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WDFG UK HOLDINGS LIMITED

#03165880 · Active · Incorporated 1996-02-28 (30y 3m) · Last filing 2026-02-18 (3mo ago)
Consumer Staples · SIC 47250 · G Wholesale & Retail Trade; Repair of Motor Vehicles · Full accounts

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Next accounts due

2026-09-30 (in 4mo)

Last filed for 2024-12-31

Confirmation statement due

2027-02-22 (in 9mo)

Last made up 2026-02-08

Watchouts

None on the register

Cash

£3M

-26.2% vs 2023

Net assets

£148M

+4.8% vs 2023

Employees

8

0% vs 2023

Profit before tax

£77M

+1,586.6% vs 2023

Name history

Renamed 3 times since incorporation

  1. WDFG UK HOLDINGS LIMITED 2012-02-09 → present
  2. WORLD DUTY FREE EUROPE LIMITED 1998-05-08 → 2012-02-09
  3. WORLD DUTY FREE LIMITED 1996-08-13 → 1998-05-08
  4. 242ND SHELF INVESTMENT COMPANY LIMITED 1996-02-28 → 1996-08-13

Accounts

2-year trend · latest reflected 2024-12-31

Metric Trend 2023-12-312024-12-31
Turnover ——
Operating profit £166,000£96,000
Profit before tax -£5,177,000£76,959,000
Net profit -£1,324,000£78,165,000
Cash £3,495,000£2,578,000
Total assets less current liabilities £279,555,000£286,323,000
Net assets £140,938,000£147,706,000
Equity £140,938,000£147,706,000
Average employees 88
Wages £1,268,000£1,806,000

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 2023-12-312024-12-31
Return on capital employed 0.1%0.0%
Current ratio 0.08x0.10x
Interest cover 0.03x0.01x

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 101
Reporting scope
Standalone (parent only)
Auditor
Deloitte LLP
Audit opinion
Unqualified (clean)
Going concern
Affirmed

“In 2024, the Company made a profit and has a net current liabilities but net asset position. The Directors are relying on a comfort letter from WDFG UK Ltd assuring the Directors that for at least 12 months, they will not seek repayment for any amounts due, if the effect would render the company unable to meet its other liabilities. In addition, the Directors have received a letter of support from Dufry International AG, (the subsidiary of Dufry AG) confirming that they will provide financial support to WDFG UK Holdings Limited to meet its liabilities when they fall due. This support has been provided for a period of at least a year from the approval of these financial statements. The Directors of the Company have considered a going concern period of 12 months from the approval of the financial statements, on this basis the directors believe that it remains appropriate to prepare the financial statements on a going concern basis.”

Group structure

  1. WDFG UK HOLDINGS LIMITED · parent
    1. Jordan ADFS Ltd 1% · Jordan · Travel Retail
    2. Alpha Airports Retail Holdings Pvt Ltd 1% · India · Dormant
    3. WDFG GB Ltd 1% · UK · Dormant
    4. WDFG UK Ltd 1% · UK · Travel Retail
    5. WDFG France SNC 1% · France · Travel Retail
    6. Dufry Shops Colombo Ltd 1% · Sri Lanka · Travel Retail
    7. Airport Retail Pvt Ltd (dormant) 1% · India · Dormant
    8. WDFG Jersey Limited 1% · Jersey · Travel Retail
    9. WDFG UK Pension Trustees Limited 1% · UK · Pension trust
    10. Alpha-Kreol India Pvt Ltd 0.5% · India · Travel Retail

Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers

People

3 active · 47 resigned

Name Role Appointed Born Nationality
BOUTTLE, Christopher David Director 2012-02-10 Jul 1968 British
CREIGHTON, Frederick Robert Director 2012-08-20 Mar 1958 British
MAS-SARDA, Luis Marin Director 2023-06-26 May 1971 Spanish
Show 47 resigned officers
Name Role Appointed Resigned
LEWIS, Maria Bernadette Secretary 1997-09-16 2006-02-07
LOPEZ - MONIS GALLEGO, Monica Secretary 2008-05-21 2009-03-31
MONTANA, Laura Gutierrez Secretary 2011-12-13 2015-06-26
O'BYRNE, Helen Secretary 2015-09-17 2018-07-31
OLIVERA, Pablo Secretary 2009-04-27 2016-09-01
VIEYRA, Maureen Secretary 2009-02-09 2013-01-31
WELCH, Susan Secretary 2006-06-01 2008-05-21
WILLIAMS HAMER, Gabrielle Mary Secretary 1996-08-05 1997-09-16
SISEC LIMITED Corporate Nominee Secretary 1996-02-28 1996-08-05
BAILEY, Andrew Harry Director 2003-06-30 2004-12-31
BAXTER, Roger Henry Director 1997-02-03 2000-01-27
BRANQUINHO, Sarah Elizabeth Director 2014-11-18 2016-02-18
BUTLER, Christopher Michael Director 2002-02-01 2005-03-04
CARFORA, Alfred Director 1997-08-06 1999-04-30
CHEETHAM, Susan Lorraine Director 1997-10-01 2001-05-31
COLLIE, Brian Joseph Director 1997-07-18 2005-03-31
CUSHWAY, Philip James Director 1998-02-02 1998-04-05
DEVECCHI, Alberto Director 2010-11-01 2012-03-05
DRENNAN, Padraig Director 2010-11-01 2012-10-04
ELDER, Julie Suzanne Director 2001-05-31 2005-03-04
EWING, Margaret Director 2005-03-04 2006-10-04
GIBSON, John Michael Barry Director 1996-05-17 1997-07-18
HALL, Geoffrey William Director 2015-05-26 2015-05-26
HARMSTORF, Benjamin Director 2016-02-18 2020-11-30
JEZARD, Sarah Ann Director 2003-02-10 2005-03-04
JURENKO, Andrew Tadeusz Director 2000-10-01 2005-03-04
KNOTT, Stephen John Director 1999-01-01 2001-10-31
LEAK, Robert Director 1997-02-03 2001-09-30
LEO, Jose Director 2006-10-04 2008-05-21
LIVINGSTONE, Robert Macbeth Director 1996-11-19 1997-09-12
LONGDON, Stephen John Director 1999-06-01 2000-10-01
LOSTAO, Pablo Bas Director 2012-02-10 2016-02-18
MOORHEAD, Robert James Director 2001-09-17 2002-08-23
NARDI, Fabrizio Director 2012-02-10 2013-11-12
PALENCIA, Jose Maria Director 2008-05-21 2012-03-05
PEREZ-PENA DEL LLANO, Fernando Director 2013-11-12 2014-12-12
PURKIS, Sarah Director 2012-03-02 2015-03-18
RICHES, Mark Stephen Director 2001-10-31 2010-12-03
TONDATO DA RUOS, Gianmario Director 2008-05-21 2010-10-20
VIEYRA, Maureen Director 2009-02-09 2009-02-09
WADDELL, Ronald Winsor Director 1997-09-01 1999-04-01
WALLS, John Russell Fotheringham Director 1996-05-17 2001-11-26
YUNTA, Eugenio Miguel Andrades Director 2016-02-18 2023-05-21
ZANINI, Mario Director 2010-10-28 2012-03-05
ZIEBLAND, Nicholas Andrew Director 1996-11-19 1998-05-05
LOVITING LIMITED Corporate Nominee Director 1996-02-28 1996-05-17
SERJEANTS' INN NOMINEES LIMITED Corporate Nominee Director 1996-02-28 1996-05-17

Ownership

Persons with significant control

Name Kind Nature of control Notified Status
World Duty Free Group S.A.U. Corporate entity Shares 75–100% 2016-04-16 Active

Filing timeline

Last 20 of 223 total filings

Date Type Category Description
2026-02-18 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with no updates PDF
2026-01-26 PSC02 persons-with-significant-control Notification of a person with significant control PDF
2026-01-26 PSC09 persons-with-significant-control Withdrawal of a person with significant control statement PDF
2025-07-16 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type full
2025-02-10 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with no updates PDF
2024-09-25 AAMD accounts Accounts amended with accounts type full
2024-06-18 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type full
2024-02-09 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with no updates PDF
2023-07-31 CH01 officers Change person director company with change date PDF
2023-07-31 CH01 officers Change person director company with change date PDF
2023-07-31 AD01 address Change registered office address company with date old address new address PDF
2023-07-14 CH01 officers Change person director company with change date PDF
2023-07-14 CH01 officers Change person director company with change date PDF
2023-07-14 AP01 officers Appoint person director company with name date PDF
2023-07-14 TM01 officers Termination director company with name termination date PDF
2023-06-01 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type full
2023-02-23 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with no updates PDF
2022-08-12 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type full
2022-02-18 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with updates PDF
2021-08-22 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type full

Public-record activity

Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months

Filings
4

last 12 months

Capital events
0

last 24 months

Officers appointed
0

last 12 months

Officers resigned
0

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

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

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