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Company No. 04907341 · Incorporated 22 Sep 2003

Vanwise Group Limited

Registered name: VANWISE GROUP LIMITED

Vanwise Group Limited made £35.1m revenue and a £2.1m loss in the year to 31 Mar 2025.

Vanwise Group Limited’s revenue was £35.1m in the year to 31 Mar 2025, with a loss of £2.1m and 16 employees. The company is classified under “sale of new cars and light motor vehicles” and is based in London; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.

Full P&L filedSection G · Wholesale and retail trade; repair of motor vehiclesSIC 45111Sale of new cars and light motor vehicles
Status
Active
Location
London, London
Age
23 yrs · since 2003
Type
Private Limited Company
Latest accounts · year to 31 Mar 2025

Key figures

IndependentCash flow filed
Revenue
£35.1m
Growth —
Profit
−£2.1m
Growth —
Profit margin
−6.1%
Gross 7.6%
Employees
16
Change —
Profit / employee
−£133k
Revenue/employee £2.2m
Profitable streak
0yrs
Consecutive profitable years in our data

Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.

3 filed years

Financial history

Multi-year financials, oldest to newest
Year to30 Sep 202230 Sep 202331 Mar 2025
DisclosureFull P&LFull P&LFull P&L
Profit & loss
Revenue (turnover)£37.5m£32.2m£35.1m
Cost of sales£31.3m£28.6m£32.4m
Gross profit£6.2m£3.6m£2.7m
Operating profit£4.1m£1.9m£54.4k
Profit before tax£3.7m£1.1m−£2.8m
Profit after tax£3.1m£835k−£2.1m
Profit (best available)£3.1m£835k−£2.1m
Staff costs£804k£621k£849k
Employees (average)221816
Ratios
Profit margin8.1%2.6%−6.1%
Gross margin16.5%11.2%7.6%
Revenue per employee£1.7m£1.8m£2.2m
Profit per employee£139k£46.4k−£133k
Cash conversion−113%−211.3%−4860%
Growth (year on year)
Revenue growth—▼14.2%—
Profit growth—▼72.7%—
Headcount growth—▼18.2%—
Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue
Cash at bank£2m£671k£856k
Net assets£9.4m£10.2m£8m
Fixed assets£3.4m£3.4m£4.9m
Current assets£23.9m£20m£15.9m
Debtors£597k£321k£31.3k
Deferred income£277k£309k£198k
Cash from operations−£4.6m−£3.9m−£2.6m
SourceFullAccounts · bulk data Jun 2024FullAccounts · bulk data Jun 2024FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2025
Derived from the latest filing

How the business works

Profit margin
−6.1%
Profit ÷ revenue.
Gross margin
7.6%
Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
Revenue per employee
£2.2m
Revenue ÷ average employees.
Profit per employee
−£133k
Profit ÷ average employees.
Cash conversion
−4860%
Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
Fixed assets ÷ revenue
14%
Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
Deferred income ÷ revenue
0.6%
Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
Debtors ÷ revenue
0.1%
Money owed by customers. Low = customers pay quickly.
Indirect — not revenue

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 £8m
Cash at bank
—
Now £856k
Headcount
—
Now 16
Deferred income
—
Now £198k
Fixed assets
—
Now £4.9m

Deferred income is reported together with accruals in this filing (“accruals and deferred income”), so it is an approximate signal only.

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Sources

Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Mar 2025 (profit −£2.1m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Dec 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.

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