Wright Bros. Limited
Registered name: WRIGHT BROS. LIMITED
Part of Wright Bros. (Holdings) Limited groupWright Bros. Limited made £21.2m revenue and £74.5k profit in the year to 30 Dec 2024.
Wright Bros. Limited’s revenue fell 2% to £21.2m in the year to 30 Dec 2024, with £74.5k profit and 104 employees. The company is classified under “wholesale of other food, including fish, crustaceans and molluscs” and is based in London; we hold 2 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 Dec 2023 | 30 Dec 2024 |
|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||
| Revenue (turnover) | £21.7m | £21.2m |
| Cost of sales | £15.5m | £15.2m |
| Gross profit | £6.2m | £6m |
| Operating profit | −£75.2k | £44k |
| Profit before tax | −£262k | −£134k |
| Profit after tax | −£254k | £74.5k |
| Profit (best available) | −£254k | £74.5k |
| Staff costs | £3.7m | £3.8m |
| Employees (average) | 97 | 104 |
| Ratios | ||
| Profit margin | −1.2% | 0.4% |
| Gross margin | 28.5% | 28.2% |
| Revenue per employee | £224k | £204k |
| Profit per employee | −£2.6k | £716 |
| Growth (year on year) | ||
| Revenue growth | — | ▼2.3% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲7.2% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||
| Cash at bank | £153k | £4.4k |
| Net assets | −£806k | −£731k |
| Fixed assets | £493k | £359k |
| Current assets | £4.1m | £4.8m |
| Debtors | £3.1m | £3m |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 0.4%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 28.2%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £204k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £716
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 1.7%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 14.2%
- 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 −£731k
- Cash at bank
- ▼97%
- Now £4.4k
- Headcount
- ▲7%
- Now 104
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- ▼27%
- Now £359k
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Wright Bros. (Holdings) Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- Wright Bros. Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Sister companies (4)
- WB Spitalfields LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Wbbx1 LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Wbbx2 LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Wright Brothers Oyster House LimitedFigures not disclosed
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 30 Dec 2024 (profit £74.5k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Sep 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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