Whale Tankers Limited
Registered name: WHALE TANKERS LIMITED
Whale Tankers Limited made £87.1m revenue and £8.2m profit in the year to 31 Dec 2025.
Whale Tankers Limited’s revenue grew 46% to £87.1m in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with £8.2m profit and 471 employees. The company is classified under “manufacture of other special-purpose machinery” and is based in West Midlands; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- West Midlands, West Midlands
- Age
- 25 yrs · since 2001
- 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 | 30 Dec 2023 | 30 Dec 2024 | 31 Dec 2024 | 31 Dec 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £48.9m | £59.7m | £59.7m | £87.1m |
| Cost of sales | −£39.3m | −£43.8m | −£43.8m | −£61.9m |
| Gross profit | £9.7m | £15.9m | £15.9m | £25.2m |
| Operating profit | −£1m | £2.6m | £2.6m | £11.2m |
| Profit before tax | −£2.1m | £1.4m | £1.4m | £10.2m |
| Profit after tax | −£1.6m | £1.2m | £1.2m | £8.2m |
| Profit (best available) | −£1.6m | £1.2m | £1.2m | £8.2m |
| Employees (average) | 425 | 458 | 458 | 471 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | −3.3% | 2% | 2% | 9.4% |
| Gross margin | 19.7% | 26.7% | 26.6% | 28.9% |
| Revenue per employee | £115k | £130k | £130k | £185k |
| Profit per employee | −£3.8k | £2.6k | £2.6k | £17.4k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲22.1% | — | ▲45.8% |
| Profit growth | — | — | — | ▲599% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲7.8% | — | ▲2.8% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Net assets | — | — | — | — |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Jun 2025 | Accounts · bulk data Jun 2025 | Accounts · bulk data Sep 2026 | Accounts · bulk data Sep 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 9.4%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 28.9%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £185k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £17.4k
- 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
- ▲3%
- Now 471
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now —
Group structure
Subsidiaries (1)
- Whale Technology LimitedActive - Proposal to Strike offFigures not disclosed
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
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Sources
Latest figures from accounts for the year to 31 Dec 2025 (profit £8.2m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Sep 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Updated from Companies House on 15 Oct 2026
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