WCF LTD.
ActiveKey figures
† WCF LTD. filed these accounts on paper, so Companies House publishes them only as a scanned image. The figures for the years marked † were read automatically from the scan and kept only where the statements add up (for example net assets equal total equity), but a reading error is still possible — check the original accounts at Companies House.
Ratios
2024/25Sector comparison
SIC 47250Where the company stands among the 3,232 active companies whose first SIC code is 47250 (Retail sale of beverages in specialised stores).
- STARBUCKS COFFEE HOLDINGS (UK) LIMITED£401.5m
- HOLLAND & BARRETT RETAIL LIMITED£359.4m
- PUNCH PARTNERSHIPS (PML) LIMITED£298.9m
- WDFG UK LIMITED£165.4m
- WCF LTD.£34.3m
- WWW.NAKEDWINES.COM LIMITED£32.1m
- WINEMARK THE WINEMERCHANTS LIMITED£27.2m
- WINEFLAIR (BELFAST) LIMITED£16.1m
- REMARKABLE PUBS LIMITED£12.1m
- WINE INNS LIMITED£12m
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 3,232. The line on each bar marks the median.
Summary: WCF LTD.
What kind of company is it?
WCF LTD. is a private limited company registered with Companies House under company number 02263148. It was incorporated on 31 May 1988. Its status is active. The registered office is in Cumbria (CA8). Its nature of business (SIC 2007) is retail sale of beverages in specialised stores (47250), other retail sale of food in specialised stores (47290), retail sale of clothing in specialised stores (47710), freight transport by road (49410).
How is the company doing financially?
The latest accounts in the database are for 2024/25 (period ending 31 May 2025); the company files group accounts. Turnover was £219,901,000. Loss for the year was £517,000. Net assets were £34,337,000. Cash at bank and in hand was £9,440,000. The company had an average of 372 employees. Figures are available for 2 financial years (2023/24–2024/25).
How does it compare with similar companies?
Compared with 3,232 active companies whose first SIC code is 47250: By turnover it ranks higher than 93% of the 48 that publish turnover (median £321,924). By net assets it ranks higher than 99% of them (median £5,000). By total assets it ranks higher than 99% of them (median £61,640). By cash it ranks higher than 99% of them (median £16,115). By number of employees it ranks higher than 99% of them (median 2). It is older than 98% of them (median age 5.1 years).
Does it supply the public sector?
The company is named as the supplier in one public contract award notice, from The Police, Fire and Crime Commissioner for Cumbria. Contracts awarded to it alone have a combined published value of £480k.
What do public registers and reports show?
HMRC lists it as an importer of goods, mainly knitted clothing, woven clothing, leather goods and bags. In its latest payment practices report it took an average of 33 days to pay suppliers, and 21% of invoices were not paid within agreed terms. Its gender pay gap report for 2025/26 shows median hourly pay for women 12.3% lower than for men. It has modern slavery statements on the government registry for 4 years.
When are its next filings due?
The next accounts are due by 28 Feb 2027. The next confirmation statement is due by 5 Nov 2026.
Filed accounts2023/24–2024/25
| 2023/24 † | 2024/25 † | |
|---|---|---|
| Turnover | 251,303,000 | 219,901,000 |
| Profit for the year | 490,000 | -517,000 |
| Cash at bank and in hand | — | 9,440,000 |
| Total assets | — | 52,578,000 |
| Total liabilities | — | — |
| Net assets / total equity | — | 34,337,000 |
| Average number of employees | 368 | 372 |
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.
Public contracts
1 contractWCF LTD. is named as a supplier in 1 public contract award notice from The Police, Fire and Crime Commissioner for Cumbria. Its published value is £480k.
- Supply of Liquid Fuels and OilsThe Police, Fire and Crime Commissioner for Cumbria · £480,000 · runs until Sep 2030
From contract award notices on Contracts Finder (since 2016) and Find a Tender (since 2021), published by the Cabinet Office under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Values are as published by the buyer and usually cover the whole contract term; the total leaves out awards shared between several suppliers, where the published figure is a ceiling for all of them, placeholder values and single figures of £1 billion or more. Contracts below the publication thresholds and those of devolved buyers that publish elsewhere are not included.
Statutory reporting
- Average time taken to pay invoices
- 33 days
- Invoices not paid within agreed terms
- 21%
- Standard payment terms
- 7–60 days
- Member of a payment code
- No
- Within 30 days 72%
- 31 to 60 days 21%
- After 60 days 7%
Earlier periods (6)
- Period ending
- Days to pay
- Within 30 days
- Late
- 31 May 2023
- 35
- 66%
- 22%
- 30 Nov 2022
- 29
- 73%
- 20%
- 31 May 2022
- 36
- 67%
- 25%
- 30 Nov 2021
- 32
- 70%
- 27%
- 31 May 2021
- 34
- 71%
- 26%
- 30 Nov 2020
- 32
- 69%
- 27%
- Median hourly pay
- women 12.3% lower
- Mean hourly pay
- women 3.4% lower
- Median bonus pay
- women 18.4% lower
- Employer size
- 250 to 499 employees
Earlier years (8)
- Year
- Median hourly pay
- Mean hourly pay
- 2024/25
- women 16.5% lower
- women 6.2% lower
- 2023/24
- women 18.4% lower
- women 6.9% lower
- 2022/23
- women 25.3% lower
- women 11.8% lower
- 2021/22
- women 24.8% lower
- women 15% lower
- 2020/21
- women 22.9% lower
- women 11.1% lower
- 2019/20
- women 25.6% lower
- women 13.9% lower
- 2018/19
- women 10.9% lower
- women 7.4% lower
- 2017/18
- women 27.3% lower
- women 15.5% lower
A positive gap means women's average hourly pay is lower than men's across the whole employer; it is not a comparison of pay for the same work. View on the Gender pay gap service
- 2026
- Statement · summary on GOV.UK
- 2025
- Statement · summary on GOV.UK
- 2022
- Statement · summary on GOV.UK
Earlier years (1)
- 2020
- Statement · summary on GOV.UK
Figures the company reported itself to the government's Check payment practices service, Gender pay gap service and Modern slavery statement registry (Open Government Licence v3.0). Only large companies and employers with 250 or more staff have to report, so most companies have nothing here.
Registers and licences
Listed by HMRC as an importer of goods in 9 of the last 12 months on record, most recently May 2026. Main goods: knitted clothing, woven clothing and leather goods and bags.
From HMRC's monthly lists of importers and exporters. Traders can ask to be left off the lists, so absence does not mean a company does not trade.
Sources: Charity Commission for England and Wales, Care Quality Commission, Home Office and HM Revenue & Customs, under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Entries marked ‡ come from lists that do not state a company number and were linked by an exact match on the registered name.
History
3 events- Financial year 2024/25 endedAccounts: turnover £219.9m, net assets £34.3m, 372 employees
- Financial year 2023/24 endedAccounts: turnover £251.3m, 368 employees
- Company incorporatedPrivate 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.