Wain Estates Limited
Registered name: WAIN ESTATES LIMITED
Part of ST Joseph Capital Limited groupWain Estates Limited made £17.1m revenue and a £1m loss in the year to 30 Sep 2025.
Wain Estates Limited’s revenue fell 25% to £17.1m in the year to 30 Sep 2025, with a loss of £1m and 27 employees. The company is classified under “activities of other holding companies” and is based in Warrington; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Warrington, North West
- Age
- 17 yrs · since 2008
- 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 | 30 Sep 2023 | 30 Sep 2024 | 30 Sep 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | |||
| Revenue (turnover) | £23m | £22.6m | £17.1m |
| Cost of sales | −£16.5m | −£14.9m | −£14m |
| Gross profit | £6.6m | £7.7m | £3m |
| Operating profit | £3.4m | £2.4m | −£1.8m |
| Profit before tax | £547k | £1.2m | −£1.5m |
| Profit after tax | −£288k | £917k | −£1m |
| Profit (best available) | −£288k | £917k | −£1m |
| Employees (average) | 21 | 28 | 27 |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | −1.3% | 4% | −6.1% |
| Gross margin | 28.5% | 34.1% | 17.7% |
| Revenue per employee | £1.1m | £808k | £632k |
| Profit per employee | −£13.7k | £32.8k | −£38.6k |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Revenue growth | — | ▼1.7% | ▼24.6% |
| Profit growth | — | — | ▼213.7% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲33.3% | ▼3.6% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Net assets | — | — | — |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data May 2025 | Accounts · bulk data May 2025 | Accounts · bulk data Jul 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- −6.1%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 17.7%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £632k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- −£38.6k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- —
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- —
- 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
- —
- Now —
- Cash at bank
- —
- Now —
- Headcount
- ▼4%
- Now 27
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now —
Group structure
Ownership chain
- ST Joseph Capital Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- Wain Group Limited75–100%
- Wain Estates Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Subsidiaries (3)
- Wain Estates (Carrington) LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Wain Estates (Land) LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Wain Estates (Property) LimitedFigures not disclosed
Sister companies (2)
- Wain Homes LimitedRev. £286m · Profit £11.3m
- Ampthill Road (Beadlow) LtdFigures not disclosed
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
Sources
Latest figures from accounts for the year to 30 Sep 2025 (profit −£1m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Jul 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Updated from Companies House on 22 Oct 2026
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