Wise Pharmacies Limited
Registered name: WISE PHARMACIES LIMITED
Part of Cameolord Limited groupWise Pharmacies Limited made £10.4m revenue and £204k profit in the year to 31 Mar 2025.
Wise Pharmacies Limited’s revenue grew 6% to £10.4m in the year to 31 Mar 2025, with £204k profit and 61 employees. The company is classified under “dispensing chemist in specialised stores” and is based in Manchester; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Manchester, North West
- Age
- 62 yrs · since 1964
- 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. From the filing: “During the year the ultimate controlling party was Cameolord Ltd as a way of 100% shareholding in the company.”
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Mar 2022 | 31 Mar 2023 | 31 Mar 2024 | 31 Mar 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £8.2m | £9.3m | £9.8m | £10.4m |
| Cost of sales | £6.6m | £7.5m | −£7.8m | −£8.1m |
| Gross profit | £1.6m | £1.9m | £2m | £2.2m |
| Operating profit | £87.2k | £193k | £312k | £292k |
| Profit before tax | £85.5k | £190k | £312k | £292k |
| Profit after tax | £58.7k | £150k | £223k | £204k |
| Profit (best available) | £58.7k | £150k | £223k | £204k |
| Staff costs | £955k | £909k | — | — |
| Employees (average) | 61 | 61 | 61 | 61 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 0.7% | 1.6% | 2.3% | 2% |
| Gross margin | 19.4% | 20.1% | 20.4% | 21.6% |
| Revenue per employee | £134k | £153k | £160k | £170k |
| Profit per employee | £962 | £2.5k | £3.7k | £3.3k |
| Cash conversion | 201.5% | 987% | — | — |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲14.1% | ▲4.7% | ▲6.3% |
| Profit growth | — | ▲155.2% | ▲48.9% | ▼8.4% |
| Headcount growth | — | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £949k | £2.6m | — | — |
| Net assets | £6.5m | £6.6m | — | — |
| Fixed assets | £3.5m | £3.5m | — | — |
| Current assets | £8.1m | £8m | — | — |
| Debtors | £1.3m | £905k | — | — |
| Deferred income | £13.3k | £682k | — | — |
| Cash from operations | £176k | £1.9m | — | — |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Dec 2023 | Accounts · bulk data Dec 2023 | Accounts · bulk data Apr 2025 | Accounts · bulk data Jan 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 2%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 21.6%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £170k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £3.3k
- 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
- 0%
- Now 61
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now —
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Cameolord Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- Wise Pharmacies Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Subsidiaries (1)
- KL Holdings LimitedFigures not disclosed
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
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Sources
Latest figures from accounts for the year to 31 Mar 2025 (profit £204k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Jan 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Updated from Companies House on 15 Oct 2026
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