The Firmwatch take
Weidmann Whiteley Limited (01531157) currently shows: At risk signal detected, based on accounts to 31 December 2024; last refreshed 24 May 2026. Net liabilities of £7.9m — assets do not cover obligations.
Companies House source·Accounts to 31 Dec 2024·Refreshed 24 May 2026·Methodology and caveats
Firmwatch signals are generated from public filings and are not credit ratings or financial advice.
Incorporated
1 December 1980
45 years on the register
Sector
Paper and paper products manufacturing
SIC 17120 · matched to division
Size
Not classified
Net assets
−£7.9m
Bottom 10% in sector
Cash at bank
Not disclosed
Not required for this filing type
Latest filing
None yet
Analytics
Risk, value and sector comparison
Insolvency risk
62/100
high risk
Estimated public-data value
-£7,942,689 - £0
low confidence - negative net assets visible value
Sector comparison
Sector: Wood, Paper and Print Manufacturing
Sample: 11,076 companies
Negative net assets: 18.0%
- Net assets vs sector median
- -£7,946,671
- Working capital vs sector median
- -£1,312,550
- Sector median current ratio
- 1.19
Negative net assets
Visible liabilities exceed visible assets in the extracted accounts.
Negative working capital
Short-term liabilities are higher than short-term assets in the public balance sheet.
Current ratio below 1.0
Current assets are below current liabilities.
Risk and value are estimates from public accounts only. They are not a credit score, valuation opinion or insolvency prediction guarantee. See methodology.
Balance sheet
Full extracted balance sheet
Bottom 10% in sector · Sector medians shown for 11,076 filers in this sector (2024).
Cash at bank
Bank balances disclosed in the public accounts.
Not disclosed
Current assets
Assets expected to turn into cash within one year.
£8,049,848
Current liabilities
Amounts due within one year (short-term creditors).
£9,357,768
Working capital
Current assets minus current liabilities.
-£1,307,920
Median £5k
Fixed assets
Long-term tangible and intangible assets.
£5,086,884
Total assets less current liabilities
Fixed assets plus working capital.
£3,778,964
Net assets
What's left after liabilities are deducted from assets.
-£7,942,689
Median £4k
Equity (capital & reserves)
Shareholder funds.
£25,400,000
Current ratio
Current assets divided by current liabilities. Above 1.0× is usually easier to fund.
0.9×
Median 1.2×
Figures extracted from the company's public XBRL/iXBRL filing. Fields shown as Not disclosed are not legally required for this filing type and are absent from the source document — they are not necessarily zero.
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