WHALECO UK LIMITED
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Cash
£243m
USD 327,428,000
+54.8% highest in 3 filed years
Net assets
£7.9m
USD 10,681,000
+121% highest in 3 filed years
Employees
31
Average over period
Profit before tax
£6.1m
USD 8,232,000
+94.9% highest in 3 filed years
Net assets
3-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary 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 | £25,183,558 | £50,358,166 | £127,035,250 | +152.3% | |
| Operating profit | -£6,215,093 | -£6,924,546 | -£2,926,902 | +57.7% | |
| Profit before tax | £1,623,784 | £3,135,148 | £6,109,091 | +94.9% | |
| Net profit | £1,218,230 | £2,351,162 | £4,581,818 | +94.9% | |
| Cash | £195,112,174 | £156,950,016 | £242,989,239 | +54.8% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £1,218,230 | £3,587,233 | £7,926,531 | +121% | |
| Net assets | £1,218,230 | £3,587,233 | £7,926,531 | +121% | |
| Equity | £1,218,230 | £3,587,233 | £7,926,531 | +121% | |
| Average employees | 0 | 0 | 31 | — | |
| Wages | — | — | £4,061,596 | — | |
| Directors' remuneration | — | £0 | £0 | — |
Figures converted to GBP from USD at 0.742 per USD (Frankfurter spot rate) — hover any figure for the original. — 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 | -24.7% | -13.8% | -2.3% | |
| Net margin | 4.8% | 4.7% | 3.6% | |
| Return on capital employed | -510.2% | -193.0% | -36.9% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 99.5% | 98.2% | 97.6% | |
| Current ratio | 1.01x | 1.02x | 1.02x |
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 101
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- PKF Brenson Lawlor Limited
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The director has at the time of approving the financial statements, a reasonable expectation that the Company has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future. Thus the director continues to adopt the going concern basis of accounting”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
1 active · 0 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SUN, Qin | Director | 2022-11-10 | Jul 1981 | Chinese |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pdd Holdings Inc. | Corporate entity | Significant influence | 2022-11-10 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 11 of 11 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-09-30 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2026-03-05 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-09-16 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-08-13 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2025-03-11 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-08-06 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-03-04 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-12-15 | PSC05 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2023-02-28 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2023-02-23 | AA01 | accounts | Change account reference date company current extended | |
| 2022-11-10 | NEWINC | incorporation | Incorporation company |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 2
- Capital events
- 0
- 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.