WHITTLE PHARMACIES LIMITED
Company number 03903928 · Monitor this company
Free AI analysis
Have an AI read this company's filings and write an assessment — financial health, risks, and what the numbers say.
Shareholders' funds
£2,032,902
Balance sheet as at 2022-01-31
What it does
The principal activity of the year continued to be that of retail pharmaceutical chemists.
The company's own description, from its latest filed accounts.
Overview
- Company type
- Private Limited Company
- Incorporated
- 2000-01-10
- Employees
- 55 (2026 accounts · was 60 in 2025)
- Registered office
- Lynstock House Lynstock Way, Lostock, Bolton, England, BL6 4SA
- Postcode
- BL6 4SA
- Capital
- 440 GBP
- Accounts category
- Total Exemption Full
- Charges
- 6 outstanding
Accounts
- Last made up to
- 2026-01-31
- Next due by
- 2027-10-31
- Financial year end
- 31 January
Confirmation statement
- Last statement dated
- 2026-01-09
- Next due by
- 2027-01-23
Nature of business (SIC)
- 47730 Dispensing chemist in specialised stores
- 86900 Other human health activities
Officers 2 current · 8 resigned
Group structure
Controlled by GORGEMEAD LIMITED — since 2026-01-31
From persons-with-significant-control filings on the public register.
Previous company names
| Name | Date changed |
|---|---|
| BAT CAVE LIMITED | 2003-05-27 |
Previous registered addresses 2
| Address | Changed on |
|---|---|
| 31 CHURCH ROAD, NORTHENDEN, MANCHESTER, M22 4NN | 2001-06-26 |
| WHITTLEBROOK PHARMACY 230, PRESTON ROAD, WHITTLE LE WOODS, CHORLEY, LANCASHIRE PR6 7HW | 2000-12-08 |
Among its peers
Top 5%
by shareholders' funds, of 69 similar companies in BL
2nd largest employer among its local peers (55 staff).
Among the oldest 25% of its local peers, trading since 2000.
No.1 of the largest dispensing chemist in specialised stores companies in Bolton →
Competitors Bolton
This company ranks 1 among dispensing chemist in specialised stores in Bolton.
The class of 2000
41%
of the 75,535 companies incorporated in 2000 are still active today; 56% have since been dissolved.
A fact about the year, not a forecast for this company.
Property in England & Wales 7 titles
- Freehold
- 4
- Leasehold
- 3
- Most recent registration
- 2024-06-10
- Price paid, where recorded
- £120,000
- Where
- Lancashire (6), Greater Manchester (1)
| Title number | County | Tenure | Registered | Price paid |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| LAN287693 | Lancashire | Leasehold | 2024-06-10 | — |
| GM251069 | Greater Manchester | Leasehold | 2010-05-14 | — |
| LA555839 | Lancashire | Freehold | 2009-10-05 | — |
| LA577157 | Lancashire | Freehold | 2009-10-05 | £65,000 |
| LA630401 | Lancashire | Freehold | 2009-10-05 | £55,000 |
| LA771500 | Lancashire | Freehold | 2009-10-05 | — |
| LAN59513 | Lancashire | Leasehold | 2007-10-29 | — |
For addresses and the authoritative register entry, use HM Land Registry's official search (£3 per title).
Information produced by HM Land Registry. © Crown copyright 2026. Dataset as at 2026-08.