Wenbar Limited
Registered name: WENBAR LIMITED
Part of Pullum Holdings Limited groupWenbar Limited made £17.4m revenue and £2.2m profit in the year to 31 Dec 2023. read from filing text
Wenbar Limited’s revenue grew 26% to £17.4m in the year to 31 Dec 2023, with £2.2m profit and 100 employees. The company is classified under “manufacture of other plastic products” and is based in Chelmsford; we hold 2 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Chelmsford, East of England
- Age
- 19 yrs · since 2006
- 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”
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text |
| Profit & loss | ||
| Revenue (turnover) | £13.9m | £17.4m |
| Cost of sales | £9.4m | £10.1m |
| Gross profit | £4.5m | £7.4m |
| Operating profit | £904k | £2.9m |
| Profit before tax | £877k | £2.9m |
| Profit after tax | £864k | £2.2m |
| Profit (best available) | £864k | £2.2m |
| Staff costs | £4.8m | £5.6m |
| Employees (average) | 94 | 100 |
| Ratios | ||
| Profit margin | 6.2% | 12.5% |
| Gross margin | 32.5% | 42.3% |
| Revenue per employee | £148k | £174k |
| Profit per employee | £9.2k | £21.8k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲25.7% |
| Profit growth | — | ▲151.9% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲6.4% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||
| Cash at bank | £789k | £1.5m |
| Net assets | £1.9m | £2.7m |
| Fixed assets | £1m | £1m |
| Current assets | £5.3m | £6.5m |
| Debtors | £2.6m | £3.1m |
| Deferred income | £391k | £344k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Apr 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Apr 2024 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 12.5%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 42.3%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £174k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £21.8k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 6%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 2%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 17.8%
- 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
- ▲37%
- Now £2.7m
- Cash at bank
- ▲89%
- Now £1.5m
- Headcount
- ▲6%
- Now 100
- Deferred income
- ▼12%
- Now £344k
- Fixed assets
- ▲0%
- Now £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
- Pullum Holdings Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- Wenbar Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Sister companies (2)
- Nirvana Chartering LtdFigures not disclosed
- Pullum Estates 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 Dec 2023 (profit £2.2m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Apr 2024. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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