WINTERHALTER LTD
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Cash
£3.8m
+4.4% vs 2024
Net assets
£13m
-19.8% lowest in 3 filed years
Employees
117
-5.6% vs 2024
Profit before tax
£1.9m
-64.1% lowest in 3 filed years
Net assets
3-year trend · vs Industrials median
Accounts
3-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2025-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £29,359,843 | £29,839,215 | £32,895,279 | +10.2% | |
| Operating profit | £3,092,520 | £2,737,297 | -£1,112,386 | -140.6% | |
| Profit before tax | £6,613,452 | £5,262,297 | £1,887,614 | -64.1% | |
| Net profit | £5,759,743 | £4,791,492 | £776,037 | -83.8% | |
| Cash | £4,095,418 | £3,640,830 | £3,802,839 | +4.4% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £15,382,918 | £16,689,634 | £13,649,580 | -18.2% | |
| Net assets | £14,987,064 | £16,278,556 | £13,054,593 | -19.8% | |
| Equity | £14,987,064 | £16,278,556 | £13,054,593 | -19.8% | |
| Average employees | 113 | 124 | 117 | -5.6% | |
| Wages | £5,338,004 | £5,874,552 | £6,210,581 | +5.7% | |
| Directors' remuneration | £619,857 | £663,308 | £660,961 | -0.4% | |
| Directors' pension contributions | £60,893 | £108,274 | £115,120 | +6.3% | |
| Highest paid director | £261,852 | £216,002 | £199,074 | -7.8% |
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 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 10.5% | 9.2% | -3.4% | |
| Net margin | 19.6% | 16.1% | 2.4% | |
| Return on capital employed | 20.1% | 16.4% | -8.1% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 31.2% | 30.3% | 52.9% | |
| Current ratio | 2.31x | 2.39x | 1.45x |
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.
Name history
Renamed 1 time since incorporation
- WINTERHALTER LTD 2001-05-22 → present
- WINTERHALTER GASTRONOM LIMITED 1970-10-22 → 2001-05-22
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- Rödl & Partner Limited
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The financial statements are prepared on a going concern basis. The directors have considered the working capital requirements for a period of 12 months from the date of this report.”
Group structure
- WINTERHALTER LTD · parent
- Classeq Limited 100%
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
6 active · 25 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| HESSION, Paul Anthony | Secretary | 2025-09-01 | — | — |
| FALLER, Viktor | Director | 2003-11-10 | Oct 1964 | German |
| FENTON, Colin | Director | 2025-02-01 | Jan 1977 | British |
| HESSION, Paul Anthony | Director | 2025-09-01 | Feb 1973 | British |
| KINKEAD, Stephen | Director | 2007-10-01 | Feb 1970 | British |
| WINTERHALTER, Ralph | Director | 2008-10-01 | Feb 1978 | German |
Show 25 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| CANTLE, Antony Peter | Secretary | 2024-11-01 | 2025-01-20 |
| PARSONS, David John | Secretary | 2025-01-27 | 2025-09-01 |
| PARSONS, David John | Secretary | 2000-01-01 | 2024-10-31 |
| SMITHSON, David | Secretary | 1996-02-27 | 2000-01-01 |
| WADDELL, John | Secretary | — | 1996-02-27 |
| ALSWORTH, Peter John | Director | 2012-10-01 | 2020-06-30 |
| ASPIN, Simon | Director | 2005-08-01 | 2007-08-03 |
| BLAKE, Andrew Keith | Director | 1999-07-01 | 2019-05-31 |
| CANTLE, Antony Peter | Director | 2023-10-01 | 2025-01-20 |
| CRONEY, Brian John | Director | 1999-07-01 | 2006-09-30 |
| FRIEND, Anthony | Director | 1999-07-01 | 2000-07-31 |
| HUBER, Peter | Director | 2004-05-04 | 2020-10-30 |
| JACK, Alasdair Mcleman | Director | — | 1996-02-28 |
| LYNCH, Kieran Raymond | Director | 2017-12-01 | 2026-01-31 |
| MACKAY, Jason John | Director | 2010-03-01 | 2018-08-31 |
| NICHOLAIDES, Nicholas | Director | 2007-08-13 | 2008-06-20 |
| PARSONS, David John | Director | 2025-01-27 | 2025-10-15 |
| PARSONS, David John | Director | 2000-01-01 | 2024-10-31 |
| ROBERTS, Glenn Ernest | Director | 2018-09-03 | 2020-10-30 |
| SALTER, Andrew Maurice | Director | 2011-02-01 | 2018-12-31 |
| SMITHSON, David | Director | 1996-01-02 | 2020-12-10 |
| WADDELL, John | Director | — | 1996-02-27 |
| WINTERHALTER, Jurgen | Director | — | 2020-10-30 |
| WINTERHALTER, Karl | Director | — | 1997-06-30 |
| ZENDATH, Siegfried | Director | 1997-06-30 | 2003-11-10 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mr Jurgen Winterhalter | Individual | Voting 50–75% | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2020-09-24 |
| Mr Ralph Winterhalter | Individual | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 198 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-09-18 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2026-03-26 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2026-03-09 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-10-15 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-10-03 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-10-01 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-09-02 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2025-09-02 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2025-09-02 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-02-28 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-02-28 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-02-28 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2025-01-30 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2025-01-30 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-11-04 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-11-04 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2024-11-04 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2024-10-11 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-09-23 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-03-15 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 6
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 0
- Officers resigned
- 2
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.