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Company No. 03277397 · Incorporated 13 Nov 1996

Wensley Roofing Limited

Registered name: WENSLEY ROOFING LIMITED

Part of Northern Bear PLC group

Wensley Roofing Limited made £12.4m revenue and £784k profit in the year to 31 Mar 2025. read from filing text

Wensley Roofing Limited’s revenue grew 20% to £12.4m in the year to 31 Mar 2025, with £784k profit and 70 employees. The company is classified under “roofing activities” and is based in Gateshead; we hold 2 years of its filed accounts.

Full P&L filedSection F · ConstructionSIC 43910Roofing activities
Status
Active
Location
Gateshead, North East
Age
29 yrs · since 1996
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's immediate parent company is Northern Bear Roofing Limited and the company's ultimate parent undertaking is Northern Bear PLC.”

Latest accounts · year to 31 Mar 2025

Key figures

Capital-lightOperating leverageBoring industry
Revenue
£12.4m
Growth ▲19.8%
Profit
£784k
Growth ▲48.2%
Profit margin
6.3%
Gross 20%
Employees
70
Change ▲12.9%
Profit / employee
£11.2k
Revenue/employee £177k
Profitable streak
2yrs
Consecutive profitable years in our data

Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.

2 filed years

Financial history

Multi-year financials, oldest to newest
Year to31 Mar 202431 Mar 2025
DisclosureFull P&Lread from filing textFull P&Lread from filing text
Profit & loss
Revenue (turnover)£10.3m£12.4m
Cost of sales£8.4m£9.9m
Gross profit£1.9m£2.5m
Operating profit£667k£982k
Profit before tax£648k£961k
Profit after tax£529k£784k
Profit (best available)£529k£784k
Staff costs£2m£2.3m
Employees (average)6270
Ratios
Profit margin5.1%6.3%
Gross margin18.3%20%
Revenue per employee£166k£177k
Profit per employee£8.5k£11.2k
Growth (year on year)
Revenue growth—▲19.8%
Profit growth—▲48.2%
Headcount growth—▲12.9%
Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue
Cash at bank£555k£797k
Net assets£2.4m£3.1m
Fixed assets£418k£408k
Current assets£3.8m£5m
Debtors£1.9m£2.2m
Deferred income£155k£376k
SourceFullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2025FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2025
Derived from the latest filing

How the business works

Profit margin
6.3%
Profit ÷ revenue.
Gross margin
20%
Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
Revenue per employee
£177k
Revenue ÷ average employees.
Profit per employee
£11.2k
Profit ÷ average employees.
Cash conversion
—
Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
Fixed assets ÷ revenue
3.3%
Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
Deferred income ÷ revenue
3%
Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
Debtors ÷ revenue
18%
Money owed by customers. Low = customers pay quickly.
Indirect — not revenue

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
▲33%
Now £3.1m
Cash at bank
▲44%
Now £797k
Headcount
▲13%
Now 70
Deferred income
▲143%
Now £376k
Fixed assets
▼2%
Now £408k

Deferred income is reported together with accruals in this filing (“accruals and deferred income”), so it is an approximate signal only.

Corporate ownership

Group structure

Ownership chain

  1. Northern Bear PLCultimate parent75–100%
  2. Northern Bear Roofing Limited75–100%
  3. Wensley Roofing Limitedthis company

Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.

Sister companies (2)

From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).

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Sources

Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Mar 2025 (profit £784k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Dec 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.

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