WDFG UK LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-11-12 (in 6mo)
Last made up 2025-10-29
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£123M
-25% vs 2023
Net assets
£170M
-9.2% vs 2023
Employees
3,853
+15.2% vs 2023
Profit before tax
£67M
+0.7% vs 2023
Name history
Renamed 3 times since incorporation
- WDFG UK LIMITED 2012-02-09 → present
- AUTOGRILL RETAIL UK LIMITED 2008-09-19 → 2012-02-09
- ALPHA RETAIL UK LIMITED 2007-12-12 → 2008-09-19
- ALPHA AIRPORT HOLDINGS (UK) LIMITED 1993-11-11 → 2007-12-12
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Consumer Staples median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2024-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £1,105,630,000 | £1,212,120,000 | |
| Operating profit | £64,018,000 | £58,437,000 | |
| Profit before tax | £66,439,000 | £66,894,000 | |
| Net profit | £49,658,000 | £47,533,000 | |
| Cash | £163,391,000 | £122,594,000 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £205,155,000 | £202,974,000 | |
| Net assets | £187,417,000 | £170,139,000 | |
| Equity | £187,417,000 | £170,139,000 | |
| Average employees | 3,345 | 3,853 | |
| Wages | £87,364,000 | £107,583,000 |
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 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 5.8% | 4.8% | |
| Net margin | 4.5% | 3.9% | |
| Return on capital employed | 31.2% | 28.8% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 55.7% | 57.8% | |
| Current ratio | 1.59x | 1.57x | |
| Interest cover | 9.38x | 21.80x |
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
“Based on this evaluation, the Directors have considered a going concern period of 12 months from the approval of the financial statements. Accordingly, they believe it remains appropriate to prepare the financial statements on a going concern basis.”
Group structure
- WDFG UK LIMITED · parent
- WDFG Jersey Limited 100%
- WDFG UK Pension Trustees Ltd 100%
- WDFG France SNC 1%
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
3 active · 36 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BOUTTLE, Christopher David | Director | 2010-10-28 | Jul 1968 | British |
| CREIGHTON, Frederick Robert | Director | 2014-02-10 | Mar 1958 | British |
| MAS-SARDA, Luis Marin | Director | 2023-06-26 | May 1971 | Spanish |
Show 36 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| DEEGAN, Jayne | Secretary | 1999-11-30 | 2001-04-27 |
| ELLY, Mark | Secretary | 2008-09-19 | 2011-05-18 |
| LOWE, Nigel | Secretary | 1993-11-11 | 1999-11-30 |
| MAGOWAN, Andrew | Secretary | 2006-11-01 | 2008-09-19 |
| MCRAE, Heather Lyn | Secretary | 2003-03-12 | 2006-03-01 |
| MCRAE, Heather Lyn | Secretary | 2001-04-30 | 2002-07-15 |
| MONTANA, Laura Gutierrez | Secretary | 2011-09-19 | 2015-06-26 |
| O'BYRNE, Helen | Secretary | 2015-09-17 | 2018-07-31 |
| O'CONNELL, Clare Janet | Secretary | 2006-03-01 | 2006-11-01 |
| VIEYRA, Maureen | Secretary | 2009-02-02 | 2013-01-31 |
| WATTERS, Charles Patrick | Secretary | 2002-07-15 | 2003-03-12 |
| ABBOTT, Kevin Allan | Director | 1999-06-25 | 2006-05-16 |
| ADAMS, Mark Andrew | Director | 2006-11-01 | 2008-02-29 |
| BUCKLEY, Stephen Denton | Director | 2001-03-01 | 2006-07-31 |
| DRENNAN, Padraig | Director | 2008-04-14 | 2012-10-04 |
| GALPIN, Rodney Desmond | Director | 1997-12-03 | 2002-05-30 |
| GOLD, Richard Fleming | Director | 1993-11-11 | 1996-05-30 |
| HALL, Geoffrey William | Director | 2015-05-26 | 2016-02-18 |
| HARMSTORF, Benjamin | Director | 2016-02-18 | 2020-11-30 |
| HARRISON, Paul, Dr | Director | 1993-11-11 | 1997-07-31 |
| KING, David William | Director | 2001-03-01 | 2006-10-16 |
| LEWIS, Hilary | Director | 1997-07-31 | 2001-03-06 |
| LOSTAO, Pablo Bas | Director | 2014-12-12 | 2016-02-18 |
| MCRAE, Heather Lyn | Director | 2000-06-16 | 2006-05-16 |
| PALENCIA, Jose Maria | Director | 2010-10-28 | 2012-03-05 |
| PEREZ PENA DEL LLANO, Fernando | Director | 2014-02-10 | 2014-12-15 |
| PETCHEY, Martin | Director | 2014-12-11 | 2016-02-18 |
| PROCTOR, George Frederick Little | Director | 1993-11-11 | 1998-07-24 |
| PURKIS, Sarah | Director | 2012-09-03 | 2015-03-18 |
| REDBURN, Timothy John | Director | 2006-05-16 | 2006-11-01 |
| RICHES, Mark Stephen | Director | 2008-11-07 | 2010-12-03 |
| SIDDALL, Stuart James | Director | 1996-05-30 | 2000-06-15 |
| STEPHENSON, Robert William | Director | 2001-09-03 | 2004-01-19 |
| WILLIAMS, Peter Wodehouse | Director | 2006-05-16 | 2008-08-31 |
| YUNTA, Eugenio Miguel Andrades | Director | 2016-02-18 | 2023-05-21 |
| YUNTA, Eugenio Miguel Andrades | Director | 2012-02-16 | 2015-01-19 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wdfg Uk Holdings Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 198 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-11-11 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-07-16 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-11-01 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-07-10 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-07-10 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2023-11-10 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-07-31 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2023-07-31 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2023-07-14 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2023-07-14 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-07-14 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-06-01 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-10-31 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-08-12 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-11-04 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2021-10-29 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-08-22 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-06-25 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2020-11-30 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2020-11-18 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 2
- 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
+9.6%
£1,105,630,000 £1,212,120,000
-
Cash
-25%
£163,391,000 £122,594,000
-
Net assets
-9.2%
£187,417,000 £170,139,000
-
Employees
+15.2%
3,345 3,853
-
Operating profit
-8.7%
£64,018,000 £58,437,000
-
Profit before tax
+0.7%
£66,439,000 £66,894,000
-
Wages
+23.1%
£87,364,000 £107,583,000
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