Wera Tools (UK) Limited
Registered name: WERA TOOLS (UK) LIMITED
Wera Tools (UK) Limited made £16.1m revenue and £1.1m profit in the year to 31 Dec 2025. read from filing text
Wera Tools (UK) Limited’s revenue fell 1% to £16.1m in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with £1.1m profit and 32 employees. The company is classified under “wholesale of other machinery and equipment” and is based in Chesterfield; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Chesterfield, Yorkshire and The Humber
- Age
- 36 yrs · since 1990
- 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 company is a 100% subsidiary undertaking of Wera Werkzeuge GmbH, a company registered in Germany. The ultimate parent undertaking is Th. Simon GmbH & Co. KG., a company registered in Germany.”
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&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text |
| Profit & loss | |||
| Revenue (turnover) | £14m | £16.2m | £16.1m |
| Cost of sales | £9.8m | £11.3m | £10.3m |
| Gross profit | £4.2m | £4.9m | £5.8m |
| Operating profit | £1.2m | £1.2m | £1.4m |
| Profit before tax | £1.2m | £1.2m | £1.4m |
| Profit after tax | £892k | £906k | £1.1m |
| Profit (best available) | £892k | £906k | £1.1m |
| Staff costs | £1.4m | £1.7m | £1.7m |
| Employees (average) | 28 | 30 | 32 |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | 6.4% | 5.6% | 6.6% |
| Gross margin | 30.2% | 30% | 36% |
| Revenue per employee | £501k | £539k | £502k |
| Profit per employee | £31.9k | £30.2k | £33.1k |
| Cash conversion | −110.5% | −149% | −41.5% |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲15.3% | ▼0.6% |
| Profit growth | — | ▲1.5% | ▲17% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲7.1% | ▲6.7% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Cash at bank | £1.9m | £1.9m | £1.9m |
| Net assets | £4.5m | £5.4m | £6.5m |
| Fixed assets | £336k | £1.5m | £1.1m |
| Current assets | £8.3m | £8.4m | £9.2m |
| Debtors | £3.5m | £4.2m | £4.5m |
| Deferred income | £818k | £994k | £1.2m |
| Cash from operations | −£1.3m | −£1.8m | −£580k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Oct 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Oct 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 6.6%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 36%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £502k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £33.1k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- −41.5%
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 6.8%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 7.5%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 27.8%
- 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
- ▲19%
- Now £6.5m
- Cash at bank
- ▼2%
- Now £1.9m
- Headcount
- ▲7%
- Now 32
- Deferred income
- ▲21%
- Now £1.2m
- Fixed assets
- ▼26%
- Now £1.1m
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 Dec 2025 (profit £1.1m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Sep 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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