WCBS Group Limited
Registered name: WCBS GROUP LIMITED
Part of Westleigh Investments Holdings Limited groupWCBS Group Limited made £3.9m revenue and a £356k loss in the year to 31 Aug 2025. read from filing text
WCBS Group Limited’s revenue was £3.9m in the year to 31 Aug 2025, with a loss of £356k and 44 employees. The company is classified under “activities of head offices” and is based in Glastonbury; we hold 2 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Glastonbury, South West
- Age
- 21 yrs · since 2005
- Type
- Private Limited Company
Pass-through vehicle. This looks like a holding, staffing or umbrella company. Its revenue and profit may largely pass through to or from other entities, so the figures may not reflect a standalone operating business. It is excluded from our opportunity lists.
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 Aug 2024 | 31 Aug 2025 |
|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text |
| Profit & loss | ||
| Revenue (turnover) | £3.9m | £3.9m |
| Cost of sales | £988k | £999k |
| Gross profit | £2.9m | £2.9m |
| Operating profit | −£1.2m | −£351k |
| Profit before tax | −£1.2m | −£356k |
| Profit after tax | −£1.1m | −£356k |
| Profit (best available) | −£1.1m | −£356k |
| Employees (average) | 58 | 44 |
| Ratios | ||
| Profit margin | −27.7% | −9.1% |
| Gross margin | 74.7% | 74.5% |
| Revenue per employee | £67.2k | £88.9k |
| Profit per employee | −£18.6k | −£8.1k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲0.3% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▼24.1% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||
| Cash at bank | £53 | £53 |
| Net assets | £1.7k | £1.7k |
| Fixed assets | £3.8m | £3.8m |
| Current assets | £1.7m | £1.7m |
| Debtors | £0 | £0 |
| Deferred income | £0 | £0 |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data May 2026 | FullAccounts · bulk data May 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- −9.1%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 74.5%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £88.9k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- −£8.1k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 96.5%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 0%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 0%
- 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
- 0%
- Now £1.7k
- Cash at bank
- 0%
- Now £53
- Headcount
- ▼24%
- Now 44
- Deferred income
- —
- Now £0
- Fixed assets
- 0%
- Now £3.8m
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
- Westleigh Investments Holdings Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- WCBS Group Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Subsidiaries (2)
- West Country Business Systems (Holdings) LimitedRev. £3.4m · Profit −£537k
- Atl Telecom LimitedFigures not disclosed
Sister companies (2)
- Edvectus LimitedFigures not disclosed
- MS (Caerphilly) LimitedFigures not disclosed
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Aug 2025 (profit −£356k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published May 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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