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WDFG UK LIMITED

#02872512 · Active · Incorporated 1993-11-11 (32y 9m) · Last filing 2026-08-14 (this month)
Consumer Staples · SIC 47250 · G Wholesale & Retail Trade; Repair of Motor Vehicles · Full accounts
Accounts due 2026-09-30 (in 41 days) · Confirmation due 2026-11-12 (in 3 months) · No watchouts on the register

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Cash

£123m

-25% vs 2023

Net assets

£170m

-9.2% vs 2023

Employees

3,853

+15.2% vs 2023

Profit before tax

£67m

+0.7% vs 2023

Accounts

2-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2024-12-31

Metric Trend 2023-12-312024-12-31 Δ vs prior
Turnover £1,105,630,000£1,212,120,000 +9.6%
Operating profit £64,018,000£58,437,000 -8.7%
Profit before tax £66,439,000£66,894,000 +0.7%
Net profit £49,658,000£47,533,000 -4.3%
Cash £163,391,000£122,594,000 -25%
Total assets less current liabilities £205,155,000£202,974,000 -1.1%
Net assets £187,417,000£170,139,000 -9.2%
Equity £187,417,000£170,139,000 -9.2%
Average employees 3,3453,853 +15.2%
Wages £87,364,000£107,583,000 +23.1%
Directors' remuneration £997,000£1,099,000 +10.2%

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 2023-12-312024-12-31
Operating margin 5.8%4.8%
Net margin 4.5%3.9%
Return on capital employed 31.2%28.8%
Gearing (liabilities / total assets) 55.7%57.8%
Current ratio 1.59x1.57x
Interest cover 9.38x21.80x

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 3 times since incorporation

  1. WDFG UK LIMITED 2012-02-09 → present
  2. AUTOGRILL RETAIL UK LIMITED 2008-09-19 → 2012-02-09
  3. ALPHA RETAIL UK LIMITED 2007-12-12 → 2008-09-19
  4. ALPHA AIRPORT HOLDINGS (UK) LIMITED 1993-11-11 → 2007-12-12

Audit & accounting basis

Accounting basis
FRS 101
Reporting scope
Standalone (parent only)
Auditor
Deloitte LLP
Audit opinion
Unqualified (clean)
Going concern
Affirmed

“Based on this evaluation, the Directors have considered a going concern period of 12 months from the approval of the financial statements. Accordingly, they believe it remains appropriate to prepare the financial statements on a going concern basis.”

Group structure

  1. WDFG UK LIMITED · parent
    1. WDFG Jersey Limited 100% · Jersey · Travel retail
    2. WDFG UK Pension Trustees Ltd 100% · Feltham · Pension trust
    3. WDFG France SNC 100% · Coquelles · Travel retail

Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers

People

3 active · 36 resigned

Name Role Appointed Born Nationality
BOUTTLE, Christopher David Director 2010-10-28 Jul 1968 British
CREIGHTON, Frederick Robert Director 2014-02-10 Mar 1958 British
MAS-SARDA, Luis Marin Director 2023-06-26 May 1971 Spanish
Show 36 resigned officers
Name Role Appointed Resigned
DEEGAN, Jayne Secretary 1999-11-30 2001-04-27
ELLY, Mark Secretary 2008-09-19 2011-05-18
LOWE, Nigel Secretary 1993-11-11 1999-11-30
MAGOWAN, Andrew Secretary 2006-11-01 2008-09-19
MCRAE, Heather Lyn Secretary 2003-03-12 2006-03-01
MCRAE, Heather Lyn Secretary 2001-04-30 2002-07-15
MONTANA, Laura Gutierrez Secretary 2011-09-19 2015-06-26
O'BYRNE, Helen Secretary 2015-09-17 2018-07-31
O'CONNELL, Clare Janet Secretary 2006-03-01 2006-11-01
VIEYRA, Maureen Secretary 2009-02-02 2013-01-31
WATTERS, Charles Patrick Secretary 2002-07-15 2003-03-12
ABBOTT, Kevin Allan Director 1999-06-25 2006-05-16
ADAMS, Mark Andrew Director 2006-11-01 2008-02-29
BUCKLEY, Stephen Denton Director 2001-03-01 2006-07-31
DRENNAN, Padraig Director 2008-04-14 2012-10-04
GALPIN, Rodney Desmond Director 1997-12-03 2002-05-30
GOLD, Richard Fleming Director 1993-11-11 1996-05-30
HALL, Geoffrey William Director 2015-05-26 2016-02-18
HARMSTORF, Benjamin Director 2016-02-18 2020-11-30
HARRISON, Paul, Dr Director 1993-11-11 1997-07-31
KING, David William Director 2001-03-01 2006-10-16
LEWIS, Hilary Director 1997-07-31 2001-03-06
LOSTAO, Pablo Bas Director 2014-12-12 2016-02-18
MCRAE, Heather Lyn Director 2000-06-16 2006-05-16
PALENCIA, Jose Maria Director 2010-10-28 2012-03-05
PEREZ PENA DEL LLANO, Fernando Director 2014-02-10 2014-12-15
PETCHEY, Martin Director 2014-12-11 2016-02-18
PROCTOR, George Frederick Little Director 1993-11-11 1998-07-24
PURKIS, Sarah Director 2012-09-03 2015-03-18
REDBURN, Timothy John Director 2006-05-16 2006-11-01
RICHES, Mark Stephen Director 2008-11-07 2010-12-03
SIDDALL, Stuart James Director 1996-05-30 2000-06-15
STEPHENSON, Robert William Director 2001-09-03 2004-01-19
WILLIAMS, Peter Wodehouse Director 2006-05-16 2008-08-31
YUNTA, Eugenio Miguel Andrades Director 2016-02-18 2023-05-21
YUNTA, Eugenio Miguel Andrades Director 2012-02-16 2015-01-19

Ownership

Persons with significant control

Name Kind Nature of control Notified Status
Wdfg Uk Holdings Limited Corporate entity Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors 2016-04-06 Active

Filing timeline

Last 20 of 198 total filings

Date Type Category Description
2025-11-11 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with no updates PDF
2025-07-16 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type full
2024-11-01 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with no updates PDF
2024-07-10 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type full
2024-07-10 MR01 mortgage Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date PDF
2023-11-10 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with no updates PDF
2023-07-31 CH01 officers Change person director company with change date PDF
2023-07-31 AD01 address Change registered office address company with date old address new address PDF
2023-07-14 CH01 officers Change person director company with change date PDF
2023-07-14 AP01 officers Appoint person director company with name date PDF
2023-07-14 TM01 officers Termination director company with name termination date PDF
2023-06-01 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type full
2022-10-31 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with no updates PDF
2022-08-12 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type full
2021-11-04 MR01 mortgage Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date PDF
2021-10-29 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with no updates PDF
2021-08-22 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type full
2021-06-25 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type full
2020-11-30 TM01 officers Termination director company with name termination date PDF
2020-11-18 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with no updates PDF

Public-record activity

Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months

Filings
1

last 12 months

Capital events
0

last 24 months

Officers appointed
0

last 12 months

Officers resigned
0

last 12 months

Direct counts from the register. No score, no rating — see the Filing timeline for the underlying events.

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