WHITWORTH CHEMISTS LIMITED

Company number 03818717 ·

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Shareholders' funds

£1,864,755

Balance sheet as at 2025-03-26

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What it does

The company's principal activity continues to be that of retail pharmacists.

The company's own description, from its latest filed accounts.

Overview

Company type
Private Limited Company
Incorporated
1999-08-03
Employees
140 (2025 accounts · was 283 in 2024)
Registered office
2c Atkinsons Way, Foxhills Industrial Estate, Scunthorpe, England, DN15 8QJ
Postcode
DN15 8QJ
Capital
1,375,050 GBP
Accounts category
Medium
Charges
35 outstanding

Accounts

Last made up to
2025-03-26
Next due by
2026-12-26
Financial year end
26 March

Confirmation statement

Last statement dated
2025-08-21
Next due by
2026-09-04
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Nature of business (SIC)

  • 47730 Dispensing chemist in specialised stores

Officers 4 current · 6 resigned

Appointed 2009-06-12
Appointed 2007-08-29
Appointed 2007-03-09
Appointed 1999-08-27

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Group structure 1 subsidiary

From persons-with-significant-control filings on the public register.

Licensed visa sponsor

Licensed by the Home Office to sponsor worker visas: Skilled Worker (Worker (A rating)).

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Data protection registration

Registered with the ICO as a data protection fee payer — ZA158207 (Tier 2), registered since 2015.

Information Commissioner's Office register of fee payers, licensed under the Open Government Licence.

Gender pay gap

1%

Women's median hourly pay above men's, 2024/25

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Contact details

Website
whitworthchemists.co.uk
Phone
01724846648

Welcome to Whitworth Pharmacy your local family pharmacy for NHS and private prescriptions and pharmacy services. With 34 chemists throughout the North of England.

Previous company names

NameDate changed
CORTINBEST LIMITED1999-10-13

Previous registered addresses 5

AddressChanged on
6 SNOWDONIA AVENUE, SKIPPINGDALE INDUSTRIAL ESTATE, SCUNTHORPE, N LINCS, DN15 8NL2014-08-15
GISTERED OFFICE CHANGED ON 28/05/2009 FROM, THE GRANGE, MAIN STREET, OLD HARWORTH, DONCASTER, SOUTH YORKSHIRE, DN11 8LB2009-05-28
THE GRANGE, MAIN STREET, OLD HARWORTH, DONCASTER, SOUTH YORKSHIRE, DN11 8LB2009-05-28
11/12 SOUTH PARADE, DONCASTER, SOUTH YORKSHIRE DN1 2DY1999-10-11
6-8 UNDERWOOD STREET, LONDON, N1 7JQ1999-09-02

Among its peers

Top 5%

by shareholders' funds, of 45 similar companies in DN

2nd largest employer among its local peers (140 staff).

2nd oldest of its local peers, trading since 1999.

No.2 of the largest dispensing chemist in specialised stores companies in Doncaster →

Competitors Doncaster

This company ranks 2 among dispensing chemist in specialised stores in Doncaster.

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The class of 1999

43%

of the 64,736 companies incorporated in 1999 are still active today; 55% have since been dissolved.

A fact about the year, not a forecast for this company.

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Property in England & Wales 6 titles

Leasehold
6
Most recent registration
2019-08-06
Where
Blackpool (2), Lincolnshire (1), Middlesbrough (1)
Title numberCounty Tenure RegisteredPrice paid
LL393077 Lincolnshire Leasehold 2019-08-06
CE209725 Middlesbrough Leasehold 2014-07-08
LAN92898 Blackpool Leasehold 2013-01-22
CE212812 Stockton-On-Tees Leasehold 2012-02-14
SYK578889 South Yorkshire Leasehold 2010-08-12
LAN76472 Blackpool Leasehold 2008-10-01

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