WEST WITTERING ESTATE P L C

Active
Company number 00508519Public limited companyIncorporated 1952
⚠ Confirmation statement overdue. It was due on 3 Nov 2026.

Key figures

£10,529,059+2.1%
Net assets 2025
+3.0%
Average annual growth 2023–2025
05 m10 m15 m202320242025

WEST WITTERING ESTATE P L C does not disclose its turnover in its latest accounts; the profit for the year is as stated in the accounts.

Ratios

2025

Sector comparison

SIC 47190

Where the company stands among the 28,260 active companies whose first SIC code is 47190 (Other retail sale in non-specialised stores).

Net assets£10,529,059
Higher than 99% · median £3,877
Total assets£480,733
Higher than 90% · median £37,440
Cash£229,402
Higher than 87% · median £12,657
Employees1
Around the median · median 1
Company age74.4 years
Older than 99% · median 3.5 years
Largest in this sector by net assets
  1. MARKS AND SPENCER P.L.C.£5.2bn
  2. MARKS AND SPENCER GROUP P.L.C.£3.2bn
  3. JOHN LEWIS PLC£1.8bn
  4. T. J. MORRIS LIMITED£1.5bn
  5. SELFRIDGES RETAIL LIMITED£921.6m
  6. SREL RETAIL EUROPE LIMITED£520.9m
  7. ARGOS LIMITED£503.5m
  8. CARD FACTORY PLC£354.5m
  9. BOING ACQUISITIONS LIMITED£320m
  10. FENWICK,LIMITED£314.8m

Positions are approximate. Figures come from each company's latest accounts; money and employee figures are compared only with companies that filed accounts in pounds for a period ending in the last two and a half years and are not dormant, so those groups are smaller than 28,260. The line on each bar marks the median.

Summary: WEST WITTERING ESTATE P L C

What kind of company is it?

WEST WITTERING ESTATE P L C is a public limited company registered with Companies House under company number 00508519. It was incorporated on 4 Jun 1952. Its status is active. The registered office is in Chichester (PO20). Its nature of business (SIC 2007) is other retail sale in non-specialised stores (47190), licensed restaurants (56101), take-away food shops and mobile food stands (56103), other letting and operating of own or leased real estate (68209).

How is the company doing financially?

The latest accounts in the database are for 2025 (period ending 31 Dec 2025); the company files full accounts. Profit for the year was £934,973. Net assets were £10,529,059, up 2.1% on the previous year. Cash at bank and in hand was £229,402. Total assets were £480,733 and total liabilities £389,974. The company had an average of 1 employee. Figures are available for 3 financial years (2023–2025).

How does it compare with similar companies?

Compared with 28,260 active companies whose first SIC code is 47190: By net assets it ranks higher than 99% of them (median £3,877). By total assets it ranks higher than 90% of them (median £37,440). By cash it ranks higher than 87% of them (median £12,657). By number of employees it is around the median of them (1). It is older than 99% of them (median age 3.5 years).

Who runs and controls the company?

The company has 9 current directors. 1 of 1 registered charges are outstanding.

When are its next filings due?

The next accounts are due by 30 Jun 2027. The next confirmation statement is due by 3 Nov 2026.

Dividends

from the accounts
2025

Dividends paid in the financial year: £66,418 (7% of the profit for the year).

History
2025£66,418
2024£66,418
2023£66,418
Filed accounts2023–2025
202320242025
Profit for the year555,909463,341934,973
Cash at bank and in hand1,446,86524,940229,402
Total assets11,916,97912,741,954480,733
Total liabilities——389,974
Net assets / total equity9,916,98810,313,56210,529,059
Average number of employees52561
Dividends paid66,41866,41866,418

A dash (—) means no accounts were filed for that year or the item is not in the accounts; 0 is a zero stated in the accounts. Small companies usually file only a balance sheet, so the profit and loss account is often missing.

Principal activity

Accounts 2025

The principal activities of the company in the year under review continue to be the ownership of the car park and the cafe at West Wittering and the operation of these and associated leisure activities.

As described in the company's latest filed accounts.

History

58 events
  1. Financial year 2025 endedAccounts: net assets £10.5m, 1 employee
  2. Financial year 2024 endedAccounts: net assets £10.3m, 56 employees
  3. Financial year 2023 endedAccounts: net assets £9.9m, 52 employees
  4. Vincent Patrick BYRNE resignedDirector
  5. Richard James POLLARD appointedDirector
  6. Ann Mary CARNEGIE resignedDirector
  7. Michael BROMLEY-MARTIN appointedDirector
  8. Anna Jane Scott HARDY appointedDirector
Earlier events (50)
  1. Marcus Lindsay IRWIN-BROWN resignedDirector
  2. Stephen Barrington HAMMETT resignedDirector
  3. Ruth Christine FRANCE appointedDirector
  4. Richard Gordon PIKE resignedDirector
  5. Justin William Lawton GOODWIN appointedDirector
  6. Julian David HALL appointedDirector
  7. Richard David MELVILLE resignedDirector
  8. Andrew Alexander CRAWFORD resignedDirector
  9. Anthony Richard HEMBLING resignedDirector
  10. Grahame Alan PETTIT appointedDirector
  11. Mark Alexander RALF appointedDirector
  12. Richard David MELVILLE appointedDirector
  13. Richard Gordon PIKE appointedDirector
  14. Peter Stuart MORTON resignedDirector
  15. Richard Charles SHRUBB resignedDirector
  16. Susan TRAYLER resignedDirector
  17. Andrew Alexander CRAWFORD resignedSecretary
  18. Clifford Lionel HODGETTS resignedDirector
  19. IRWIN MITCHELL SECRETARIES LIMITED appointedSecretary (corporate)
  20. Andrew Alexander CRAWFORD appointedDirector
  21. Marcus Lindsay IRWIN-BROWN appointedDirector
  22. Anthony Richard HEMBLING appointedDirector
  23. Vincent Patrick BYRNE appointedDirector
  24. John Stewart MCKERCHAR resignedDirector
  25. John Peter Ramsden MALPAS resignedDirector
  26. Richard James DRYSDALE resignedDirector
  27. Mark VARVILL resignedDirector
  28. David Foard SWAYNE appointedDirector
  29. Ann Mary CARNEGIE appointedDirector
  30. Richard Charles SHRUBB appointedDirector
  31. Susan TRAYLER appointedDirector
  32. Anthony Gilbert Henry HOARE resignedDirector
  33. Robert Davison LYMBERY resignedDirector
  34. Stephen Barrington HAMMETT appointedDirector
  35. Peter Stuart MORTON appointedDirector
  36. Clifford Lionel HODGETTS resignedSecretary
  37. David John Edward FOSTER resignedDirector
  38. Andrew Alexander CRAWFORD appointedSecretary
  39. Clifford Lionel HODGETTS appointedDirector
  40. Colin John Henry KAYE resignedDirector
  41. Robert Davison LYMBERY appointedDirector
  42. John Peter Ramsden MALPAS appointedDirector
  43. Andrew Westbrook EDWARD resignedDirector
  44. Colin John Henry KAYE appointedDirector
  45. Julian Harry James BASS resignedSecretary
  46. Clifford Lionel HODGETTS appointedSecretary
  47. Peter Dudley Frederick MAYS resignedDirector
  48. Anthony Gilbert Henry HOARE appointedDirector
  49. John Stenton COVINGTON resignedDirector
  50. Company incorporatedPublic limited company

Dates as recorded at Companies House: incorporation, name changes, officer appointments and resignations, current persons with significant control, and the end of each financial year with figures in the database. Former persons with significant control are not listed.