Wilkinson Vintners Limited
Registered name: WILKINSON VINTNERS LIMITED
Wilkinson Vintners Limited made £14.1m revenue and £1.7m profit in the year to 30 Jun 2025.
Wilkinson Vintners Limited’s revenue fell 12% to £14.1m in the year to 30 Jun 2025, with £1.7m profit and 8 employees. The company is classified under “wholesale of wine, beer, spirits and other alcoholic beverages”; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- London
- Age
- 34 yrs · since 1992
- 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: “Patrick Wilkinson controls the company by virtue of a controlling interest of the share capital.”
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 30 Jun 2022 | 30 Jun 2023 | 30 Jun 2024 | 30 Jun 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £26.3m | £26.1m | £16.1m | £14.1m |
| Cost of sales | £21.5m | £22.2m | £13m | £10.3m |
| Gross profit | £4.8m | £3.9m | £3.1m | £3.8m |
| Operating profit | £2.8m | £297k | £1.1m | £2.1m |
| Profit before tax | £2.8m | £332k | £1.2m | £2.3m |
| Profit after tax | £2.3m | £245k | £924k | £1.7m |
| Profit (best available) | £2.3m | £245k | £924k | £1.7m |
| Staff costs | £1.6m | £3.1m | £1.4m | £1.3m |
| Employees (average) | 8 | 9 | 8 | 8 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 8.7% | 0.9% | 5.8% | 12.3% |
| Gross margin | 18.3% | 15% | 19% | 26.8% |
| Revenue per employee | £3.3m | £2.9m | £2m | £1.8m |
| Profit per employee | £285k | £27.2k | £116k | £217k |
| Cash conversion | 52% | 30.3% | 244.9% | 111.3% |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▼0.8% | ▼38.4% | ▼12.4% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼89.3% | ▲277.5% | ▲87.8% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲12.5% | ▼11.1% | 0% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £2.9m | £1.1m | £3.9m | £6.4m |
| Net assets | £9.9m | £10.1m | £11m | £12.8m |
| Fixed assets | £1.2m | £1.2m | £2.7m | £2.6m |
| Current assets | £12.9m | £10.8m | £9.6m | £12m |
| Debtors | £3.4m | £1.5m | £1.3m | £1.3m |
| Deferred income | — | £12.5k | £35k | £60k |
| Cash from operations | £1.5m | £90.2k | £2.8m | £2.3m |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Mar 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Mar 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Oct 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 12.3%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 26.8%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £1.8m
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £217k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- 111.3%
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 18.5%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 0.4%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 9.3%
- 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
- ▲16%
- Now £12.8m
- Cash at bank
- ▲65%
- Now £6.4m
- Headcount
- 0%
- Now 8
- Deferred income
- ▲71%
- Now £60k
- Fixed assets
- ▼2%
- Now £2.6m
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 30 Jun 2025 (profit £1.7m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Oct 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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