| SHEPHERDSON, Jane Elizabeth | Director | 2008-01-26 | 2016-09-13 |
| SIGURDSSON, Gunnar | Director | 2004-06-25 | 2006-09-27 |
| STANFORD, Kevin Gerald | Director | 2002-07-25 | 2004-06-25 |
| WILKS, Keith Scott | Director | 2008-01-26 | 2009-11-27 |
| WILLIAMS, Christine Joy | Director | 2002-07-26 | 2002-07-29 |
| WILLIAMSON, Helen Alison, Mrs. | Director | 2017-08-31 | 2020-08-28 |
| WILSON, Matthew Phillip | Director | 2023-04-24 | 2024-07-09 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Whistles Acquisitions Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 304 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2024-03-27 CC04 Statement of companys objects
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-04-13 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2026-03-09 | PSC05 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2026-03-09 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2025-12-20 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-04-16 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-09-23 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-09-16 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-08-15 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-04-15 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-04-03 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2024-03-27 | CC04 | change-of-constitution | Statement of companys objects | |
| 2023-09-04 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-05-23 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-05-23 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-04-20 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-08-15 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-05-17 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-12-15 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-07-07 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2021-06-25 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 4
- 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
FY2024 → FY2025 · period ending 2025-03-29 vs 2024-03-30
-
Turnover
-12.2%
£65,727,000 £57,741,000
-
Cash
-62.1%
£5,958,000 £2,260,000
-
Net assets
+16.3%
£2,774,000 £3,226,000
-
Employees
+2.4%
205 210
-
Operating profit
-28.2%
£2,548,000 £1,830,000
-
Profit before tax
-25.4%
£1,285,000 £958,000
-
Wages
-0.2%
£8,197,000 £8,178,000
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