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Company No. 00052204 · Incorporated 20 Apr 1897

White & Co PLC

Registered name: WHITE & CO PLC

Part of Whitport Limited group

White & Co PLC made £31.8m revenue and £289k profit in the year to 31 Jan 2026. read from filing text

White & Co PLC’s revenue grew 4% to £31.8m in the year to 31 Jan 2026, with £289k profit and 368 employees. The company is classified under “removal services” and is based in Southampton; we hold 2 years of its filed accounts.

Full P&L filedSection H · Transportation and storageSIC 49420Removal services
Status
Active
Location
Southampton, South East
Age
129 yrs · since 1897
Type
Public Limited Company

Part of a group. The filing indicates this company sits within a group structure, so its results may depend on intra-group trading and it may be hard to replicate independently.

Latest accounts · year to 31 Jan 2026

Key figures

Doing more with lessBoring industry
Revenue
£31.8m
Growth ▲4.2%
Profit
£289k
Growth —
Profit margin
0.9%
Gross 39.1%
Employees
368
Change ▼7.8%
Profit / employee
£784
Revenue/employee £86.5k
Profitable streak
1yr
Consecutive profitable years in our data

Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.

2 filed years

Financial history

Multi-year financials, oldest to newest
Year to31 Jan 202531 Jan 2026
DisclosureFull P&Lread from filing textFull P&Lread from filing text
Profit & loss
Revenue (turnover)£30.6m£31.8m
Cost of sales£30.2m£19.4m
Gross profit£344k£12.5m
Operating profit£337k£903k
Profit before tax£32.7k£596k
Profit after tax−£296k£289k
Profit (best available)−£296k£289k
Staff costs£13.9m£13.6m
Employees (average)399368
Ratios
Profit margin−1%0.9%
Gross margin1.1%39.1%
Revenue per employee£76.6k£86.5k
Profit per employee−£743£784
Growth (year on year)
Revenue growth—▲4.2%
Headcount growth—▼7.8%
Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue
Cash at bank£790k£1.4m
Net assets£2.9m£3.2m
Fixed assets£8.6m£9.7m
Current assets£4.2m£4.7m
Debtors£2.2m£2.2m
Deferred income£543k£575k
SourceFullAccounts · bulk data Jun 2026FullAccounts · bulk data Jun 2026
Derived from the latest filing

How the business works

Profit margin
0.9%
Profit ÷ revenue.
Gross margin
39.1%
Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
Revenue per employee
£86.5k
Revenue ÷ average employees.
Profit per employee
£784
Profit ÷ average employees.
Cash conversion
—
Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
Fixed assets ÷ revenue
30.3%
Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
Deferred income ÷ revenue
1.8%
Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
Debtors ÷ revenue
6.9%
Money owed by customers. Low = customers pay quickly.
Indirect — not revenue

Balance-sheet signals

Year-on-year changes in filed balance-sheet items. They can hint at momentum (or investment) but are not revenue or profit and must not be read as such.

Net assets
▲10%
Now £3.2m
Cash at bank
▲75%
Now £1.4m
Headcount
▼8%
Now 368
Deferred income
▲6%
Now £575k
Fixed assets
▲13%
Now £9.7m

Deferred income is reported together with accruals in this filing (“accruals and deferred income”), so it is an approximate signal only.

Corporate ownership

Group structure

Ownership chain

  1. Whitport Limitedultimate parent75–100%
  2. White & Co PLCthis company

Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.

Subsidiaries (2)

Sister companies (22)

From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).

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Sources

Companies House profile Filing history & original accounts

Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Jan 2026 (profit £289k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Jun 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.

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