WPA PROTOCOL PLC
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Next accounts due
2026-06-30 (in 1mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2027-03-31 (in 10mo)
Last made up 2026-03-17
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£1M
+47.2% vs 2023
Net assets
£601K
-34% vs 2023
Employees
—
Average over period
Profit before tax
-£309K
-141% vs 2023
Name history
Renamed 2 times since incorporation
- WPA PROTOCOL PLC 2002-08-29 → present
- WPA PROTOCOL LIMITED 1993-12-24 → 2002-08-29
- INLAW FORTY-FIVE LIMITED 1992-10-13 → 1993-12-24
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Industrials median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2024-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £3,357,903 | £3,755,933 | |
| Operating profit | £729,295 | -£339,624 | |
| Profit before tax | £753,873 | -£309,323 | |
| Net profit | £753,873 | -£309,323 | |
| Cash | £941,740 | £1,386,180 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | — | — | |
| Net assets | £910,271 | £600,948 | |
| Equity | £910,271 | £600,948 | |
| 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 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 21.7% | -9.0% | |
| Net margin | 22.5% | -8.2% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 56.3% | 61.1% | |
| Current ratio | 1.78x | 1.64x |
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
- IFRS
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The Directors confirm that they are satisfied that the Company have adequate resources to continue in operation for the next 12 months. Accordingly, they continue to adopt the going concern basis in preparing the financial statements.”
Significant events
- “The business continued to benefit from a buoyant market during 2024 and this combined with WPA Protocol's reputation for market leading service enabled us to grow customer numbers by 7%.”
- “Within the financial results we wrote down some non-recurring IT development costs which resulted in an impairment of £1.04m”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
9 active · 16 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BELL, Kimberley Jayne | Secretary | 2023-03-22 | — | — |
| BISHOP, Jenna Rose | Director | 2020-09-17 | Sep 1984 | British |
| BLACKMAN, Jeremy Michael | Director | 2023-03-27 | Jan 1994 | British |
| EAVIS, Donna Mary | Director | 2019-10-22 | Nov 1969 | British |
| GOODMAN, Brian Ewens Michael | Director | 2005-02-09 | May 1962 | British |
| IRWIN, Nathan Luke | Director | 2013-04-11 | Apr 1979 | British |
| TROWELL, Katy | Director | 2020-09-17 | Mar 1979 | British |
| TURLEY, Ellis James | Director | 2013-04-11 | Oct 1968 | British |
| VENABLES, Peter Robert Charles | Director | 2020-09-17 | Aug 1982 | British |
Show 16 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| GOULD, Nicholas Simon Barry | Secretary | 1992-10-13 | 1993-12-16 |
| HAWORTH, Andrew Nathan | Secretary | 2014-06-23 | 2015-03-16 |
| JOHNSON, Rosalind Andrea | Secretary | 1993-12-16 | 2014-05-01 |
| ROYLE, Nicola Anne | Secretary | 2015-03-16 | 2023-03-22 |
| BATES, Terence John Patrick | Director | 1993-12-16 | 1996-02-19 |
| COLLETT, Michael Royston | Director | 1993-12-16 | 1994-09-30 |
| GOULD, Nicholas Simon Barry | Director | 1992-10-13 | 1993-12-16 |
| HAWORTH, Andrew Nathan | Director | 2015-03-16 | 2022-12-16 |
| HUMPHREYS, Adrian Macmahon | Director | 2001-04-20 | 2014-10-31 |
| JOHNSON, Rosalind Andrea | Director | 1996-03-14 | 2014-05-01 |
| LEVY, Albert George Nelson | Director | 1992-10-13 | 1993-12-16 |
| PITCHFORD, Alison Julie | Director | 1994-01-19 | 1998-09-23 |
| PUGH, Arthur John | Director | 2004-03-17 | 2013-04-19 |
| RILEY, Rachel Jane | Director | 2005-03-15 | 2018-04-18 |
| STAINTON, Julian Clifford | Director | 1993-12-16 | 2019-08-30 |
| WRIGHT, John Alexander | Director | 1995-03-21 | 2004-03-17 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Western Provident Association Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100% | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 144 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-03-18 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-10-09 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-10-01 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-05-27 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-10-09 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-05-22 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-10-03 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-06-13 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-03-30 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-03-23 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2023-03-23 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2022-12-20 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2022-10-19 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2022-10-13 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2022-10-13 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2022-10-12 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2022-09-28 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-05-20 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-09-28 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-06-23 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full |
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
FY2023 → FY2024 · period ending 2024-12-31 vs 2023-12-31
-
Turnover
+11.9%
£3,357,903 £3,755,933
-
Cash
+47.2%
£941,740 £1,386,180
-
Net assets
-34%
£910,271 £600,948
-
Employees
—
Not reported
-
Operating profit
-146.6%
£729,295 -£339,624
-
Profit before tax
-141%
£753,873 -£309,323
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