Vorwerk UK Limited
Registered name: VORWERK UK LIMITED
Part of Vorwerk International & Co. Kmg groupVorwerk UK Limited made £39.5m revenue and £705k profit in the year to 31 Dec 2025. read from filing text
Vorwerk UK Limited’s revenue grew 8% to £39.5m in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with £705k profit and 87 employees. The company is classified under “retail sale of electrical household appliances in specialised stores” and is based in Richmond; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Richmond, London
- 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: “The immediate parent undertaking is Vorwerk International & Co. KmG incorporated in Switzerland. The register office is located at Verenastrasse 39, Postfach 685, CH-8832 Wollerau, Switzerland.”
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Dec 2022 | 31 Dec 2023 | 31 Dec 2024 | 31 Dec 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) | £39.1m | £39.7m | £36.5m | £39.5m |
| Cost of sales | £13.9m | £11.5m | £8.9m | £9.8m |
| Gross profit | £25.3m | £28.2m | £27.6m | £29.8m |
| Operating profit | £726k | £1.7m | £1m | £1.2m |
| Profit before tax | £720k | £1.7m | £995k | £1.2m |
| Profit after tax | £720k | £1.3m | £648k | £705k |
| Profit (best available) | £720k | £1.3m | £648k | £705k |
| Staff costs | £5m | £5.3m | £5.5m | £5.6m |
| Employees (average) | 72 | 88 | 88 | 87 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 1.8% | 3.4% | 1.8% | 1.8% |
| Gross margin | 64.6% | 71% | 75.6% | 75.3% |
| Revenue per employee | £543k | £451k | £415k | £455k |
| Profit per employee | £10k | £15.2k | £7.4k | £8.1k |
| Cash conversion | 27.3% | −38.9% | 133.2% | −239% |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲1.4% | ▼8% | ▲8.3% |
| Profit growth | — | ▲85.5% | ▼51.5% | ▲8.8% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲22.2% | 0% | ▼1.1% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £4.7m | £4.2m | £2.4m | £4.4m |
| Net assets | £4.5m | £5.8m | £6.5m | £7.2m |
| Fixed assets | £1.2m | £1.8m | £1.5m | £987k |
| Current assets | £16.3m | £14.3m | £14.2m | £18.2m |
| Debtors | £1.2m | £1.9m | £1.2m | £5.1m |
| Deferred income | £918k | £1.1m | £968k | £699k |
| Cash from operations | £198k | −£653k | £1.4m | −£2.9m |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 1.8%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 75.3%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £455k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £8.1k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- −239%
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 2.5%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 1.8%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 13%
- 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
- ▲11%
- Now £7.2m
- Cash at bank
- ▲84%
- Now £4.4m
- Headcount
- ▼1%
- Now 87
- Deferred income
- ▼28%
- Now £699k
- Fixed assets
- ▼35%
- Now £987k
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Vorwerk International & Co. Kmg (registered outside the UK register)ultimate parent75–100%
- Vorwerk UK Limitedthis 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 Dec 2025 (profit £705k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Sep 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Updated from Companies House on 24 Oct 2026
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