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Company description
WHISTL UK LIMITED is a UK company whose Companies House status is “Active” and whose registered company type is “Private Limited Company”. Incorporated on 15 April 2002; registered for 24 years; registered office reported in MARLOW, UNITED KINGDOM. Its primary declared activity is 53201 · Licensed carriers.
This BritDB profile also contains linked public records: 1 PSC record, 1 trade mark, 14 procurement records. This description is assembled from public data, is not a reliability assessment, and should be checked against the cited sources before a legally significant decision.
Web facts are never added from a name match alone. Internet enrichment requires the exact Companies House ID in Wikidata, and ambiguous results are excluded.
01 Company overview
Identity and registration
- Official name
- WHISTL UK LIMITED
- Company number
- 04417047
- Company type
- Private Limited Company
- Status
- Active
- Country of origin
- United Kingdom
- Dissolution date
- Not supplied
- Accounts category
- FULL
- Mortgage charges
- 6 total · 3 outstanding · 3 satisfied
- Limited partnership members
- 0 general · 0 limited
A registered office is not necessarily a trading location. The address is reproduced from the Companies House bulk record and should be interpreted in that legal context.
02 Filing dates
Accounts and statements
Last accounts made up to
31 December 2024Next accounts due
30 September 2026Last statement made up to
15 April 2026Next statement due
29 April 2027BritDB does not infer overdue status when the source does not state it.
03 Workforce reporting
Gender pay gap
- Median bonus gap
- -30.5%
- Mean bonus gap
- -35.5%
- Women receiving bonus
- 93.8%
- Men receiving bonus
- 96.9%
- Women in top quartile
- 30.0%
- Women in upper middle quartile
- 24.8%
- Women in lower middle quartile
- 23.7%
- Women in lower quartile
- 34.3%
Earlier reporting years (8)
- 1000 to 49995.6% median hourly gap
- 1000 to 499917.1% median hourly gap
- 1000 to 49994.9% median hourly gap
- 1000 to 49992.4% median hourly gap
- 1000 to 49993.8% median hourly gap
- 1000 to 4999-2.5% median hourly gap
- 1000 to 4999-1.2% median hourly gap
- 1000 to 4999-5.2% median hourly gap
Positive gaps mean men were paid more; negative gaps mean women were paid more. These figures are employer-reported and describe the workforce distribution, not equal pay for the same job. The company link uses the exact Companies House number supplied by the service.
04 Supplier payments
Payment practices and performance
- Reporting period
- 1 January 2026 – 30 June 2026
- Filed
- 30 July 2026
- Shortest standard term
- 60 days
- Longest standard term
- Not supplied
- E-invoicing offered
- No
- Supply-chain finance
- Not offered
- Payment codes
- No
- Construction retentions
- No qualifying construction contracts
Complete reported payment fields
- Policy regime
- Regime-3
- Financial period started
- 1 January 2026
- Qualifying contracts
- Yes
- Payments made
- Yes
- Invoice value paid within 30 days
- £636,117,583
- Invoice value paid in 31–60 days
- £12,676,009
- Invoice value paid after 60 days
- £12,958,570
- Invoice value paid outside agreed terms
- £12,958,570
- Invoices paid in 31–60 days
- 19.0%
- Invoices unpaid due to dispute
- 0.0%
- Maximum contractual payment period
- 90 days
- Supplier-list charging policy
- No
- Supplier-list charges made
- No
Reported terms and dispute process
- Standard payment terms
In the payment cycle which follows 60 days from the end of the month in which a properly due invoice bearing a valid purchase order number is issued.
- Dispute resolution process
Disputes are referred initially to the contract manager and then escalated up to the director of Procurement and ultimately to a board director for resolution.
Earlier payment reports (11 shown)
- 39.0 average days to pay28.0% outside terms
- 45.0 average days to pay14.0% outside terms
- 37.0 average days to pay33.0% outside terms
- 41.0 average days to pay22.0% outside terms
- 39.0 average days to pay31.0% outside terms
- 44.0 average days to pay31.0% outside terms
- 43.0 average days to pay42.0% outside terms
- 45.0 average days to pay29.0% outside terms
- 44.0 average days to pay18.0% outside terms
- 46.0 average days to pay31.0% outside terms
- 46.0 average days to pay20.0% outside terms
This is a company-submitted statutory disclosure, not a credit rating. BritDB preserves the reporting period and links the report only through the Companies House number supplied by the official service. Percentages describe payments made during that period and may change in later reports.
