{"name":"WHITTARD TRADING LIMITED","company_number":"06753147","status":"Active","type":"Private Limited Company","incorporated":"2008-11-19","dissolved":null,"registered_office":"First Floor West 25 Western Avenue, Milton Park, Abingdon, England, OX14 4SH","postcode":"OX14 4SH","sic_codes":[{"code":47190,"description":"Other retail sale in non-specialised stores"}],"principal_activity":"The principal activity of the company is to source and sell the highest quality tea, coffee and hot chocolate from around the world together with everything that enriches the experience of consuming them. We aim to leverage 139 years of British heritage to build a brand through developing enduring relationships with our customers. Our products are affordable luxuries that are perfect as self-treats or as gifts. Routes to market include directly operated UK stores, a global ecommerce platform, international franchise stores and worldwide wholesale.","previous_names":[{"name":"HAMSARD 3146 LIMITED","changed_on":"2009-07-03"}],"warnings":[],"accounts":{"category":"Full","year_end":"26 December","last_made_up_to":"2025-12-27","next_due":"2027-09-26"},"employees":{"count":528,"accounts_date":"2025-12-27"},"financials":[{"financial_date":"2025-12-27","turnover":56831611,"profit_loss":3164401,"net_assets":-5138388,"cash":4136188,"average_employees":528},{"financial_date":"2024-12-28","turnover":49756013,"profit_loss":1604973,"net_assets":-8302789,"cash":4048674,"average_employees":471},{"financial_date":"2023-12-30","turnover":45662454,"profit_loss":886455,"net_assets":-9907762,"cash":5441119,"average_employees":447},{"financial_date":"2022-12-31","turnover":42393612,"net_assets":-10794217,"cash":2511561},{"financial_date":"2021-12-25","turnover":36675166,"net_assets":-11768067,"cash":4349881}],"officers":{"current":2,"resigned":19,"complete":true,"note":"Names and details of individual officers are on the People page (subscriber-only on this site) and free at Companies House."},"charges":{"total":6,"outstanding":4},"gazette_notices":[],"insolvency_outcome":null,"ai_summary":"Whittard Trading Limited is operationally healthy with strong and consistent revenue growth (36% over four years), but suffers from a chronically weakened balance sheet with negative net assets of £8.30M. The business is technically insolvent and reliant on parent company support, though it is steadily recovering — the net asset deficit has improved by approximately £3.47M over the same period. A capital injection from the parent company and continued profit retention are essential to restore full financial health and reduce vulnerability to external shocks.","website":"https://www.whittard.com/","links":{"page":"https://www.companiesintheuk.co.uk/ltd/whittard-trading","people":"https://www.companiesintheuk.co.uk/company/whittard-trading/people","filing_history":"https://www.companiesintheuk.co.uk/company/whittard-trading/filing-history","companies_house":"https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/06753147","financials":"https://www.companiesintheuk.co.uk/company/whittard-trading/financial","control":"https://www.companiesintheuk.co.uk/company/whittard-trading/control","charges":"https://www.companiesintheuk.co.uk/company/whittard-trading/charges","pay_gap":"https://www.companiesintheuk.co.uk/company/whittard-trading/pay-gap","ai_analysis":"https://www.companiesintheuk.co.uk/company/whittard-trading/analysis"},"source":"CompaniesInTheUK, from Companies House, The Gazette and other public registers (see /support/about). Cite as: CompaniesInTheUK, https://www.companiesintheuk.co.uk/ltd/whittard-trading"}