Witt & Son UK Holdings Limited
Registered name: WITT & SON UK HOLDINGS LIMITED
Witt & Son UK Holdings Limited made £27.1m revenue and £221k profit in the year to 31 Dec 2025.
Witt & Son UK Holdings Limited’s revenue grew 10% to £27.1m in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with £221k profit and 151 employees. The company is classified under “manufacture of other special-purpose machinery” and is based in Halifax; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Halifax, Yorkshire and The Humber
- Age
- 33 yrs · since 1993
- 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.
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Dec 2022 | 31 Dec 2023 | 31 Dec 2024 | 31 Dec 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £21.9m | £24m | £24.7m | £27.1m |
| Cost of sales | £13.8m | £14.9m | £15.1m | £16.8m |
| Gross profit | £8.1m | £9.2m | £9.7m | £10.4m |
| Operating profit | £1.2m | £549k | £1m | £582k |
| Profit before tax | £1.3m | £774k | £1.2m | £701k |
| Profit after tax | £777k | £66.5k | £704k | £221k |
| Profit (best available) | £777k | £66.5k | £704k | £221k |
| Staff costs | £8m | £8.3m | £8.6m | £9.7m |
| Employees (average) | 134 | 149 | 150 | 151 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 3.5% | 0.3% | 2.9% | 0.8% |
| Gross margin | 37% | 38.1% | 39% | 38.2% |
| Revenue per employee | £164k | £161k | £165k | £180k |
| Profit per employee | £5.8k | £446 | £4.7k | £1.5k |
| Cash conversion | −61.3% | 142.1% | 115% | 110.7% |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲9.6% | ▲2.9% | ▲9.6% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼91.4% | ▲958.7% | ▼68.6% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲11.2% | ▲0.7% | ▲0.7% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £35 | £46 | £15.6k | £17.4k |
| Net assets | £1.6m | £1.2m | £1.7m | £1.6m |
| Fixed assets | £1.5m | £1.6m | £1.6m | £1.5m |
| Current assets | £3.2m | £1.6m | £1.9m | £1.7m |
| Debtors | £4.4m | £5.8m | £1.2k | £4.7m |
| Deferred income | £24.1k | £68.7k | £63.3k | £41.3k |
| Cash from operations | −£738k | £780k | £1.2m | £644k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 0.8%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 38.2%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £180k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £1.5k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- 110.7%
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 5.6%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 0.1%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 17.4%
- 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
- ▼3%
- Now £1.6m
- Cash at bank
- ▲11%
- Now £17.4k
- Headcount
- ▲1%
- Now 151
- Deferred income
- ▼35%
- Now £41.3k
- Fixed assets
- ▼7%
- Now £1.5m
Deferred income is reported together with accruals in this filing (“accruals and deferred income”), so it is an approximate signal only.
Group structure
Subsidiaries (4)
- Fan Systems Group LimitedFigures not disclosed
- PSB-UK LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Witt & Son Properties LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Witt Group - UK Service 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 £221k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Sep 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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