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Company No. 01050875 · Incorporated 21 Apr 1972

Wilmot-Budgen Limited

Registered name: WILMOT-BUDGEN LIMITED

Part of Tatsfield Holdings Limited group

Wilmot-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.

Full P&L filedSection C · ManufacturingSIC 18129Printing n.e.c.
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.

Latest accounts · year to 30 Apr 2023

Key figures

Capital-light
Revenue
£12.3m
Growth ▼11.7%
Profit
−£372k
Growth ▼275%
Profit margin
−3%
Gross 25.9%
Employees
81
Change 0%
Profit / employee
−£4.6k
Revenue/employee £152k
Profitable streak
0yrs
Consecutive profitable years in our data

Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.

2 filed years

Financial history

Multi-year financials, oldest to newest
Year to30 Apr 202230 Apr 2023
DisclosureFull P&LFull 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)8181
Ratios
Profit margin1.5%−3%
Gross margin25.7%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
SourceAccounts · bulk data Jan 2024Accounts · bulk data Jan 2024
Derived from the latest filing

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.
Indirect — not revenue

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.

Corporate ownership

Group structure

Ownership chain

  1. Tatsfield Holdings Limitedultimate parent75–100%
  2. Wilmot-Budgen Limitedthis company

Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.

Subsidiaries (1)

Sister companies (1)

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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