Wincanton Limited
Registered name: WINCANTON LIMITED
Part of Gxo Logistics, Inc. groupWincanton Limited made £1.6bn revenue and £64m profit in the year to 31 Dec 2025.
Wincanton Limited’s revenue grew 35% to £1.6bn in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with £64m profit and 19,218 employees. The company is classified under “freight transport by road” and is based in Chippenham; we hold 2 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Chippenham, South West
- Age
- 25 yrs · since 2001
- 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.
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Dec 2024 | 31 Dec 2025 |
|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||
| Revenue (turnover) | £1.2bn | £1.6bn |
| Cost of sales | −£1.2bn | −£1.5bn |
| Operating profit | −£77.7m | £92.6m |
| Profit before tax | −£88.4m | £78.6m |
| Profit after tax | −£73.7m | £64m |
| Profit (best available) | −£73.7m | £64m |
| Employees (average) | 19,453 | 19,218 |
| Ratios | ||
| Profit margin | −6.3% | 4% |
| Revenue per employee | £60.2k | £82.2k |
| Profit per employee | −£3.8k | £3.3k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲35% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▼1.2% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||
| Net assets | — | — |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Oct 2026 | Accounts · bulk data Oct 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 4%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- —
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £82.2k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £3.3k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- —
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- —
- 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
- —
- Now —
- Cash at bank
- —
- Now —
- Headcount
- ▼1%
- Now 19,218
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now —
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Gxo Logistics, Inc. (registered outside the UK register)ultimate parent75–100%
- Wincanton Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Subsidiaries (3)
- Wincanton Pension Scheme Trustees LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Wincanton Techco LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Wincanton UK LimitedFigures not disclosed
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
Sources
Latest figures from accounts for the year to 31 Dec 2025 (profit £64m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Oct 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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