WPC REIT (UK) LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2027-04-29 (in 11mo)
Last made up 2026-04-15
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£9M
Latest balance sheet
Net assets
£216M
Equity attributable
Employees
—
Average over period
Profit before tax
£15M
Period ending 2024-12-31
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Financials median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2024-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £21,692,579 | £28,745,077 | |
| Operating profit | £17,044,907 | £23,564,692 | |
| Profit before tax | £10,834,304 | £15,449,445 | |
| Net profit | £10,825,608 | £15,396,218 | |
| Cash | £9,590,345 | £9,454,395 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £344,466,898 | £393,179,428 | |
| Net assets | £191,799,198 | £215,703,176 | |
| Equity | £191,799,198 | £215,703,176 | |
| 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 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 78.6% | 82.0% | |
| Net margin | 49.9% | 53.6% | |
| Return on capital employed | 4.9% | 6.0% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 45.9% | 46.5% | |
| Current ratio | 1.06x | 1.12x | |
| Interest cover | 2.73x | 2.83x |
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
- RSM UK Audit LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The annual financial statements have been prepared in accordance with FRS 102. We expect that funds will be available to finance future operations and that the realization of assets and settlement of liabilities and commitments will occur in the ordinary course of business.”
Group structure
- WPC REIT (UK) LIMITED · parent
- WPC REIT NatExp (UK) Limited 100%
- WPC REIT Cold (UK) Limited 100%
- WPC REIT Pend (UK) Limited 100%
- WPC REIT Stretch (UK) Limited 100%
- WPC REIT DS (UK) Limited 100%
- WPC REIT Cart (UK) Limited 100%
- WPC REIT Orientation (UK) Limited 100%
Significant events
- “On 8 January 2025, WPC REIT Pend (UK) Limited closed the sale of the property in Derby, UK. The property was sold for a gross sales price of £1,750,000.”
- “On 22 January 2025, WPC REIT Pend (UK) Limited closed the sale of the property in Newport, UK. The property was sold for a gross sales price of £608,000.”
- “On 24 February 2025, WPC REIT Pend (UK) Limited closed the sale of the property in Portsmouth, UK. The property was sold for a gross sales price of £1,192,000.”
- “On 24 March 2025, 10 of the shareholders of the Group, WPC REIT Part (UK) 2 B.V. through to WPC REIT Part (UK) 11 B.V., transferred their shares to WPC REIT Part (UK) 1 B.V. WPC REIT Part (UK) 1 B.V has now become the sole shareholder of WPC REIT (UK) Limited.”
- “On 25 March 2025, the Group paid an interim dividend to shareholders of £4,820,000. 20% withholding tax is payable on the interim dividend and was paid to authorities on the 1 April 2025.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
2 active · 0 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BUTCHART, Gregory Mark | Director | 2023-02-13 | Jun 1978 | British |
| MERTLITZ, Christopher Alfred | Director | 2023-02-13 | Feb 1988 | Austrian |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| W. P. Carey Inc. | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2023-02-13 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 17 of 17 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2024-05-30 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
- 2023-03-22 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-04-15 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2025-12-03 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2025-09-03 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2025-05-08 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2025-04-16 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2025-02-24 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2025-01-15 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2024-09-16 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2024-05-30 | SH19 | capital | Capital statement capital company with date currency figure | |
| 2024-05-30 | SH20 | capital | Legacy | |
| 2024-05-30 | CAP-SS | insolvency | Legacy | |
| 2024-05-30 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2024-02-12 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2023-03-22 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2023-03-17 | AA01 | accounts | Change account reference date company current shortened | |
| 2023-03-16 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2023-02-13 | NEWINC | incorporation | Incorporation company |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 4
- Capital events
- 5
- 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