Wilmot-Budgen Limited
Registered name: WILMOT-BUDGEN LIMITED
Part of Tatsfield Holdings Limited groupWilmot-Budgen Limited made £12.3m revenue and a £372k loss in the year to 30 Apr 2023.
Wilmot-Budgen Limited’s revenue fell 12% to £12.3m in the year to 30 Apr 2023, with a loss of £372k and 81 employees. The company is classified under “printing” and is based in London; we hold 2 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- London, London
- Age
- 54 yrs · since 1972
- 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 | 30 Apr 2022 | 30 Apr 2023 |
|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||
| Revenue (turnover) | £14m | £12.3m |
| Cost of sales | £10.4m | £9.2m |
| Gross profit | £3.6m | £3.2m |
| Operating profit | £367k | −£277k |
| Profit before tax | £297k | −£376k |
| Profit after tax | £212k | −£372k |
| Profit (best available) | £212k | −£372k |
| Staff costs | £3.9m | £3.7m |
| Employees (average) | 81 | 81 |
| Ratios | ||
| Profit margin | 1.5% | −3% |
| Gross margin | 25.7% | 25.9% |
| Revenue per employee | £173k | £152k |
| Profit per employee | £2.6k | −£4.6k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||
| Revenue growth | — | ▼11.7% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼275% |
| Headcount growth | — | 0% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||
| Cash at bank | £1.2m | £7.3k |
| Net assets | £845k | £473k |
| Fixed assets | £536k | £658k |
| Current assets | £3.4m | £3.2m |
| Debtors | £1.7m | £2.6m |
| Deferred income | £767k | £749k |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Jan 2024 | Accounts · bulk data Jan 2024 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- −3%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 25.9%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £152k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- −£4.6k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 5.3%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 6.1%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 21.2%
- 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
- ▼44%
- Now £473k
- Cash at bank
- ▼99%
- Now £7.3k
- Headcount
- 0%
- Now 81
- Deferred income
- ▼2%
- Now £749k
- Fixed assets
- ▲23%
- Now £658k
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
- Tatsfield Holdings Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- Wilmot-Budgen Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Subsidiaries (1)
- Laserdie LimitedFigures not disclosed
Sister companies (1)
- Gravity Matrix 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 30 Apr 2023 (profit −£372k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Jan 2024. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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