{"name":"WIGHTMAN & PARRISH LIMITED","company_number":"00139002","status":"Active","type":"Private Limited Company","incorporated":"1915-01-14","dissolved":null,"registered_office":"Station Road Industrial Estate, Hailsham, East Sussex, BN27 2QA","postcode":"BN27 2QA","sic_codes":[{"code":46900,"description":"Non-specialised wholesale trade"}],"principal_activity":"Principal Activity","previous_names":[],"warnings":[],"accounts":{"category":"Full","year_end":"31 December","last_made_up_to":"2025-12-31","next_due":"2027-09-30"},"employees":{"count":56,"accounts_date":"2025-12-31"},"financials":[{"financial_date":"2025-12-31","profit_loss":330991,"net_assets":6754677,"cash":3094153,"average_employees":56},{"financial_date":"2024-12-31","profit_loss":556865,"net_assets":6521686,"cash":3733250,"average_employees":53},{"financial_date":"2023-12-31","net_assets":7912821,"cash":4923441},{"financial_date":"2022-12-31","net_assets":7192372,"cash":4087992}],"officers":{"current":4,"resigned":3,"complete":true,"note":"Names and details of individual officers are on the People page (subscriber-only on this site) and free at Companies House."},"charges":{"total":3,"outstanding":3},"gazette_notices":[],"insolvency_outcome":null,"ai_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.","website":"http://www.wightmanandparrish.co.uk","links":{"page":"https://www.companiesintheuk.co.uk/ltd/wightman-parrish","people":"https://www.companiesintheuk.co.uk/company/wightman-parrish/people","filing_history":"https://www.companiesintheuk.co.uk/company/wightman-parrish/filing-history","companies_house":"https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/00139002","financials":"https://www.companiesintheuk.co.uk/company/wightman-parrish/financial","control":"https://www.companiesintheuk.co.uk/company/wightman-parrish/control","charges":"https://www.companiesintheuk.co.uk/company/wightman-parrish/charges","ai_analysis":"https://www.companiesintheuk.co.uk/company/wightman-parrish/analysis"},"source":"CompaniesInTheUK, from Companies House, The Gazette and other public registers (see /support/about). Cite as: CompaniesInTheUK, https://www.companiesintheuk.co.uk/ltd/wightman-parrish"}