Weightlifter Bodies Limited
Registered name: WEIGHTLIFTER BODIES LIMITED
Part of Newbegin Corporation Limited groupWeightlifter Bodies Limited made £13.6m revenue and a £926k loss in the year to 31 Dec 2025.
Weightlifter Bodies Limited’s revenue grew 5% to £13.6m in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with a loss of £926k and 83 employees. The company is classified under “manufacture of bodies (coachwork) for motor vehicles (except caravans)” and is based in Hull; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Hull, Yorkshire and The Humber
- Age
- 47 yrs · since 1979
- 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: “New Month Limited”
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) | £12.3m | £14.3m | £13m | £13.6m |
| Cost of sales | £10.6m | £11.7m | £10.2m | £11.5m |
| Gross profit | £1.6m | £2.6m | £2.8m | £2.1m |
| Operating profit | — | — | £106k | −£909k |
| Profit before tax | −£415k | £26k | £106k | −£933k |
| Profit after tax | −£407k | £11.7k | £72.5k | −£926k |
| Profit (best available) | −£407k | £11.7k | £72.5k | −£926k |
| Staff costs | £3.1m | £3.4m | £3.6m | £3.5m |
| Employees (average) | 84 | 88 | 87 | 83 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | −3.3% | 0.1% | 0.6% | −6.8% |
| Gross margin | 13.4% | 18.4% | 21.9% | 15.5% |
| Revenue per employee | £146k | £163k | £150k | £164k |
| Profit per employee | −£4.8k | £133 | £834 | −£11.2k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲16.9% | ▼9.3% | ▲4.5% |
| Profit growth | — | — | ▲518% | ▼1377% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲4.8% | ▼1.1% | ▼4.6% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £119k | £145k | £127k | £264k |
| Net assets | £4.7m | £4.7m | £4.8m | £3.8m |
| Fixed assets | £1.9m | £1.8m | £1.8m | £1.7m |
| Current assets | £5.9m | £6.2m | £6.6m | £6.2m |
| Debtors | £730k | £1.1m | £476k | £510k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- −6.8%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 15.5%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £164k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- −£11.2k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 12.8%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 3.8%
- 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
- ▼19%
- Now £3.8m
- Cash at bank
- ▲108%
- Now £264k
- Headcount
- ▼5%
- Now 83
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- ▼1%
- Now £1.7m
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Newbegin Corporation Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- Newbegin Holdings Limited75–100%
- Grange Cross Limited75–100%
- New Month Limited75–100%
- Weightlifter Bodies Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Subsidiaries (1)
- P.P.G. Fabrications 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 −£926k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Sep 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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