Wanstor Ltd
Registered name: WANSTOR LTD
Part of Wanstor Group Ltd groupWanstor Ltd made £26.9m revenue and £2m profit in the year to 30 Sep 2025.
Wanstor Ltd’s revenue grew 12% to £26.9m in the year to 30 Sep 2025, with £2m profit and 237 employees. The company is classified under “wired telecommunications activities” and is based in London; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- London, London
- Age
- 24 yrs · since 2002
- 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 | 30 Sep 2022 | 30 Sep 2023 | 30 Sep 2024 | 30 Sep 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £20m | £22.5m | £24.1m | £26.9m |
| Cost of sales | £15m | £17m | £18.5m | £20.2m |
| Gross profit | £5m | £5.6m | £5.6m | £6.7m |
| Operating profit | £1.8m | £2m | £2.1m | £2.7m |
| Profit before tax | £1.8m | £2m | £2m | £2.7m |
| Profit after tax | £1.6m | £1.6m | £1.5m | £2m |
| Profit (best available) | £1.6m | £1.6m | £1.5m | £2m |
| Staff costs | £10.8m | £12m | — | — |
| Employees (average) | 217 | 240 | 242 | 237 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 7.8% | 7% | 6.4% | 7.5% |
| Gross margin | 24.9% | 24.7% | 23.4% | 24.9% |
| Revenue per employee | £92.1k | £94k | £99.7k | £114k |
| Profit per employee | £7.2k | £6.6k | £6.4k | £8.6k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲12.8% | ▲7% | ▲11.7% |
| Profit growth | — | ▲1.1% | ▼2.6% | ▲31.5% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲10.6% | ▲0.8% | ▼2.1% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £777k | £376k | £718k | £1.3m |
| Net assets | £7m | £7.7m | £8.6m | £9.1m |
| Fixed assets | £385k | £337k | £223k | £151k |
| Current assets | £10.2m | £10.6m | £11.8m | £12.6m |
| Debtors | £4.9m | £4.5m | £4.9m | £5m |
| Deferred income | £671k | £370k | £481k | £800k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Apr 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Apr 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jun 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data May 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 7.5%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 24.9%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £114k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £8.6k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 0.6%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 3%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 18.7%
- 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
- ▲6%
- Now £9.1m
- Cash at bank
- ▲78%
- Now £1.3m
- Headcount
- ▼2%
- Now 237
- Deferred income
- ▲66%
- Now £800k
- Fixed assets
- ▼32%
- Now £151k
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
- Wanstor Group Ltdultimate parent75–100%
- Wanstor Ltdthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 30 Sep 2025 (profit £2m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published May 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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