Wholesale Welding Supplies Limited
Registered name: WHOLESALE WELDING SUPPLIES LIMITED
Part of Indutrade Ab groupWholesale Welding Supplies Limited made a £1.3m loss in the year to 31 Dec 2024 (revenue not disclosed).
Wholesale Welding Supplies Limited reported a loss of £1.3m in the year to 31 Dec 2024; its revenue was not disclosed. It had 37 employees. The company is classified under “wholesale of other machinery and equipment” and is based in Letchworth Garden City; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Letchworth Garden City, East of England
- Age
- 43 yrs · since 1982
- 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: “The parent company of Wholesale Welding Supplies Limited is Indutrade UK Limited.”
Key figures
This company published its profit but not its turnover, so revenue and margins are not disclosed. We never estimate them.
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Dec 2021 | 31 Dec 2022 | 31 Dec 2023 | 31 Dec 2024 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Profit only | Profit only | Profit only | Profit only |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | — | — | — | — |
| Profit after tax | −£417k | −£917k | −£771k | −£1.3m |
| Profit (best available) | −£417k | −£917k | −£771k | −£1.3m |
| Employees (average) | 50 | 42 | 36 | 37 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | — | — | — | — |
| Profit per employee | −£8.3k | −£21.8k | −£21.4k | −£35.6k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Headcount growth | — | ▼16% | ▼14.3% | ▲2.8% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £217k | £320k | £30.7k | £112 |
| Net assets | £8.6m | £7.5m | £6.7m | £5.4m |
| Fixed assets | £6.1m | £6.1m | £6.1m | £6.1m |
| Current assets | £5.4m | £4.9m | £4.4m | £3.8m |
| Debtors | £1.2m | £1.6m | £1.3m | £990k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2023 | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2023 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- —
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- —
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- —
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- −£35.6k
- 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
- ▼20%
- Now £5.4m
- Cash at bank
- ▼100%
- Now £112
- Headcount
- ▲3%
- Now 37
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- ▼1%
- Now £6.1m
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Indutrade Ab (registered outside the UK register)ultimate parent75–100%
- Indutrade UK Limited75–100%
- Wholesale Welding Supplies Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
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- Precision Products (UK) LimitedRev. £4.2m · Profit −£1m
- Pipe Equipment Specialists LimitedRev. £1.7m · Profit £253k
- Tidyco Topco 24 LimitedRev. £0 · Profit £345
- A L H Systems LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Adaero Precision Components LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Adam Equipment Co. LimitedRev. — · Profit £818k
- Advance Technical Systems LtdFigures not disclosed
- Autoroll Investments LtdFigures not disclosed
- Beldam Crossley LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Crane Group Holdings LtdRev. — · Profit £0
- Datum Electronics LtdFigures not disclosed
- Flowstop LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Geosense LimitedRev. — · Profit £1.4m
- Huntingdon Fusion Techniques LimitedFigures not disclosed
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- Milltech Precision Engineering LimitedFigures not disclosed
- N.W. Metal Sections LtdFigures 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 2024 (profit −£1.3m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Dec 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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