Wuxi Apptec UK Ltd
Registered name: WUXI APPTEC UK LTD
Wuxi Apptec UK Ltd made £11.7m revenue and £293k profit in the year to 31 Dec 2025.
Wuxi Apptec UK Ltd’s revenue grew 57% to £11.7m in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with £293k profit and 46 employees. The company is classified under “technical testing and analysis” and is based in London; we hold 5 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- London, London
- Age
- 15 yrs · since 2011
- 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: “WuXi Apptec Co. Ltd”
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Dec 2021 | 31 Dec 2022 | 31 Dec 2023 | 31 Dec 2024 | 31 Dec 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | |||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £5.2m | £6.9m | £6.7m | £7.4m | £11.7m |
| Gross profit | £5.2m | £6.9m | £6.7m | £7.4m | £11.7m |
| Operating profit | £214k | £397k | £127k | £119k | £397k |
| Profit before tax | £214k | −£15.2m | −£8m | −£15.9m | £433k |
| Profit after tax | £96.3k | −£15.3m | −£7.9m | −£16m | £293k |
| Profit (best available) | £96.3k | −£15.3m | −£7.9m | −£16m | £293k |
| Employees (average) | 18 | 25 | 27 | 33 | 46 |
| Ratios | |||||
| Profit margin | 1.8% | −223.2% | −118.7% | −215.1% | 2.5% |
| Gross margin | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| Revenue per employee | £289k | £274k | £246k | £225k | £254k |
| Profit per employee | £5.4k | −£612k | −£292k | −£484k | £6.4k |
| Growth (year on year) | |||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲31.9% | ▼3% | ▲11.6% | ▲57.2% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼15991% | — | — | — |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲38.9% | ▲8% | ▲22.2% | ▲39.4% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||||
| Cash at bank | £2m | £1.7m | £1.3m | £1.9m | £1.4m |
| Net assets | £45m | £30.1m | £22.3m | £6.5m | £7.1m |
| Current assets | £3.3m | £4.2m | £3.8m | £4.5m | £5.7m |
| Debtors | £1.3m | £2.5m | £2.4m | £2.6m | £4.3m |
| Deferred income | £717k | £1.5m | £975k | £1.4m | £1.6m |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Dec 2023 | Accounts · bulk data Dec 2023 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jul 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jul 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 2.5%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 100%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £254k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £6.4k
- 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
- 13.5%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 36.7%
- 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
- ▲10%
- Now £7.1m
- Cash at bank
- ▼22%
- Now £1.4m
- Headcount
- ▲39%
- Now 46
- Deferred income
- ▲11%
- Now £1.6m
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now —
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 Dec 2025 (profit £293k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Sep 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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