WHITECROFT LIGHTING LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-09-26 (in 4mo)
Last made up 2025-09-12
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£7M
+41.3% vs 2023
Net assets
£17M
-0.2% vs 2023
Employees
346
-0.3% vs 2023
Profit before tax
£5M
+7.5% vs 2023
Name history
Renamed 1 time since incorporation
- WHITECROFT LIGHTING LIMITED 2000-01-14 → present
- CRESTMET LIMITED 1999-09-27 → 2000-01-14
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 | £50,531,176 | £53,454,446 | |
| Operating profit | £4,741,865 | £5,078,686 | |
| Profit before tax | £4,963,639 | £5,334,522 | |
| Net profit | £3,740,150 | £3,970,257 | |
| Cash | £4,616,139 | £6,523,770 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £18,357,417 | £18,565,416 | |
| Net assets | £17,362,578 | £17,332,835 | |
| Equity | £17,362,578 | £17,332,835 | |
| Average employees | 347 | 346 | |
| Wages | £12,277,286 | £13,334,052 |
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 | 9.4% | 9.5% | |
| Net margin | 7.4% | 7.4% | |
| Return on capital employed | 25.8% | 27.4% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 35.6% | 41.8% | |
| Current ratio | 2.46x | 2.03x |
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
- KPMG LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The financial statements contained in this report are prepared on a going concern basis. The Directors understand the dynamic economic and market environment and accordingly have prepared both a base-case and a sensitised downside extending to August 2026 to simulate differing outlooks in order to assess the company's ability to continue as a going concern.”
Significant events
- “The business reported a 5.8% increase in turnover in 2024, with our core sectors of Education, Healthcare and Workspace all showing positive growth.”
- “Profit before taxation was £5,334,522 (2023: £4,963,639) and the company had a balance sheet with net assets of £17,332,835 (2023: net assets £17,362,578).”
- “The significant investment on our solar roof at the Ashton under Lyne HQ and factory is now operational and is capable of producing c30% of our energy needs.”
- “In 2023 Fagerhult Group's near and long-term targets were validated by the Science Based Targets initiative (SBTI). The long-term target to become science-based net-zero is set to no later than 2045.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
2 active · 35 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SERIF, David Raif | Director | 2022-04-08 | Sep 1964 | British |
| SONESSON, Bodil | Director | 2018-10-08 | Aug 1968 | Swedish |
Show 35 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| DAWS, Graham Michael | Secretary | 2016-01-11 | 2021-07-12 |
| GIBSON, Andrew Victor | Secretary | 2013-01-04 | 2015-10-05 |
| MAWBY, Peter | Secretary | 2021-07-12 | 2024-07-05 |
| WOOD, Michael | Secretary | 1999-12-10 | 2013-01-04 |
| ABOGADO CUSTODIANS LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Secretary | 1999-11-02 | 1999-12-10 |
| ABOGADO NOMINEES LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Secretary | 1999-11-02 | 1999-12-10 |
| THE COMPANY REGISTRATION AGENTS LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Secretary | 1999-09-27 | 1999-11-02 |
| ANDERSSON, Anders | Director | 2005-11-03 | 2008-04-24 |
| BARTON, Paul Bernard | Director | 1999-12-10 | 2017-05-31 |
| BORGVALL, Per Olle Hakan | Director | 2005-11-03 | 2009-02-03 |
| BRUNT, Timothy David | Director | 2011-10-03 | 2012-06-11 |
| CASSIDY, Paul Anthony | Director | 2002-07-17 | 2020-03-31 |
| COPSEY, Peter David | Director | 2002-07-17 | 2002-12-31 |
| DAWS, Graham Michael | Director | 2016-01-11 | 2021-07-12 |
| FLINK, Catharina Anna Birgitta | Director | 2021-09-15 | 2023-03-13 |
| FRANSSON, Anders Erik Einar | Director | 2020-03-31 | 2021-09-15 |
| GABRIELSSON, Hakan | Director | 2012-03-23 | 2016-03-09 |
| GIBSON, Andrew Victor | Director | 2013-01-04 | 2015-10-05 |
| HJERTONSSON, Johan | Director | 2009-05-20 | 2018-08-31 |
| KARLSSON, Ulf | Director | 2005-11-03 | 2012-03-23 |
| KILBY, Nigel Norman | Director | 2002-07-17 | 2018-06-04 |
| MAWBY, Peter | Director | 2021-07-12 | 2024-07-05 |
| MCCARROLL, Neil Robert | Director | 2019-01-01 | 2022-04-08 |
| PASKIN, Matthew John | Director | 2018-01-01 | 2021-07-12 |
| RAMSAY, Ian Thomas | Director | 2002-07-17 | 2009-02-03 |
| SERIF, David Raif | Director | 2007-04-17 | 2021-07-12 |
| TRAIL, David George | Director | 2009-02-02 | 2019-04-30 |
| TURNER, Gary Allan | Director | 2002-07-17 | 2007-04-17 |
| VAN DER MEER, Geert Jan, Dr | Director | 2017-05-01 | 2020-03-31 |
| WARNER, Philip George | Director | 2019-05-01 | 2019-09-09 |
| WOOD, Michael | Director | 1999-12-10 | 2025-09-05 |
| ABOGADO CUSTODIANS LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Director | 1999-11-02 | 1999-12-10 |
| ABOGADO NOMINEES LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Director | 1999-11-02 | 1999-12-10 |
| HAAFKENS MANAGMENT EN PARTICIPATIES B V (I.O.) | Corporate Director | 2000-01-11 | 2005-11-03 |
| LUCIENE JAMES LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Director | 1999-09-27 | 1999-11-02 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fagerhult Group Ab | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2021-06-30 | Active |
| Whitecroft Lighting Holdings Ltd | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100% | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2021-06-30 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 157 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-09-23 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-09-23 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-08-20 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-10-16 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-07-05 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-07-05 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2024-06-11 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-12-20 | PSC05 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2023-09-22 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-09-12 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-03-13 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2022-09-12 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-07-13 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-05-30 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2022-04-08 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2022-04-08 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2021-09-21 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-09-15 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2021-09-15 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2021-09-14 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 3
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 0
- Officers resigned
- 1
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
+5.8%
£50,531,176 £53,454,446
-
Cash
+41.3%
£4,616,139 £6,523,770
-
Net assets
-0.2%
£17,362,578 £17,332,835
-
Employees
-0.3%
347 346
-
Operating profit
+7.1%
£4,741,865 £5,078,686
-
Profit before tax
+7.5%
£4,963,639 £5,334,522
-
Wages
+8.6%
£12,277,286 £13,334,052
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