Babcock Wanson UK Limited
Registered name: BABCOCK WANSON UK LIMITED
Babcock Wanson UK Limited made £16.5m revenue and £719k profit in the year to 31 Dec 2024.
Babcock Wanson UK Limited’s revenue grew 42% to £16.5m in the year to 31 Dec 2024, with £719k profit and 61 employees. The company is classified under “other manufacturing” and is based in Herts; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Herts
- Age
- 69 yrs · since 1956
- Type
- Private Limited Company
Key figures
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Dec 2022 | 31 Dec 2023 | 31 Dec 2024 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | |||
| Revenue (turnover) | £12.4m | £11.6m | £16.5m |
| Cost of sales | −£10m | −£9.5m | −£13.2m |
| Gross profit | £2.4m | £2.1m | £3.3m |
| Operating profit | £243k | £476k | £782k |
| Profit before tax | £670k | £403k | £863k |
| Profit after tax | £543k | £340k | £719k |
| Profit (best available) | £543k | £340k | £719k |
| Employees (average) | 62 | 62 | 61 |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | 4.4% | 2.9% | 4.4% |
| Gross margin | 19.4% | 18.1% | 19.8% |
| Revenue per employee | £200k | £187k | £270k |
| Profit per employee | £8.8k | £5.5k | £11.8k |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Revenue growth | — | ▼6.4% | ▲42.2% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼37.3% | ▲111.2% |
| Headcount growth | — | 0% | ▼1.6% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Net assets | — | — | — |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Jan 2025 | Accounts · bulk data Jan 2025 | Accounts · bulk data Oct 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 4.4%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 19.8%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £270k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £11.8k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- —
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- —
- 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
- —
- Now —
- Cash at bank
- —
- Now —
- Headcount
- ▼2%
- Now 61
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now —
Group structure
Subsidiaries (1)
- Steam Plant Engineering LimitedRev. £4.7m · Profit £312k
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
Sources
Latest figures from accounts for the year to 31 Dec 2024 (profit £719k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Oct 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Updated from Companies House on 20 Oct 2026
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