Wren Laboratories Limited
Registered name: WREN LABORATORIES LIMITED
Part of Medipharma Group Limited groupWren Laboratories Limited made £12.9m revenue and £1.7m profit in the year to 31 Mar 2025. read from filing text
Wren Laboratories Limited’s revenue grew 26% to £12.9m in the year to 31 Mar 2025, with £1.7m profit and 101 employees. The company is classified under “other manufacturing” and is based in Andover; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Andover, South West
- Age
- 22 yrs · since 2004
- 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: “Wren Laboratories Limited is controlled by Medipharma Group Ltd, a company registred in England and Wales. The results of Wren Laboratories Limited are included in the consolidated financial statement”
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Mar 2022 | 31 Mar 2023 | 31 Mar 2024 | 31 Mar 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £11.7m | £10.7m | £10.2m | £12.9m |
| Cost of sales | £5.1m | £4.4m | £4.4m | £6.1m |
| Gross profit | £6.7m | £6.3m | £5.9m | £6.8m |
| Operating profit | £304k | £769k | £319k | £1.3m |
| Profit before tax | £304k | £773k | £321k | £2m |
| Profit after tax | £249k | £640k | £241k | £1.7m |
| Profit (best available) | £249k | £640k | £241k | £1.7m |
| Staff costs | £2.8m | £3.5m | £3.8m | £4m |
| Employees (average) | 78 | 85 | 102 | 101 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 2.1% | 6% | 2.4% | 12.9% |
| Gross margin | 56.8% | 59.2% | 57.5% | 52.7% |
| Revenue per employee | £150k | £126k | £100k | £128k |
| Profit per employee | £3.2k | £7.5k | £2.4k | £16.5k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▼8.7% | ▼4.3% | ▲25.8% |
| Profit growth | — | ▲157.5% | ▼62.4% | ▲592.4% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲9% | ▲20% | ▼1% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £1.6m | £491k | £753k | £1.1m |
| Net assets | £2.6m | £3.2m | £1.2m | £1.4m |
| Fixed assets | £120k | £142k | £164k | £1.1m |
| Current assets | £4.8m | £5.1m | £5.3m | £6.5m |
| Debtors | £855k | £1m | £1.5m | £2m |
| Deferred income | £686k | £426k | £487k | £809k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2023 | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2023 | FullAccounts · bulk data Oct 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 12.9%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 52.7%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £128k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £16.5k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 8.9%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 6.3%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 15.6%
- 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
- ▲14%
- Now £1.4m
- Cash at bank
- ▲40%
- Now £1.1m
- Headcount
- ▼1%
- Now 101
- Deferred income
- ▲66%
- Now £809k
- Fixed assets
- ▲599%
- Now £1.1m
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
- Medipharma Group Limited (registered outside the UK register)ultimate parent75–100%
- Wren Laboratories Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Subsidiaries (1)
- Medipharma 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 31 Mar 2025 (profit £1.7m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Dec 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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