05 Global legal identity
Legal Entity Identifier
WHISTL UK LIMITED
LEI 213800XIHFQQURHTWL63 · jurisdiction GB
- Legal form
- H0PO
- Entity category
- GENERAL
- Entity created
- Not supplied
- Initial LEI registration
- 28 February 2018
- LEI last updated
- 29 February 2020
- Next renewal
- 28 February 2020
- Managing LOU
- 213800WAVVOPS85N2205
- Legal address
- FIELDHOUSE LANE, MERIDIAN HOUSE, MARLOW, GB-BKM, SL7 1TB, GB
- Headquarters address
- FIELDHOUSE LANE, MERIDIAN HOUSE, MARLOW, GB-BKM, SL7 1TB, GB
GLEIF parent-reporting exceptions
DIRECT ACCOUNTING CONSOLIDATION PARENT
NO_LEI
ULTIMATE ACCOUNTING CONSOLIDATION PARENT
NO_LEI
LEI data provides global legal identity and source-reported relationships, not a credit or regulatory approval. BritDB links Level 1 identities only through GLEIF’s Companies House registration-authority identifier and exact company number; Level 2 parent and fund relationships and reporting exceptions are reproduced as supplied by GLEIF.
06 Supply-chain transparency
Modern slavery statement
- Organisation
- WHISTL UK LIMITED
- Group submission
- Yes
- Statement period
- 1 January 2025 – 31 December 2025
- Approved
- 29 June 2026
- Sectors
- Other
Organisation structure
Covered in the statement
Policies
Covered in the statement
Risk assessment
Covered in the statement
Due diligence
Covered in the statement
Training
Covered in the statement
Goals and KPIs
Covered in the statement
Full statement information supplied to the registry
- Reported turnover band
- Over £500 million
- Years producing statements
- More than 5 years
- ILO indicators included
- Not answered
- Registry record updated
- 29 June 2026
A registry entry records what the organisation declared in its statement. It is not an independent audit. Group statements can cover several companies; BritDB preserves each exact source-supplied company-number link and excludes approver names and email addresses.
07 Public procurement
Contracts Finder awards
International Mail Service
H M REVENUE & CUSTOMS · ocds-b5fd17-4f4de856-d6c4-4d1e-a160-db075749bc57
- Supplier named in award
- Whistl UK Limited
- Award value
- £9,600,000
- Contract period
- 24 July 2026 – 23 July 2031
- Published
- 13 July 2026
- Procedure
- Call-off from a framework agreement
- Main CPV
- 64100000
- Source release ID
- ocds-b5fd17-4f4de856-d6c4-4d1e-a160-db075749bc57-2026-07-13T12:14:14+01:00
NUNCON - Postal Services Contract
Nuneaton & Bedworth Borough Council · ocds-b5fd17-7a6c61b9-e1fe-4347-b7bb-20a90d011765
- Supplier named in award
- Whistl UK Limited
- Award value
- £560,000
- Contract period
- 1 May 2025 – 1 May 2027
- Published
- 17 April 2025
- Procedure
- Other - Mini - Competition
- Main CPV
- 60160000
- Source release ID
- ocds-b5fd17-7a6c61b9-e1fe-4347-b7bb-20a90d011765-2025-04-17T13:09:33+01:00
Corporate Postal Services - 2nd Class Mail
Chesterfield Borough Council · ocds-b5fd17-07c2ac99-b130-4910-9e75-b05c3100cce0
- Supplier named in award
- Whistl UK Limited
- Award value
- £456,750
- Contract period
- 1 December 2025 – 31 May 2028
- Published
- 5 February 2026
- Procedure
- Call-off from a framework agreement
- Main CPV
- 64000000
- Source release ID
- ocds-b5fd17-07c2ac99-b130-4910-9e75-b05c3100cce0-2026-02-05T15:28:21Z
Outgoing Postal Service Provider
Milton Keynes Council · ocds-b5fd17-5a5b0f41-af39-45b9-a793-221d5802561b
- Supplier named in award
- Whistl UK Ltd
- Award value
- £1,050,000
- Contract period
- 1 May 2025 – 30 April 2027
- Published
- 17 July 2025
- Procedure
- Call-off from a framework agreement
- Main CPV
- 64100000
- Source release ID
- ocds-b5fd17-5a5b0f41-af39-45b9-a793-221d5802561b-2025-07-17T19:45:03+01:00
Second Class Mail
Rotherham Metropolitan Borough Council · ocds-b5fd17-7bfe0525-9962-4930-9633-82c7e0c13c33
