Wilson Electrical Distributors Limited
Registered name: WILSON ELECTRICAL DISTRIBUTORS LIMITED
Wilson Electrical Distributors Limited made £25.9m revenue and £1m profit in the year to 31 Mar 2026.
Wilson Electrical Distributors Limited’s revenue grew 9% to £25.9m in the year to 31 Mar 2026, with £1m profit and 102 employees. The company is classified under “wholesale of radio, television goods & electrical household appliances (other than records, tapes, cd's & video tapes and the equipment used for playing them)” and is based in Guildford; we hold 2 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Guildford, South East
- Age
- 46 yrs · since 1980
- Type
- Private Limited 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 2025 | 31 Mar 2026 |
|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||
| Revenue (turnover) | £23.8m | £25.9m |
| Cost of sales | £20.2m | £22.2m |
| Gross profit | £3.6m | £3.7m |
| Operating profit | £1.1m | £1.3m |
| Profit before tax | £1.3m | £1.4m |
| Profit after tax | £998k | £1m |
| Profit (best available) | £998k | £1m |
| Staff costs | £4.7m | £4.8m |
| Employees (average) | 99 | 102 |
| Ratios | ||
| Profit margin | 4.2% | 3.9% |
| Gross margin | 15.2% | 14.4% |
| Revenue per employee | £240k | £254k |
| Profit per employee | £10.1k | £10k |
| Cash conversion | 113.6% | 27.3% |
| Growth (year on year) | ||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲9% |
| Profit growth | — | ▲1.9% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲3% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||
| Cash at bank | £2.8m | £3.1m |
| Net assets | £12.3m | £13.3m |
| Fixed assets | £4.8m | £4.7m |
| Current assets | £10.5m | £12.3m |
| Debtors | £3.9m | £4.9m |
| Deferred income | £647k | £733k |
| Cash from operations | £1.3m | £354k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Aug 2026 | FullAccounts · bulk data Aug 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 3.9%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 14.4%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £254k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £10k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- 27.3%
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 18.2%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 2.8%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 19%
- 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
- ▲8%
- Now £13.3m
- Cash at bank
- ▲10%
- Now £3.1m
- Headcount
- ▲3%
- Now 102
- Deferred income
- ▲13%
- Now £733k
- Fixed assets
- ▼1%
- Now £4.7m
Deferred income is reported together with accruals in this filing (“accruals and deferred income”), so it is an approximate signal only.
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Mar 2026 (profit £1m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Aug 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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