WHS PLASTICS PICKERING LTD
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-11-11 (in 6mo)
Last made up 2025-10-28
Watchouts
Cash
£41K
+78.3% vs 2023
Net assets
-£9M
+12% vs 2023
Employees
463
-9.7% vs 2023
Profit before tax
£1M
+2,490.2% vs 2023
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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1 PSC ceased in last 24 months
Significant control changed hands — see the Ownership section.
Name history
Renamed 3 times since incorporation
- WHS PLASTICS PICKERING LTD 2023-06-02 → present
- XANDOR AUTOMOTIVE PICKERING LTD 2020-05-28 → 2023-06-02
- ROSTI AUTOMOTIVE PICKERING LTD. 2015-12-03 → 2020-05-28
- LOTHIAN SHELF (721) LIMITED 2015-10-29 → 2015-12-03
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Basic Materials median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2024-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £56,917,000 | £62,419,000 | |
| Operating profit | £119,000 | £1,375,000 | |
| Profit before tax | -£51,000 | £1,219,000 | |
| Net profit | -£51,000 | £1,219,000 | |
| Cash | £23,000 | £41,000 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | -£6,981,000 | -£8,976,000 | |
| Net assets | -£10,195,000 | -£8,976,000 | |
| Equity | -£10,195,000 | -£8,976,000 | |
| Average employees | 513 | 463 | |
| Wages | £16,566,000 | £14,847,000 |
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 | 0.2% | 2.2% | |
| Net margin | -0.1% | 2.0% | |
| Return on capital employed | -1.7% | -15.3% | |
| Current ratio | 0.43x | 0.36x | |
| Interest cover | 0.70x | 8.81x |
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
- Cooper Parry Group Limited
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“In auditing the financial statements, we have concluded that the directors' use of the going concern basis of accounting in the preparation of the financial statements is appropriate. Based on the work we have performed, we have not identified any material uncertainties relating to events or conditions that, individually or collectively, may cast significant doubt on the company's ability to continue as a going concern for a period of at least twelve months from when the financial statements are authorised for issue.”
Significant events
- “On 22 April 2025 the commitment relating to being a guarantor for the loan of £4.5m from WH Smith & Sons Holdings Limited to WHS Technical Solutions Ltd (as detailed in note 18) was released as the loan was settled.”
- “On the same date WH Smith & Sons Holdings Limited became the immediate parent undertaking.”
- “In October 2025 an agreement was reached whereby the loan detailed in note 14 was waived, and the remaining capital and interest payments were no longer due.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
2 active · 6 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DORÉ, Mathieu Andre Barthelemy | Director | 2020-01-31 | May 1975 | French |
| NICHOLSON, Paul Andrew | Director | 2023-05-05 | Jul 1964 | British |
Show 6 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| ANGERER, Anton, Dr | Director | 2020-11-09 | 2021-03-31 |
| COUGHLAN, Barry | Director | 2015-10-29 | 2016-12-31 |
| DITTMANN, Mikael | Director | 2015-10-29 | 2017-06-13 |
| HANSSON, Thomas | Director | 2015-10-29 | 2017-06-13 |
| KORPPONAI, Sandoor | Director | 2017-06-13 | 2020-01-31 |
| MAGNUSSON, Joachim | Director | 2016-12-27 | 2020-11-09 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| W.H. Smith & Sons Holdings Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2025-04-22 | Active |
| Whs Technical Solutions Ltd | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2023-05-05 | Ceased 2025-04-22 |
| Nordstjernan Ab | Corporate entity | Significant influence | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2016-04-06 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 59 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2023-06-02 CERTNM Certificate change of name company PDF
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-12-16 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-12-12 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2025-12-12 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2025-12-03 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2025-10-27 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-04-24 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2025-04-23 | PSC02 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2025-04-23 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2024-12-03 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2024-10-11 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-01-11 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-11-13 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-07-10 | PSC02 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2023-07-10 | PSC09 | persons-with-significant-control | Withdrawal of a person with significant control statement | |
| 2023-06-12 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2023-06-02 | CERTNM | change-of-name | Certificate change of name company | |
| 2023-05-10 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2023-05-09 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-04-20 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2023-03-31 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 5
- 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
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Turnover
+9.7%
£56,917,000 £62,419,000
-
Cash
+78.3%
£23,000 £41,000
-
Net assets
+12%
-£10,195,000 -£8,976,000
-
Employees
-9.7%
513 463
-
Operating profit
+1,055.5%
£119,000 £1,375,000
-
Profit before tax
+2,490.2%
-£51,000 £1,219,000
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Wages
-10.4%
£16,566,000 £14,847,000
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