- Supplier named in award
- Whistl UK Limited
- Award value
- £1,343,000
- Contract period
- 28 March 2025 – 27 March 2027
- Published
- 8 May 2025
- Procedure
- Call-off from a framework agreement
- Main CPV
- 64000000
- Source release ID
- ocds-b5fd17-7bfe0525-9962-4930-9633-82c7e0c13c33-2025-05-08T09:35:50+01:00
RM6280 Lot 2 Collection and Delivery of Postage
Darlington Borough Council · ocds-b5fd17-8316e547-84be-4cc1-b90e-56dfc0dfc854
- Supplier named in award
- Whislt UK Limited
- Award value
- £600,000
- Contract period
- 17 April 2025 – 16 April 2029
- Published
- 26 August 2025
- Procedure
- Call-off from a framework agreement
- Main CPV
- 64110000
- Source release ID
- ocds-b5fd17-8316e547-84be-4cc1-b90e-56dfc0dfc854-2025-08-26T08:36:24+01:00
TV Licensing Postal Services
The British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) · ocds-b5fd17-7cc52816-28d8-4cee-9543-709f87e366c2
- Supplier named in award
- Whistl UK Limited
- Award value
- £169,000,000
- Contract period
- 1 April 2024 – 31 March 2027
- Published
- 8 May 2024
- Procedure
- Open procedure (above threshold)
- Main CPV
- 64110000
- Source release ID
- ocds-b5fd17-7cc52816-28d8-4cee-9543-709f87e366c2-2024-05-08T09:56:28+01:00
Provision for the Collection and Delivery of Postal Mail
City of York Council · ocds-b5fd17-b8721ae6-6751-4367-aa1e-456a40f11498
- Supplier named in award
- Whistl UK Ltd
- Award value
- £780,000
- Contract period
- 1 April 2023 – 31 March 2026
- Published
- 22 May 2023
- Procedure
- Call-off from a framework agreement
- Main CPV
- 64000000
- Source release ID
- ocds-b5fd17-b8721ae6-6751-4367-aa1e-456a40f11498-2023-05-22T16:17:23+01:00
York Teaching Hospital Facilities Management LLP - Postal Services
YORK TEACHING HOSPITAL NHS FOUNDATION TRUST · ocds-b5fd17-81e6d064-ae3b-42e1-af62-c5cc105300b4
- Supplier named in award
- Whistl UK Limited
- Award value
- £1,400,000
- Contract period
- 1 November 2022 – 31 October 2025
- Published
- 9 March 2023
- Procedure
- Call-off from a framework agreement
- Main CPV
- 64110000
- Source release ID
- ocds-b5fd17-81e6d064-ae3b-42e1-af62-c5cc105300b4-2023-03-09T11:30:33Z
Call Off Lot 3 - Collection and Delivery of Letters, Large Letters and Parcels
Yorkshire Purchasing Organisation · ocds-b5fd17-f058529a-5f18-449e-b4ad-466343d7f960
- Supplier named in award
- Whistl UK Ltd
- Award value
- £400,000
- Contract period
- 31 January 2022 – 31 January 2026
- Published
- 1 June 2022
- Procedure
- Call-off from a framework agreement
- Main CPV
- 64121100
- Source release ID
- ocds-b5fd17-f058529a-5f18-449e-b4ad-466343d7f960-2022-06-01T16:24:50+01:00
SCH Postal Services
Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust · ocds-b5fd17-64c02224-3ed7-47d5-b145-3d647e0b6b4e
- Supplier named in award
- Whistl UK Limited
- Award value
- £302,000
- Contract period
- 13 December 2021 – 12 December 2022
- Published
- 10 January 2022
- Procedure
- Call-off from a framework agreement
- Main CPV
- 64110000
- Source release ID
- ocds-b5fd17-64c02224-3ed7-47d5-b145-3d647e0b6b4e-2022-01-10T13:36:41Z
Provision of Mail services (collection and delivery).
Trafford Council · ocds-b5fd17-559c9ffd-d7de-4912-a367-ba6d3f8ab880
- Supplier named in award
- WHISTL UK LIMITED
- Award value
- £300,000
- Contract period
- 9 August 2021 – 8 September 2023
- Published
- 24 August 2021
- Procedure
- Call-off from a framework agreement
- Main CPV
- 64110000
- Source release ID
- ocds-b5fd17-559c9ffd-d7de-4912-a367-ba6d3f8ab880-2021-08-24T15:15:00+01:00
The supplier link is exact, but the award remains buyer-published procurement data. BritDB requires the GB-COH identifier supplied in the Contracts Finder OCDS release and does not infer suppliers from similar names.
