Thos. C. Wild Limited
Registered name: THOS. C. WILD LIMITED
Thos. C. Wild Limited made £11.3m revenue and £725k profit in the year to 31 Aug 2025. read from filing text
Thos. C. Wild Limited’s revenue grew 8% to £11.3m in the year to 31 Aug 2025, with £725k profit and 46 employees. The company is classified under “forging, pressing, stamping and roll-forming of metal; powder metallurgy” and is based in Sheffield; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Sheffield, Yorkshire and The Humber
- Age
- 21 yrs · since 2005
- Type
- Private Limited Company
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Aug 2022 | 31 Aug 2023 | 31 Aug 2024 | 31 Aug 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | No P&L | No P&L | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | — | — | £10.5m | £11.3m |
| Cost of sales | — | — | £8.2m | £8.9m |
| Gross profit | — | — | £2.2m | £2.4m |
| Operating profit | — | — | £874k | £684k |
| Profit before tax | — | — | £769k | £535k |
| Profit after tax | — | — | £524k | £725k |
| Profit (best available) | — | — | £524k | £725k |
| Staff costs | — | — | £2.2m | £2.6m |
| Employees (average) | 44 | 41 | 42 | 46 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | — | — | 5% | 6.4% |
| Gross margin | — | — | 21.3% | 21.6% |
| Revenue per employee | — | — | £249k | £246k |
| Profit per employee | — | — | £12.5k | £15.8k |
| Cash conversion | — | — | −51.2% | −102.8% |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | — | — | ▲8.1% |
| Profit growth | — | — | — | ▲38.4% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▼6.8% | ▲2.4% | ▲9.5% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £240k | £70.9k | £33.7k | £47.2k |
| Net assets | £2.5m | £2.4m | £2.9m | £2.9m |
| Fixed assets | £4.7m | £4m | £3.6m | £3.3m |
| Current assets | £2.3m | £2.8m | £4.5m | £3.4m |
| Debtors | £1.3m | £1.6m | £2.1m | £1.5m |
| Deferred income | — | — | £1.1m | £368k |
| Cash from operations | — | — | −£448k | −£703k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Feb 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Feb 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Nov 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 6.4%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 21.6%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £246k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £15.8k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- −102.8%
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 29%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 3.3%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 13.1%
- 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
- ▲2%
- Now £2.9m
- Cash at bank
- ▲40%
- Now £47.2k
- Headcount
- ▲10%
- Now 46
- Deferred income
- ▼68%
- Now £368k
- Fixed assets
- ▼8%
- Now £3.3m
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 Aug 2025 (profit £725k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Dec 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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