Wernick Buildings Limited
Registered name: WERNICK BUILDINGS LIMITED
Part of Wernick Group (Holdings) Limited groupWernick Buildings Limited made £52.2m revenue and £2m profit in the year to 31 Dec 2025. read from filing text
Wernick Buildings Limited’s revenue grew 11% to £52.2m in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with £2m profit and 144 employees. The company is classified under “manufacture of other builders' carpentry and joinery” and is based in Wickford; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Wickford, East of England
- Age
- 80 yrs · since 1946
- Type
- Private Limited Company
Part of a group. The filing indicates this company sits within a group structure, so its results may depend on intra-group trading and it may be hard to replicate independently.
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Dec 2022 | 31 Dec 2023 | 31 Dec 2024 | 31 Dec 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&L | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £42.1m | £59.3m | £46.9m | £52.2m |
| Cost of sales | £36.6m | £52.9m | £40.8m | £45.6m |
| Gross profit | £5.5m | — | £6.1m | £6.6m |
| Operating profit | £2.1m | — | £2.3m | £2.6m |
| Profit before tax | £2.1m | £2.9m | £2.3m | £2.6m |
| Profit after tax | £1.9m | £2.3m | £1.7m | £2m |
| Profit (best available) | £1.9m | £2.3m | £1.7m | £2m |
| Staff costs | £4.8m | £5.5m | £6.4m | — |
| Employees (average) | 129 | 136 | 141 | 144 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 4.4% | 3.9% | 3.6% | 3.9% |
| Gross margin | 13.1% | — | 13.1% | 12.6% |
| Revenue per employee | £327k | £436k | £333k | £362k |
| Profit per employee | £14.4k | £17k | £11.9k | £14k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲40.8% | ▼20.9% | ▲11.1% |
| Profit growth | — | ▲24.1% | ▼27.3% | ▲20% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲5.4% | ▲3.7% | ▲2.1% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £696k | £1.1m | £1m | — |
| Net assets | £15.9m | £18.2m | £20.1m | £22.1m |
| Fixed assets | £1.2m | £1.9m | £2m | £0 |
| Current assets | £20.6m | £25.9m | £26.3m | £29.6m |
| Debtors | £4.6m | £12.3m | £7.2m | £24.7m |
| Deferred income | £1m | £564k | £1.3m | £1.3m |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Jul 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jul 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Aug 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Aug 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 3.9%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 12.6%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £362k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £14k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 0%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 2.4%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 47.3%
- Money owed by customers. Low = customers pay quickly.
Balance-sheet signals
Year-on-year changes in filed balance-sheet items. They can hint at momentum (or investment) but are not revenue or profit and must not be read as such.
- Net assets
- ▲10%
- Now £22.1m
- Cash at bank
- —
- Now —
- Headcount
- ▲2%
- Now 144
- Deferred income
- ▼3%
- Now £1.3m
- Fixed assets
- ▼100%
- Now £0
Deferred income is reported together with accruals in this filing (“accruals and deferred income”), so it is an approximate signal only.
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Wernick Group (Holdings) Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- S.wernick & Sons (Holdings) Limited75–100%
- Wernick Buildings Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Sister companies (6)
- Wernick Hire LimitedRev. £144m · Profit £14.3m
- Wernick Power Solutions LimitedRev. £24.5m · Profit £2.6m
- Wernick Construction LimitedRev. £24.1m · Profit £1.3m
- Wernick Avdanzer LimitedRev. £9.4m · Profit £398k
- Avd Holdings LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Specurate LimitedFigures not disclosed
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Dec 2025 (profit £2m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Aug 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Updated from Companies House on 11 Oct 2026
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