Waymade PLC
Registered name: WAYMADE PLC
Waymade PLC made £47.8m revenue and £2.7m profit in the year to 31 Dec 2025.
Waymade PLC’s revenue fell 2% to £47.8m in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with £2.7m profit and 117 employees. The company is classified under “wholesale of pharmaceutical goods” and is based in Basildon; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Basildon, East of England
- Age
- 42 yrs · since 1984
- Type
- Public 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 Dec 2023 | 31 Dec 2024 | 31 Dec 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | |||
| Revenue (turnover) | £40.4m | £48.6m | £47.8m |
| Cost of sales | −£23.4m | −£28.2m | −£31.3m |
| Gross profit | £16.9m | £20.4m | £16.5m |
| Operating profit | £2.6m | £6m | £2.2m |
| Profit before tax | £2.3m | £6.1m | £2.4m |
| Profit after tax | £2.9m | £4.9m | £2.7m |
| Profit (best available) | £2.9m | £4.9m | £2.7m |
| Employees (average) | 101 | 111 | 117 |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | 7.3% | 10% | 5.7% |
| Gross margin | 42% | 41.9% | 34.6% |
| Revenue per employee | £400k | £438k | £409k |
| Profit per employee | £29.1k | £43.7k | £23.3k |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲20.3% | ▼1.5% |
| Profit growth | — | ▲65.2% | ▼43.8% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲9.9% | ▲5.4% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Net assets | — | — | — |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Jul 2025 | Accounts · bulk data Jul 2025 | Accounts · bulk data Jul 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 5.7%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 34.6%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £409k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £23.3k
- 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
- —
- Now —
- Cash at bank
- —
- Now —
- Headcount
- ▲5%
- Now 117
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now —
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Sources
Latest figures from accounts for the year to 31 Dec 2025 (profit £2.7m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Jul 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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