WIGHTMAN & PARRISH LIMITED, BN27 2QA : Companies House Number 00139002

Executive summary

Wightman & Parrish is a financially robust, century-old distribution business at an inflection point: its balance sheet strength and B Corp certification provide genuine strategic optionality, but declining sales momentum and cash reserves signal that the current operating model is reaching its limits. The ERP investment and sustainability credentials create a foundation for transformation from commodity distributor to value-added service provider, but this requires deliberate strategic execution and governance broadening beyond the current family-concentrated structure. The opportunity is real; the window for action is narrowing.

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Shareholders' funds

£6,754,677

Balance sheet as at 2025-12-31

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What it does

Principal Activity

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

Overview

Company type: Private Limited Company
Incorporated: 1915-01-14
Employees: 56 (2025 accounts · was 53 in 2024)
Registered office: Station Road Industrial Estate, Hailsham, East Sussex, BN27 2QA
Postcode: BN27 2QA
Capital: 49,100 GBP
Accounts category: Full
Charges: 3 outstanding

Accounts

Last made up to: 2025-12-31
Next due by: 2027-09-30
Financial year end: 31 December

Confirmation statement

Last statement dated: 2026-08-27
Next due by: 2027-09-10

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Nature of business (SIC)

46900 Non-specialised wholesale trade

Officers 4 current · 3 resigned

MR. Nicholas Bryan, Mr. PARRISH Director

Appointed 1995-04-03

MRS PAMELA JOAN PARRISH Director

DISTRIBUTOR OF CLEANING PRODUCTS Appointed 1991-09-25

MRS PAMELA JOAN PARRISH Secretary

Appointed 1991-09-25

Pamela Joan PARRISH Director

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Public contracts won 5

£170,779,632 total awarded value where published.

Cleaning Consumables 2026

SURREY COUNTY COUNCIL 2026-04-24 £500,000
National Public Sector Workplace Supplies and Services Framework

Dartford Borough Council 2024-10-22 £170,000,000
Supply & Distribution of Non-Food Chemicals & Disposables to STEP Academy Trust

STEP Academy Trust C/O Pelican Procurement Services 2023-08-01 £59,632
BHCC Cleaning Consumables

Brighton & Hove City Council 2021-07-31 £60,000
Supply of Cleaning Products

University of Kent 2017-08-30 £160,000

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Data protection registration

Registered with the ICO as a data protection fee payer — Z1042391 (Tier 2), registered since 2007.

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

Contact details

Website: http://www.wightmanandparrish.co.uk

Previous registered addresses 2

Address	Changed on
STATION ROAD INDUSTRIAL ESTATE, HAILSHAM, EAST SUSSEX, BN27 2QA	1988-10-25
38 HIGH STREET, LEWES, EAST SUSSEX, BN7 3LZ	1988-08-19

Among its peers

Top 5%

by shareholders' funds, of 154 similar companies in BN

Among the biggest employers among its local peers (56 staff).

The oldest of its local peers, trading since 1915.

No.4 of the largest non-specialised wholesale trade companies in Brighton →

Competitors Brighton

1. SEAWHITE OF BRIGHTON LIMITED

£12,929,216
2. BAKER & TAYLOR (UK) LTD

£9,679,876
3. UPGRADE BIKES LIMITED

£7,162,829
5. ASKEWS AND HOLTS LIBRARY SERVICES LTD.

£6,442,940
6. TRIBUTES LIMITED

£5,079,557

This company ranks 4 among non-specialised wholesale trade in Brighton.

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Property in England & Wales 4 titles

Freehold: 4
Most recent registration: 2019-02-08
Price paid, where recorded: £365,000
Where: East Sussex (4)

Title number	County	Tenure	Registered	Price paid
ESX396523	East Sussex	Freehold	2019-02-08	—
ESX379075	East Sussex	Freehold	2016-11-23	£365,000
ESX336831	East Sussex	Freehold	2011-05-31	—
ESX318474	East Sussex	Freehold	2008-10-01	—

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