TM UK trade marks
Exact owner-name matches
This is an exact normalised company-name match, not a registrar-confirmed ownership link. Another legal entity can have the same or a very similar name. UKIPO data is a historical 2018 snapshot; verify the owner and current status before relying on it.
08 Ownership and control
People with significant control
Whistl Group Limited
- Owns 75% or more of shares
- Country registered
- England And Wales
- Legal authority
- Companies Act 2006
- Legal form
- Private Limited Company
- Place registered
- England And Wales
- Registration number
- 01162661
- Notified
- 30 June 2016
PSC records are company-filed public-register information. When the exact same displayed individual name occurs at multiple companies, BritDB offers a non-indexed cross-reference page. It is a name match only, not proof that the records describe the same person. Service addresses and partial dates of birth are deliberately omitted.
09 Charity register
Charity Commission links
No exact company-number link in this snapshot
The Charity Commission extract did not explicitly associate this Companies House number with a charity. BritDB does not use a name-only match to fill the gap.
This company-level check covers the Charity Commission for England and Wales. Links are accepted only when the official extract supplies this exact company registration number. Scottish charities now have separate OSCR profiles, but OSCR’s bulk fields do not provide a Companies House number, so BritDB does not infer a company link.
10 Northern Ireland charity register
CCNI exact company links
No unambiguous company-number link found
The CCNI source number did not resolve uniquely to this Companies House record. BritDB did not use a name or address match.
CCNI publishes company numbers without a jurisdiction prefix. BritDB links only when the plausible padded UK and NI candidates resolve to exactly one Companies House company.
11 Sanctions screening
UK Sanctions List
No exact business-registration-number link found
The imported UK Sanctions List did not supply this Companies House number as a UK-linked business identifier. BritDB did not attempt a name-only match.
No exact link is not sanctions clearance. UK restrictions can apply through ownership or control even where an entity is not separately named. Always use the current official list and obtain appropriate advice for a legally significant decision.
12 Public procurement
Find a Tender links
North East Region Bus Franchising Consultation Leaflets Printing and Distribution
North East Combined Authority · updated 7 August 2026
- Tender value
- Not supplied
- Awards
- 1
Funds for Franking Machines at Matrix House and Cwmbran House for PCS
NHS Wales Shared Services Partnership-Procurement Services (hosted by Velindre University NHS Trust) · updated 9 March 2026
- Tender value
- Not supplied
- Awards
- 2
These links use only the GB-COH identifier supplied in the procurement record. A company may have other public-sector work that is absent, older, below publication thresholds or published without a Companies House identifier.
13 Environmental register
Environment Agency waste registrations
No exact company-number registration linked
The licensed Environment Agency subset did not contain this exact Companies House number. BritDB did not attempt a name-only match.
This is a privacy-reduced, exact-company subset. The full official register also includes sole traders and applicants without a matching Companies House number. Check the current Environment Agency register before relying on registration status.
14 Nature of business
Standard Industrial Classification
15 Connected public record
Checks beyond the company register
Charity Commission
0 exact company-number links.
Northern Ireland charities
0 unambiguous company-number links.
Public contracts
2 procurement processes linked by exact GB-COH identifier.
Waste register
0 exact company-number registrations.
Corporate notices
The Gazette is not yet connected.
UK Sanctions List
No exact business-registration-number link in this report.
A checked source with no exact link is not a clean bill of health. Unchecked sources remain unknown, while sanctions may also apply through ownership or control of a listed person or entity.
16 Record timeline
Dates in the bulk record
- Confirmation statement
Latest confirmation statement made up to this date
- Accounts
Latest accounts made up to this date
- Company name
Previous name: TNT POST UK LIMITED
- Incorporation
Company incorporated
17 Provenance
Sources for this profile
Identity, address, status, dates, SIC, previous names and mortgage totals.
Annual employer reports linked by the exact source-supplied Companies House number.
Statutory supplier-payment reports linked by the exact source-supplied Companies House number.
Global legal identities linked through Companies House registration authority RA000585.
Annual statement summaries linked by exact source company number.
Historic awards linked by exact source-supplied GB-COH company identifier.
Current and ceased significant-control records joined by exact company number.
Daily England and Wales extract matched only by the official company registration number.
Daily CCNI export with company links only where the source number resolves unambiguously.
Complete FCDO list checked by exact UK-linked business registration number.
Procurement parties checked only through exact GB-COH identifiers.
Licensed subset linked only by exact Companies House number.
Financial regulation and licences.
Companies House, Charity Commission, OSCR and UK Sanctions List information is public-register data. BritDB reproduces and organises it with source-specific limits; official external links are kept on the dedicated source pages.