Wessex Water Limited
Registered name: WESSEX WATER LIMITED
Part of Ytl Utilities (UK) Limited groupWessex Water Limited made £1.2bn revenue and £78.1m profit in the year to 30 Jun 2026.
Wessex Water Limited’s revenue grew 17% to £1.2bn in the year to 30 Jun 2026, with £78.1m profit and 2,989 employees. The company is classified under “activities of other holding companies” and is based in Claverton Down; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Claverton Down, South West
- Age
- 37 yrs · since 1989
- Type
- Private Limited Company
Pass-through vehicle. This looks like a holding, staffing or umbrella company. Its revenue and profit may largely pass through to or from other entities, so the figures may not reflect a standalone operating business. It is excluded from our opportunity lists.
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.
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 30 Jun 2024 | 30 Jun 2025 | 30 Jun 2026 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | |||
| Revenue (turnover) | £864m | £1bn | £1.2bn |
| Operating profit | £164m | £184m | £254m |
| Profit before tax | −£8.2m | £39.8m | £104m |
| Profit after tax | −£400k | £28.3m | £78.1m |
| Profit (best available) | −£400k | £28.3m | £78.1m |
| Employees (average) | 3,593 | 3,194 | 2,989 |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | −0.1% | 2.8% | 6.7% |
| Revenue per employee | £240k | £314k | £393k |
| Profit per employee | −£111 | £8.9k | £26.1k |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲16.1% | ▲17.1% |
| Profit growth | — | — | ▲176% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▼11.1% | ▼6.4% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Net assets | — | — | — |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Dec 2025 | Accounts · bulk data Dec 2025 | Accounts · bulk data Sep 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 6.7%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- —
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £393k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £26.1k
- 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
- ▼6%
- Now 2,989
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now —
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Ytl Utilities (UK) Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- Wessex Water Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Subsidiaries (7)
- Water 2 Business LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Wessex Environmental Trading LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Wessex Searches LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Wessex Water Enterprises LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Wessex Water Pension Scheme Trustee LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Wessex Water Services LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Wessex Water Trustee Company LimitedFigures not disclosed
Sister companies (3)
- Ytl Events LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Ytl Land and Property (UK) LtdFigures not disclosed
- Ytl Services LimitedFigures not disclosed
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
Sources
Latest figures from accounts for the year to 30 Jun 2026 (profit £78.1m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Sep 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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