Ashley Wilde Group Limited
Registered name: ASHLEY WILDE GROUP LIMITED
Part of Giltex Limited groupAshley Wilde Group Limited made £48.8m revenue and £2.5m profit in the year to 31 Dec 2025.
Ashley Wilde Group Limited’s revenue fell 8% to £48.8m in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with £2.5m profit and 114 employees. The company is classified under “wholesale of textiles” and is based in Welham Green; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Welham Green, East of England
- Age
- 76 yrs · since 1950
- 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&L | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £45.8m | £44.5m | £52.9m | £48.8m |
| Cost of sales | £27.1m | £27.4m | £32.7m | £28.9m |
| Gross profit | £18.7m | £17m | £20.2m | £19.9m |
| Operating profit | £3.8m | £3.6m | £3.3m | £3.2m |
| Profit before tax | £2m | £2.1m | £3.3m | £3.3m |
| Profit after tax | £1.5m | £1.9m | £2.4m | £2.5m |
| Profit (best available) | £1.5m | £1.9m | £2.4m | £2.5m |
| Staff costs | £6m | £4.8m | £6.5m | £6.4m |
| Employees (average) | 128 | 121 | 115 | 114 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 3.4% | 4.3% | 4.6% | 5.2% |
| Gross margin | 40.9% | 38.4% | 38.2% | 40.7% |
| Revenue per employee | £358k | £367k | £460k | £428k |
| Profit per employee | £12.1k | £15.7k | £21.1k | £22.3k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▼3% | ▲19% | ▼7.7% |
| Profit growth | — | ▲22.5% | ▲27.8% | ▲4.8% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▼5.5% | ▼5% | ▼0.9% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £129k | £172k | £2.9m | £6m |
| Net assets | £20.5m | £22.1m | £23.2m | £24.7m |
| Fixed assets | £11.5m | £11.4m | £11.3m | £14.2m |
| Current assets | £18.1m | £20.1m | £21.7m | £22m |
| Debtors | £6.1m | £6.9m | £8m | £7.7m |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jul 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jul 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 5.2%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 40.7%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £428k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £22.3k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 29.1%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 15.7%
- 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
- ▲7%
- Now £24.7m
- Cash at bank
- ▲108%
- Now £6m
- Headcount
- ▼1%
- Now 114
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- ▲26%
- Now £14.2m
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Giltex Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- Ashley Wilde Holdings Limited75–100%
- Ashley Wilde Group Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Subsidiaries (1)
- Ashley Wilde Designs 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 £2.5m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Jul 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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