Woodgate and Clark Limited
Registered name: WOODGATE AND CLARK LIMITED
Part of Vanameyde International Bv groupWoodgate and Clark Limited made £26.2m revenue and a £2.9m loss in the year to 31 Dec 2025.
Woodgate and Clark Limited’s revenue fell 10% to £26.2m in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with a loss of £2.9m and 320 employees. The company is classified under “other business support service activities” and is based in Manchester; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Manchester, North West
- Age
- 39 yrs · since 1987
- 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: “Van Ameyde International BV”
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) | £28.3m | £29.2m | £26.2m |
| Gross profit | £28.3m | £29.2m | £26.2m |
| Profit before tax | £2.5m | £212k | −£3.1m |
| Profit after tax | £2m | £35.8k | −£2.9m |
| Profit (best available) | £2m | £35.8k | −£2.9m |
| Staff costs | £19.3m | £20.1m | £20.6m |
| Employees (average) | 306 | 327 | 320 |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | 7% | 0.1% | −11.1% |
| Gross margin | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| Revenue per employee | £92.6k | £89.4k | £81.9k |
| Profit per employee | £6.4k | £110 | −£9.1k |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲3.1% | ▼10.3% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼98.2% | ▼8201% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲6.9% | ▼2.1% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Cash at bank | £1.1m | £725k | £1.5m |
| Net assets | £12.9m | £12.9m | £10m |
| Fixed assets | £13.7m | £11.9m | £11.2m |
| Current assets | £9.9m | £9.1m | £10.9m |
| Debtors | £3.5m | £2.8m | £2.1m |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- −11.1%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 100%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £81.9k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- −£9.1k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 42.7%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 7.9%
- 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
- ▼22%
- Now £10m
- Cash at bank
- ▲113%
- Now £1.5m
- Headcount
- ▼2%
- Now 320
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- ▼6%
- Now £11.2m
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Vanameyde International Bv (registered outside the UK register)ultimate parent75–100%
- Van Ameyde UK Holding Limited75–100%
- Woodgate and Clark Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Subsidiaries (1)
- Quadra Claims Services LimitedFigures not disclosed
Sister companies (3)
- Advent Insurance Management LimitedFigures not disclosed
- McAusland & Turner LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Van Ameyde UK 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 −£2.9m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Sep 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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