WHS HOLDCO 1 LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2027-01-29 (in 8mo)
Last made up 2026-01-15
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£23M
Latest balance sheet
Net assets
£46M
Equity attributable
Employees
1,639
Average over period
Profit before tax
£10M
Period ending 2024-12-31
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2024-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £138,023,000 | £222,641,000 | |
| Operating profit | £4,145,000 | £10,103,000 | |
| Profit before tax | £4,051,000 | £10,192,000 | |
| Net profit | £3,659,000 | £9,808,000 | |
| Cash | £23,260,000 | £22,992,000 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £39,201,000 | £45,734,000 | |
| Net assets | £35,864,000 | £45,650,000 | |
| Equity | £35,864,000 | £45,650,000 | |
| Average employees | 1,710 | 1,639 | |
| Wages | £36,233,000 | £51,945,000 |
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 | 3.0% | 4.5% | |
| Net margin | 2.7% | 4.4% | |
| Return on capital employed | 10.6% | 22.1% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 63.3% | 54.5% | |
| Current ratio | 1.43x | 1.54x | |
| Interest cover | 16.00x | 31.57x |
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
- Cooper Parry Group Limited
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The directors has a reasonable expectation that the group has sufficient resources to continue in operation for the foreseeable future and that, for this reason, the directors considers the adoption of the going concern basis in preparing the financial statements is appropriate.”
Group structure
- WHS HOLDCO 1 LIMITED · parent
- W.H. Smith & Sons Holdings Limited 100%
- WHS Plastics Limited 100%
- WHS Plastics Runcorn Ltd 100%
- WHS Egypt S.A.E 98%
- WHS Tools Limited 100%
- WHS Electron Limited 100%
- W.H. Smith & Sons (Tools) Limited 100%
- WHS Technical Solutions Limited 100%
- Rodor AB (in liquidation) 100%
- WHS Central Services Ltd 100%
- WHS Plastics Pickering Ltd 100%
- WHS Plastics Stamford Bridge Ltd 100%
- WHS Plastics Larkhall Ltd 100%
- WHS Canning Brett Ltd 100%
- WHS Plastics Brierley Hill Ltd 100%
Significant events
- “In June 2025 a resolution was passed in WHS Holdco1 Limited to: a) reduce the issued share capital from £82,484,952 to £824,850 by reducing the nominal value of each issued fully paid up ordinary 2 share from £1 to £0.01. b) cancel and extinguish the entire amount of £15,014,017 standing to the credit of the capital redemption reserve. c) credit the sum of £96,674,119 arising from the reduction to the profit and loss reserve.”
- “In October 2025 an agreement was reached whereby the loan detailed in note 21 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
4 active · 0 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CLEAVER, Geoffrey John | Director | 2025-06-20 | May 1962 | British |
| SMITH, Clinton Gary | Director | 2018-05-21 | Nov 1953 | British |
| SMITH, Dawn Ann | Director | 2025-06-20 | Nov 1964 | British |
| VERRALL, Stephen John | Director | 2025-06-20 | Jan 1960 | British |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mr Clinton Gary Smith | Individual | Shares 50–75% | 2022-05-01 | Active |
| Mr Clinton Gary Smith | Individual | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2018-05-21 | Ceased 2022-04-30 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 41 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2025-07-03 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-01-22 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2025-12-16 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2025-07-03 | SH19 | capital | Capital statement capital company with date currency figure | |
| 2025-07-03 | SH20 | capital | Legacy | |
| 2025-07-03 | CAP-SS | insolvency | Legacy | |
| 2025-07-03 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2025-06-26 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-06-26 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-06-26 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-06-09 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-12-11 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2024-09-06 | AA01 | accounts | Change account reference date company previous shortened | |
| 2024-05-26 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-02-06 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2023-06-07 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-02-03 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2022-12-05 | PSC01 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2022-06-30 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2022-05-24 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-05-04 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 10
- Capital events
- 2
- Officers appointed
- 3
- 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