WHITWORTHS INVESTMENTS LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-28
Confirmation statement due
2026-07-10 (in 2mo)
Last made up 2025-06-26
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£598K
-65.4% vs 2023
Net assets
£26M
+21.2% vs 2023
Employees
399
+17.7% vs 2023
Profit before tax
£6M
+212.1% vs 2023
Name history
Renamed 1 time since incorporation
- WHITWORTHS INVESTMENTS LIMITED 2001-08-17 → present
- SECKLOE 57 LIMITED 2000-11-30 → 2001-08-17
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Industrials median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2024-12-28
| Metric | Trend | 2023-12-30 | 2024-12-28 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £140,441,000 | £148,374,000 | |
| Operating profit | £3,293,000 | £7,456,000 | |
| Profit before tax | £1,946,000 | £6,074,000 | |
| Net profit | £1,505,000 | £4,475,000 | |
| Cash | £1,730,000 | £598,000 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £23,013,000 | £28,280,000 | |
| Net assets | £21,093,000 | £25,560,000 | |
| Equity | £21,093,000 | £25,560,000 | |
| Average employees | 339 | 399 | |
| Wages | £11,520,000 | £14,157,000 |
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 | 2023-12-30 | 2024-12-28 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 2.3% | 5.0% | |
| Net margin | 1.1% | 3.0% | |
| Return on capital employed | 14.3% | 26.4% | |
| Current ratio | 1.15x | 1.29x | |
| Interest cover | 2.44x | 5.40x |
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
- Consolidated group
- Auditor
- Grant Thornton UK LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“Based on current trading performance, the actions that have been taken and the sensitivity and reverse stress testing performed, the directors have a reasonable expectation that the group and parent company has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future, being a period of no less than twelve months from the date of approval of these financial statements. Accordingly, they continue to adopt the going concern basis in preparing the financial statements.”
Group structure
- WHITWORTHS INVESTMENTS LIMITED · parent
- Whitworths Limited 100%
- Whitworths Shots Limited 100%
- Sundora Foods Limited 100%
- Trent Foods Limited 100%
- Whitworths Inc. 100%
- Whitworths Snacking (NI) Ltd 100%
Significant events
- “The combined facility agreement has been extended after the balance sheet date and now expires in February 2030 with an increase in the total facility of £8m to £28m.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
5 active · 22 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| JARMAN, Daniel | Secretary | 2011-06-24 | — | — |
| CERYAN, Ogan | Director | 2017-05-12 | Oct 1972 | Turkish |
| FAIRWEATHER, Mark Robert | Director | 2015-12-23 | Aug 1962 | British |
| OZ, Koray | Director | 2017-05-12 | Feb 1982 | Turkish |
| OZ, Osman | Director | 2017-05-12 | Jun 1953 | Turkish |
Show 22 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| CHAMBERS, Christopher James | Secretary | 2009-10-12 | 2011-10-14 |
| OAKLEY, Christopher Richard | Secretary | 2007-12-07 | 2009-07-11 |
| PARTRIDGE, Charles Edward | Secretary | 2006-10-30 | 2007-12-07 |
| ASHCROFT CAMERON SECRETARIES LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Secretary | 2000-11-30 | 2001-03-01 |
| EMW SECRETARIES LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 2001-03-01 | 2006-10-30 |
| ANDREW, Vincent Leo | Director | 2006-10-30 | 2010-12-08 |
| CARTER, Michael William | Director | 2006-10-30 | 2008-01-18 |
| CASLIN, James | Director | 2006-10-30 | 2008-11-30 |
| CHAMBERS, Christopher James | Director | 2009-10-12 | 2011-11-24 |
| LOWE, Stuart Jonathan | Director | 2016-01-18 | 2018-04-23 |
| OAKLEY, Christopher Richard | Director | 2007-08-28 | 2009-07-11 |
| PARTRIDGE, Charles Edward | Director | 2006-10-30 | 2007-12-07 |
| PRATT, David Andrew | Director | 2001-04-08 | 2006-10-30 |
| ROME, Martin Leslie | Director | 2006-10-30 | 2009-02-13 |
| SHEARS, Tim | Director | 2006-10-30 | 2007-07-24 |
| SMITH, David Jervis | Director | 2006-10-30 | 2007-01-23 |
| STEPHENS, Colin Alan | Director | 2008-04-01 | 2013-10-01 |
| UNSWORTH, Peter Dylan | Director | 2013-09-23 | 2016-01-26 |
| UTTING, Peter Andrew | Director | 2008-03-10 | 2015-11-11 |
| VICARY, Gary Kevin | Director | 2001-04-08 | 2006-10-30 |
| ASHCROFT CAMERON NOMINEES LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Director | 2000-11-30 | 2001-03-01 |
| EMW DIRECTORS LIMITED | Corporate Director | 2001-03-01 | 2001-04-08 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Osman Oz | Individual | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2017-05-12 | Active |
| Whitworths Group Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2017-05-12 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 159 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2023-11-07 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
- 2023-10-26 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
- 2023-10-26 MA Memorandum articles
- 2021-12-22 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-09-23 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2025-06-27 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-07-24 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2024-07-04 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2024-07-03 | SH06 | capital | Capital cancellation shares | |
| 2024-05-13 | SH03 | capital | Capital return purchase own shares | |
| 2023-11-07 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2023-11-06 | SH06 | capital | Capital cancellation shares | |
| 2023-11-06 | SH03 | capital | Capital return purchase own shares | |
| 2023-10-26 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2023-10-26 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles | |
| 2023-09-29 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2023-09-21 | AD03 | address | Move registers to sail company with new address | |
| 2023-08-24 | AD02 | address | Change sail address company with old address new address | |
| 2023-07-07 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-04-21 | RP04CS01 | confirmation-statement | Second filing of confirmation statement with made up date | |
| 2022-09-26 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2022-06-23 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2022-01-12 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2021-12-22 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 2
- Capital events
- 2
- 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 2024-12-28 vs 2023-12-30
-
Turnover
+5.6%
£140,441,000 £148,374,000
-
Cash
-65.4%
£1,730,000 £598,000
-
Net assets
+21.2%
£21,093,000 £25,560,000
-
Employees
+17.7%
339 399
-
Operating profit
+126.4%
£3,293,000 £7,456,000
-
Profit before tax
+212.1%
£1,946,000 £6,074,000
-
Wages
+22.9%
£11,520,000 £14,157,000
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