WHICKERCO LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2027-01-31 (in 8mo)
Last made up 2026-01-17
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£27M
Latest balance sheet
Net assets
-£44M
Equity attributable
Employees
—
Average over period
Profit before tax
-£9M
Period ending 2024-12-31
Name history
Renamed 3 times since incorporation
- WHICKERCO LIMITED 2025-01-16 → present
- PORTALS FINANCE 3 LIMITED 2021-02-27 → 2025-01-16
- WHICKERCO LIMITED 2018-01-31 → 2021-02-27
- NEWCO2018 4 LIMITED 2018-01-19 → 2018-01-31
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Real Estate median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2024-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2024-02-25 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | — | £71,000 | |
| Operating profit | — | -£331,000 | |
| Profit before tax | £43,482,000 | -£9,186,000 | |
| Net profit | £43,482,000 | -£9,186,000 | |
| Cash | £471,000 | £27,191,000 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £54,077,000 | £41,409,000 | |
| Net assets | -£34,442,000 | -£43,628,000 | |
| Equity | -£34,442,000 | -£43,628,000 | |
| Average employees | — | — | |
| Wages | — | — |
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 | 2024-02-25 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | — | -466.2% | |
| Net margin | — | -12938.0% | |
| Return on capital employed | — | -0.8% | |
| Current ratio | 2085.59x | 17.60x | |
| Interest cover | — | -7.70x |
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
- Grant Thornton UK LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“As such, the Directors have a reasonable expectation that the Company has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future. Accordingly, the Directors have continued to adopt the going concern basis in preparing the financial statements.”
Group structure
- WHICKERCO LIMITED · parent
- Portals Paper S.A. De C.V.
Significant events
- “On 31 December 2024, the Portals Paper Ltd business was sold to the German Speciality Papermaker, Drewsen Spezialpapiere Gmbh & co KG.”
- “On the 26th July 2022, the Group announced that it would be commencing with an orderly wind down of operations at the Overton paper mill with the remaining assets being transferred to the Company in November 2024. At 31 December 2024 the remaining Portals Paper Limited (PPL) operation was sold to Drewsen Spezialpapiere Gmbh & co KG.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
3 active · 6 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ATWAL, Aaron Rai | Director | 2025-01-14 | May 1989 | British |
| HOLLIDAY, Ross, Dr | Director | 2018-06-27 | Jun 1978 | British |
| PRIESTLEY, William De Bretton | Director | 2025-01-14 | Apr 1968 | British |
Show 6 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| GROVER, Jason | Director | 2018-06-27 | 2019-08-05 |
| LEWIS, Rebecca | Director | 2024-02-22 | 2024-12-31 |
| NASH, Andrew Simon | Director | 2023-08-04 | 2024-08-15 |
| PRIESTLEY, William De Bretton | Director | 2018-01-19 | 2018-06-27 |
| RANCON, Jean-Baptiste | Director | 2019-08-28 | 2024-02-22 |
| WILSON, Owen Henry | Director | 2018-01-19 | 2018-06-27 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Godivaco Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2018-01-19 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 54 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2025-01-16 CERTNM Certificate change of name company PDF
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-01-30 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-08-08 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-01-22 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2025-01-17 | PSC05 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2025-01-16 | CERTNM | change-of-name | Certificate change of name company | |
| 2025-01-15 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-01-15 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-01-15 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2025-01-15 | AA01 | accounts | Change account reference date company previous shortened | |
| 2025-01-09 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-12-24 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2024-12-24 | MR05 | mortgage | Mortgage charge part release with charge number | |
| 2024-08-24 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-08-15 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-05-13 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2024-02-22 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-02-22 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-01-17 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-12-06 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-09-06 | PSC05 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control |
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
FY2024 → FY2024 · period ending 2024-12-31 vs 2024-02-25