SAVAGE & WHITTEN WHOLESALE LTD
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-06-27 (in 1mo)
Last made up 2025-06-13
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£6M
+51.3% vs 2023
Net assets
£13M
+17.2% vs 2023
Employees
247
-1.2% vs 2023
Profit before tax
£5M
-17.9% vs 2023
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 | £145,105,000 | £143,073,000 | |
| Operating profit | £6,485,000 | £5,351,000 | |
| Profit before tax | £6,451,000 | £5,298,000 | |
| Net profit | £4,894,000 | £4,135,000 | |
| Cash | £4,070,000 | £6,156,000 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £11,113,000 | £13,002,000 | |
| Net assets | £10,679,000 | £12,515,000 | |
| Equity | £10,679,000 | £12,515,000 | |
| Average employees | 250 | 247 | |
| Wages | £8,401,000 | £8,842,000 |
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 | 4.5% | 3.7% | |
| Net margin | 3.4% | 2.9% | |
| Return on capital employed | 58.4% | 41.2% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 62.8% | 56.6% | |
| Current ratio | 1.49x | 1.69x | |
| Interest cover | 137.98x | 92.26x |
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 (NI) LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The directors are therefore confident that the company has adequate resources to continue its normal business for the foreseeable future, and accordingly continues to adopt the going concern basis in preparing the annual report and financial statements.”
Group structure
- SAVAGE & WHITTEN WHOLESALE LTD · parent
- Beechwood Retail Limited 100%
Significant events
- “There have been no significant events affecting the company since the year end.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
7 active · 12 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| MCVEIGH, Anthony Pearse Joseph | Secretary | 2020-10-28 | — | — |
| DONNELLY, Neil | Director | 2024-07-01 | Feb 1973 | British |
| DORMAN, Alan Cecil | Director | 2012-12-19 | Jan 1964 | British |
| MCKEAVNEY, Robert Edward | Director | 2026-02-02 | Mar 1958 | British |
| MCVEIGH, Anthony Pearse Joseph | Director | 2020-12-07 | Jun 1981 | Irish |
| SAVAGE, Norman | Director | 2009-12-31 | Jun 1966 | British |
| SKELTON, Michael | Director | 2012-12-19 | Dec 1967 | British |
Show 12 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| BAIRD, Karen | Secretary | 2000-05-18 | 2013-05-03 |
| DUFFY, Barry | Secretary | 2013-05-03 | 2016-05-16 |
| SAVAGE, Norman | Secretary | 2016-05-16 | 2020-10-28 |
| BURDEN, Julie | Director | 2015-08-01 | 2019-12-20 |
| DUFFY, Barry | Director | 2012-12-19 | 2016-05-16 |
| NOBLE, James | Director | 2000-06-28 | 2009-12-18 |
| SAVAGE, Norman | Director | 2000-05-18 | 2005-10-31 |
| WHITTEN, John Trevor | Director | 2009-12-31 | 2020-09-11 |
| WHITTEN, John | Director | 2000-06-28 | 2005-10-31 |
| WHITTEN, Richard Lee | Director | 2009-12-31 | 2020-09-11 |
| WHITTEN, Richard Lee | Director | 2000-05-18 | 2005-10-31 |
| WINDEBANK, Mark Richard | Director | 2005-09-01 | 2018-02-16 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| S&W Nearby Holdings Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100% | 2022-05-31 | Active |
| Savage & Whitten Holdings Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100% | 2017-05-19 | Ceased 2022-05-31 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 122 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2023-01-18 MA Memorandum articles
- 2023-01-18 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-02-09 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-07-24 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-06-23 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-09-16 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-07-09 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-06-13 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-08-15 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-06-13 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-01-18 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles | |
| 2023-01-18 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2023-01-10 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2022-08-17 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-06-13 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2022-06-13 | PSC02 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2022-06-13 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2022-05-30 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-08-09 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-07-12 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2021-05-27 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-05-26 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 3
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 1
- 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
-
Turnover
-1.4%
£145,105,000 £143,073,000
-
Cash
+51.3%
£4,070,000 £6,156,000
-
Net assets
+17.2%
£10,679,000 £12,515,000
-
Employees
-1.2%
250 247
-
Operating profit
-17.5%
£6,485,000 £5,351,000
-
Profit before tax
-17.9%
£6,451,000 £5,298,000
-
Wages
+5.2%
£8,401,000 £8,842,000
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