Wessex Eagle Holdings Limited
Registered name: WESSEX EAGLE HOLDINGS LIMITED
Part of Wessex Eagle Trustees Limited groupWessex Eagle Holdings Limited made £40.5m revenue and £299k profit in the year to 31 Dec 2025.
Wessex Eagle Holdings Limited’s revenue grew 2% to £40.5m in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with £299k profit and 6 employees. The company is classified under “renting and leasing of construction and civil engineering machinery and equipment” and is based in Chard; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Chard, South West
- Age
- 32 yrs · since 1994
- 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 | 31 Dec 2023 | 31 Dec 2024 | 31 Dec 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | |||
| Revenue (turnover) | £37.5m | £39.8m | £40.5m |
| Cost of sales | £21.3m | £23.6m | £24.4m |
| Gross profit | £16.2m | £16.2m | £16m |
| Operating profit | £5.7m | £5m | £4.2m |
| Profit before tax | — | £4m | £3.4m |
| Profit after tax | £493k | £389k | £299k |
| Profit (best available) | £493k | £389k | £299k |
| Staff costs | £0 | £0 | £0 |
| Employees (average) | 5 | 6 | 6 |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | 1.3% | 1% | 0.7% |
| Gross margin | 43.2% | 40.7% | 39.6% |
| Revenue per employee | £7.5m | £6.6m | £6.7m |
| Profit per employee | £98.6k | £64.8k | £49.8k |
| Cash conversion | −271.5% | −304.4% | −384.2% |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲6.2% | ▲1.6% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼21.2% | ▼23.2% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲20% | 0% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Cash at bank | £1.2m | £1.9m | £2.2m |
| Net assets | £38.7m | £41.3m | £43.5m |
| Fixed assets | £56.5m | £56.8m | £57.9m |
| Debtors | £0 | £0 | £0 |
| Deferred income | £0 | £0 | £0 |
| Cash from operations | −£15.5m | −£15.3m | −£16.1m |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Aug 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 0.7%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 39.6%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £6.7m
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £49.8k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- −384.2%
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 143.2%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 0%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 0%
- 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
- ▲5%
- Now £43.5m
- Cash at bank
- ▲20%
- Now £2.2m
- Headcount
- 0%
- Now 6
- Deferred income
- —
- Now £0
- Fixed assets
- ▲2%
- Now £57.9m
Deferred income is reported together with accruals in this filing (“accruals and deferred income”), so it is an approximate signal only.
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Wessex Eagle Trustees Limitedultimate parent50–75%
- Wessex Eagle Holdings Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Subsidiaries (1)
- Wessex Eagle LimitedRev. £40.5m · Profit £2.5m
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 £299k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Aug 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Updated from Companies House on 23 Oct 2026
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