WML Consulting Limited
Registered name: WML CONSULTING LIMITED
WML Consulting Limited made £3m revenue and £377k profit in the year to 31 Mar 2025.
WML Consulting Limited’s revenue was £3m in the year to 31 Mar 2025, with £377k profit and 24 employees. The company is classified under “specialised design activities” and is based in Cheadle; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Cheadle, North West
- Age
- 30 yrs · since 1996
- Type
- Private Limited Company
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Mar 2022 | 31 Mar 2023 | 31 Mar 2024 | 31 Mar 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £2.2m | £2.9m | £3m | £3m |
| Cost of sales | £1.4m | £1.8m | £1.9m | £1.7m |
| Gross profit | £793k | £1.1m | £1.1m | £1.3m |
| Operating profit | £203k | £324k | £395k | £498k |
| Profit before tax | £204k | £325k | £396k | £505k |
| Profit after tax | £165k | £263k | £296k | £377k |
| Profit (best available) | £165k | £263k | £296k | £377k |
| Employees (average) | 23 | 22 | 25 | 24 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 7.4% | 9.1% | 9.7% | 12.4% |
| Gross margin | 35.6% | 38.9% | 36.4% | 42.9% |
| Revenue per employee | £97k | £131k | £121k | £127k |
| Profit per employee | £7.2k | £11.9k | £11.8k | £15.7k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲28.7% | ▲5.7% | ▲0.2% |
| Profit growth | — | ▲58.7% | ▲12.6% | ▲27.4% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▼4.3% | ▲13.6% | ▼4% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £370k | £326k | £225k | £647k |
| Net assets | £736k | £929k | £970k | £1.3m |
| Fixed assets | £24.4k | £13k | £14k | £10.5k |
| Current assets | £1.2m | £1.5m | £1.3m | £1.7m |
| Debtors | £838k | £1.2m | £1.1m | £1.1m |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Dec 2023 | Accounts · bulk data Dec 2023 | AbridgedAccounts · bulk data Dec 2024 | AbridgedAccounts · bulk data Oct 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 12.4%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 42.9%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £127k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £15.7k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 0.3%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 35.9%
- 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
- ▲29%
- Now £1.3m
- Cash at bank
- ▲188%
- Now £647k
- Headcount
- ▼4%
- Now 24
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- ▼25%
- Now £10.5k
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Sources
Latest figures from AbridgedAccounts for the year to 31 Mar 2025 (profit £377k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Oct 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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