Wilton and Bain Limited
Registered name: WILTON AND BAIN LIMITED
Part of Wilton & Bain Group Holdings Limited groupWilton and Bain Limited made £5.8m revenue and a £1.1m loss in the year to 30 Jun 2025.
Wilton and Bain Limited’s revenue fell 27% to £5.8m in the year to 30 Jun 2025, with a loss of £1.1m and 38 employees. The company is classified under “other activities of employment placement agencies” and is based in London; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- London, London
- 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. From the filing: “Wilton & Bain Group Limited”
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 30 Jun 2023 | 30 Jun 2024 | 30 Jun 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | |||
| Revenue (turnover) | £10.2m | £7.9m | £5.8m |
| Cost of sales | £1.5m | £1.6m | £883k |
| Gross profit | £8.7m | £6.3m | £4.9m |
| Operating profit | −£196k | −£1.4m | −£1.1m |
| Profit before tax | −£196k | −£1.3m | −£1.1m |
| Profit after tax | −£181k | −£1.3m | −£1.1m |
| Profit (best available) | −£181k | −£1.3m | −£1.1m |
| Staff costs | £6.8m | £5.7m | £4.1m |
| Employees (average) | 50 | 44 | 38 |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | −1.8% | −16.7% | −18.6% |
| Gross margin | 85.1% | 80.2% | 84.6% |
| Revenue per employee | £204k | £180k | £151k |
| Profit per employee | −£3.6k | −£30k | −£28.1k |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Revenue growth | — | ▼22.3% | ▼27.3% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▼12% | ▼13.6% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Cash at bank | £2m | £262k | £377k |
| Net assets | £3.8m | £2.4m | £1.4m |
| Fixed assets | £355k | £248k | £223k |
| Current assets | £13.4m | £7.9m | £7.7m |
| Debtors | £1.4m | £816k | £679k |
| Deferred income | £1.6m | £616k | £403k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Jul 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jul 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jun 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- −18.6%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 84.6%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £151k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- −£28.1k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 3.9%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 7%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 11.8%
- 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
- ▼44%
- Now £1.4m
- Cash at bank
- ▲44%
- Now £377k
- Headcount
- ▼14%
- Now 38
- Deferred income
- ▼35%
- Now £403k
- Fixed assets
- ▼10%
- Now £223k
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
- Wilton & Bain Group Holdings Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- Wilton & Bain Group Limited75–100%
- Wilton and Bain Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Subsidiaries (2)
- Wilton & Bain Management Solutions LimitedRev. £8.4m · Profit −£768k
- WBRS Global LimitedRev. £18k · Profit −£167k
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 30 Jun 2025 (profit −£1.1m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Jun 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Updated from Companies House on 15 Oct 2026
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