WHITE & CO PLC
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Cash
£1.4M
+75.1% highest in 3 filed years
Net assets
£3.2M
+9.8% vs 2025
Employees
368
-7.8% lowest in 3 filed years
Profit before tax
£596K
+1,719.3% highest in 3 filed years
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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4 officer resignations in last 12 months
Multiple officers have left the board recently — see the People section for who.
Net assets
3-year trend · vs Industrials median
Accounts
3-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2026-01-31
| Metric | Trend | 2024-01-31 | 2025-01-31 | 2026-01-31 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £28,049,446 | £30,556,052 | £31,849,201 | +4.2% | |
| Operating profit | £20,748 | £337,102 | £902,965 | +167.9% | |
| Profit before tax | -£267,225 | £32,747 | £595,769 | +1,719.3% | |
| Net profit | -£221,005 | -£296,359 | £288,628 | +197.4% | |
| Cash | £828,415 | £790,255 | £1,383,900 | +75.1% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £8,726,205 | £8,458,186 | £9,628,289 | +13.8% | |
| Net assets | £3,232,636 | £2,936,277 | £3,224,905 | +9.8% | |
| Equity | £3,232,636 | £2,936,277 | £3,224,905 | +9.8% | |
| Average employees | 413 | 399 | 368 | -7.8% | |
| Wages | £11,800,749 | £12,345,137 | £11,856,283 | -4% | |
| Directors' remuneration | £386,722 | £370,558 | £464,981 | +25.5% |
Values shown as filed in the company's annual accounts. — indicates the figure wasn't present under that line item in that period. The Δ column is the change from the prior filed period as a percentage of |prior|; lines a company doesn't report show —. About these numbers
Ratios
Computed from the line items above — sparklines read oldest → newest
| Ratio | Trend | 2024-01-31 | 2025-01-31 | 2026-01-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 0.1% | 1.1% | 2.8% | |
| Net margin | -0.8% | -1.0% | 0.9% | |
| Return on capital employed | 0.2% | 4.0% | 9.4% | |
| Current ratio | 1.30x | 0.98x | 0.99x | |
| Interest cover | 0.07x | 1.01x | 2.79x |
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
- Fiander ETL
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The directors consider the company to have ample and adequate resources to continue in operational existence for at least the next 12 months, thus they continue to adopt the going concern basis of accounting in preparing the annual financial statements.”
Group structure
- WHITE & CO PLC · parent
- Lawrence & Hall Limited 100%
- White Van Lines Limited 100%
- White Moving & Storage Spain SL 100%
Significant events
- “The Geopolitical situation throughout world markets continues to disrupt and impact on international business, this has now extended to the Middle East. Despite the disrupted markets the company has been fortunate to have successfully introduced new business into our portfolio, resulting in improved trading.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
7 active · 19 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| PRANGLE, Stacey | Secretary | 2025-07-31 | — | — |
| COLES, Shane | Director | 2025-10-01 | Aug 1978 | British |
| PALMER, Adam Mcgregor | Director | 2025-10-01 | Nov 1990 | British |
| PALMER, Ian Michael | Director | 1994-04-18 | May 1961 | British |
| PRANGLE, Stacey | Director | 2023-06-20 | Jul 1981 | British |
| SPIES, Louis | Director | 2016-05-01 | Sep 1968 | British |
| WHITE, Andrew Wallis | Director | 2026-02-10 | Feb 1976 | British |
Show 19 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| HOARE, David Anthony | Secretary | 2017-01-13 | 2018-05-22 |
| HOARE, David Anthony | Secretary | 1997-08-07 | 2016-06-29 |
| HOWSON-GREEN, Michael | Secretary | — | 1997-08-07 |
| UNIACKE, Martin John | Secretary | 2016-06-29 | 2017-01-13 |
| VITORIA, Dominic John Mark | Secretary | 2018-05-22 | 2025-07-31 |
| BURDEN, William Robert | Director | 2016-05-01 | 2018-01-31 |
| ELLIOTT, Cuthbert Samuel | Director | — | 1994-04-18 |
| FASSOMS, Steven Christopher | Director | 2014-08-01 | 2026-05-08 |
| HALLIWELL, Geoffrey Richard | Director | — | 1994-04-18 |
| HERBERT, Michael David | Director | 1998-03-26 | 2011-05-31 |
| HOARE, David Anthony | Director | 2002-10-29 | 2023-09-01 |
| HOWSON-GREEN, Michael | Director | — | 2015-01-28 |
| NICHOLSON, Ian David | Director | 2013-11-01 | 2024-04-30 |
| NICKLINSON, Roy John | Director | — | 2016-07-31 |
| PATEMAN, David John Charles | Director | — | 2015-07-31 |
| VITORIA, Dominic John Mark | Director | 2018-05-22 | 2025-07-31 |
| WHITE, Dudley Wallis | Director | — | 1991-09-30 |
| WHITE, Graham Gordon | Director | — | 2013-07-31 |
| WHITE, Robert Wallis | Director | 2024-10-29 | 2026-02-10 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Whitport Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100% | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 173 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-06-30 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2026-05-19 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2026-03-24 | PSC05 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2026-02-12 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2026-02-12 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-10-09 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-10-09 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-10-09 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-10-09 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-10-09 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-10-09 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-08-14 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-07-31 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2025-07-31 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-07-31 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2025-07-22 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-05-01 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-03-06 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2024-10-31 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-08-06 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 16
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 4
- Officers resigned
- 4
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.