Wadesons Ltd
Registered name: WADESONS LTD
Part of JS Wadeson Holdings Ltd groupWadesons Ltd made £1.4m revenue and a £9.9k loss in the year to 31 Mar 2025.
Wadesons Ltd’s revenue fell 19% to £1.4m in the year to 31 Mar 2025, with a loss of £9.9k and 23 employees. The company is classified under “window cleaning services” and is based in Ashford; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Ashford, South East
- 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.
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 | No P&L | No P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | — | — | £1.7m | £1.4m |
| Cost of sales | — | — | £1m | £875k |
| Gross profit | — | — | £675k | £519k |
| Profit before tax | — | — | £274k | £28.4k |
| Profit after tax | — | — | £242k | −£9.9k |
| Profit (best available) | — | — | £242k | −£9.9k |
| Staff costs | — | — | £651k | £670k |
| Employees (average) | 8 | 8 | 25 | 23 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | — | — | 14.1% | −0.7% |
| Gross margin | — | — | 39.4% | 37.2% |
| Revenue per employee | — | — | £68.5k | £60.6k |
| Profit per employee | — | — | £9.7k | −£430 |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | — | — | ▼18.6% |
| Profit growth | — | — | — | ▼104.1% |
| Headcount growth | — | 0% | ▲212.5% | ▼8% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £175k | £192k | £183k | £142k |
| Net assets | £447k | £476k | £569k | £417k |
| Fixed assets | £220k | £268k | £408k | £285k |
| Current assets | £525k | £603k | £580k | £512k |
| Debtors | £132k | £186k | £166k | £126k |
| Deferred income | — | — | £0 | £39k |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Dec 2023 | Accounts · bulk data Dec 2023 | Accounts · bulk data Nov 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jun 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- −0.7%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 37.2%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £60.6k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- −£430
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 20.4%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 2.8%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 9.1%
- 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
- ▼27%
- Now £417k
- Cash at bank
- ▼22%
- Now £142k
- Headcount
- ▼8%
- Now 23
- Deferred income
- —
- Now £39k
- Fixed assets
- ▼30%
- Now £285k
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
- JS Wadeson Holdings Ltdultimate parent75–100%
- Wadesons 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 31 Mar 2025 (profit −£9.9k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Jun 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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