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Company No. 07076964 · Incorporated 16 Nov 2009

WFL Media Ltd

Registered name: WFL MEDIA LTD

Part of Aldrin Sub-Holdings Limited group

WFL Media Ltd made £18.3m revenue and £11.5m profit in the year to 30 Jun 2023. read from filing text

WFL Media Ltd’s revenue grew 25% to £18.3m in the year to 30 Jun 2023, with £11.5m profit and 48 employees. The company is classified under “other information technology service activities” and is based in Loughborough; we hold 2 years of its filed accounts.

Full P&L filedSection J · Information and communicationSIC 62090Other information technology service activities
Status
Active
Location
Loughborough, East Midlands
Age
16 yrs · since 2009
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: “Access UK Ltd”

Latest accounts · year to 30 Jun 2023

Key figures

Operating leverageDoing more with less
Revenue
£18.3m
Growth ▲24.8%
Profit
£11.5m
Growth ▲45.5%
Profit margin
62.7%
Gross 68.7%
Employees
48
Change ▼11.1%
Profit / employee
£239k
Revenue/employee £381k
Profitable streak
2yrs
Consecutive profitable years in our data

Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.

2 filed years

Financial history

Multi-year financials, oldest to newest
Year to30 Jun 202230 Jun 2023
DisclosureFull P&Lread from filing textFull P&Lread from filing text
Profit & loss
Revenue (turnover)£14.7m£18.3m
Cost of sales£4.9m£5.7m
Gross profit£9.7m£12.6m
Operating profit£7.9m£9.8m
Profit before tax£7.9m£11.5m
Profit after tax£7.9m£11.5m
Profit (best available)£7.9m£11.5m
Staff costs£2.5m£2.6m
Employees (average)5448
Ratios
Profit margin53.8%62.7%
Gross margin66.3%68.7%
Revenue per employee£272k£381k
Profit per employee£146k£239k
Growth (year on year)
Revenue growth—▲24.8%
Profit growth—▲45.5%
Headcount growth—▼11.1%
Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue
Cash at bank£7.1m£7.2m
Net assets£17m£28.5m
Current assets£23.4m£35.1m
Debtors£2.1m£2.6m
Deferred income£17.1k£69.4k
SourceFullAccounts · bulk data Jun 2024FullAccounts · bulk data Jun 2024
Derived from the latest filing

How the business works

Profit margin
62.7%
Profit ÷ revenue.
Gross margin
68.7%
Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
Revenue per employee
£381k
Revenue ÷ average employees.
Profit per employee
£239k
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
0.4%
Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
Debtors ÷ revenue
14.3%
Money owed by customers. Low = customers pay quickly.
Indirect — not revenue

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
▲67%
Now £28.5m
Cash at bank
▲2%
Now £7.2m
Headcount
▼11%
Now 48
Deferred income
▲306%
Now £69.4k
Fixed assets
—
Now —

Deferred income is reported together with accruals in this filing (“accruals and deferred income”), so it is an approximate signal only.

Corporate ownership

Group structure

Ownership chain

  1. Aldrin Sub-Holdings Limitedultimate parent75–100%
  2. Aldrin Topco Limited75–100%
  3. Aldrin Midco Limited75–100%
  4. Aldrin Bidco Limited75–100%
  5. Armstrong Topco Limited75–100%
  6. Armstrong Sub-Holdings Limited75–100%
  7. Armstrong Midco Limited75–100%
  8. Armstrong Bidco Limited75–100%
  9. Access Technology Group Limited75–100%
  10. Access UK Ltd75–100%
  11. WFL Media Ltdthis company

Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.

Sister companies (45)

From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).

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Sources

Companies House profile Filing history & original accounts

Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 30 Jun 2023 (profit £11.5m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Jun 2024. Spotted an error? Request a correction.

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