Annual accounts
Total Exemption Full accounts
31/12/2026Filing deadline
- Next accounts made up to
- 31/03/2026
- Last accounts made up to
- 31/03/2025
Reference data exactly as held at Companies House.
The 4 most recent documents filed at Companies House.
Compulsory strike-off action has been discontinued
First Gazette notice for compulsory strike-off
Total exemption full accounts made up to 2025-03-31
Cessation of Karen Valerie Gaines as a person with significant control on 2025-12-01
What Pre-Score will tell you

The two filings Companies House requires every year, and where each one stands against its deadline today.
Total Exemption Full accounts
31/12/2026Filing deadline
Confirms the registry record is up to date
16/12/2026Filing deadline
The latest figures G. WHITFIELD LIMITED filed. Okredo holds filed accounts data for 2021–2025; the year-by-year record is on the financials page.
Net Assets
2023: £1.18M
Total Assets
Cash in Bank
2023: £206.39K
Total Liabilities
Employees
2023: 77
Of the 2 measures with an earlier filing to compare against, 1 rose and 1 fell. Cash in bank moved furthest, up on 2023. See the full financial analysis for G. WHITFIELD LIMITED.
The full financial record
Three ways through G. WHITFIELD LIMITED's filed accounts — the year-by-year numbers, the compound rates and the ratios behind them.
Headcount as reported to Companies House for 2021–2025.
| Year | Employees | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 73 | -4 |
| 2023 | 77 | +1 |
| 2022 | 76 | +2 |
| 2021 | 74 | – |
Reported employee count decreased from 74 in 2021 to 73 in 2025. See how headcount moved alongside the reported financials.
Credit report
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Directors, secretaries and other appointed officers, with the period each has served.
| Person | Role | Period | Connected companies |
|---|---|---|---|
| Secretary | 18/08/1996–Present | 2 | |
| Director | 20/11/1998–Present | 0 |
Individuals or entities with significant control over the company, as declared to Companies House.
| Person | Period | Connected companies |
|---|---|---|
| 06/04/2016–01/12/2025 | 0 | |
| 06/04/2016–Present | 0 | |
| 01/12/2025–Present | 1 | |
| 06/04/2016–Present | 5 | |
| 06/04/2016–01/12/2025 | 5 |
Every document on the Companies House record, newest first.
Compulsory strike-off action has been discontinued
First Gazette notice for compulsory strike-off
Total exemption full accounts made up to 2025-03-31
Cessation of Karen Valerie Gaines as a person with significant control on 2025-12-01
Cessation of Fiona Claire Kerry as a person with significant control on 2025-12-01
Confirmation statement made on 2025-12-02 with no updates
Notification of Valerie Catmore Whitfield as a person with significant control on 2025-12-01
Total exemption full accounts made up to 2024-03-31
Confirmation statement made on 2024-12-02 with no updates
Total exemption full accounts made up to 2023-03-31
Confirmation statement made on 2023-12-04 with updates
Total exemption full accounts made up to 2022-03-31
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A short description of the company, written from its Companies House record.
G. WHITFIELD LIMITED is a private limited company registered in the United Kingdom, based in 1a Church Street, Houghton Le Spring, Tyne And Wear DH4 4DN. Companies House classifies its business as Dispensing chemist in specialised stores. It has been on the register for 69 years 7 months.
The register currently records it as active. Its 2025 accounts report net assets of £1.18M and 73 employees.
Answered from this company's own registry record and filed figures.
Companies House records G. WHITFIELD LIMITED under one registered business activity: Dispensing chemist in specialised stores (47.73 - SIC 2007).
G. WHITFIELD LIMITED is recorded as active on the Companies House register, and has been on it since 28/02/1957.
The most recent accounts Okredo holds cover 2025 and report net assets of £1.18M, total assets of £3.56M, cash in bank of £506.11K and total liabilities of £1.91M.
The most recent document on the record is dated 04/03/2026: Compulsory strike-off action has been discontinued, 6 months ago.
On the current registry record, accounts are due by 31/12/2026 and the next confirmation statement is due by 16/12/2026.
Companies House lists 2 officers and 5 people with significant control (3 current).