WPG Finance Limited
Registered name: WPG FINANCE LIMITED
Part of William Pears Group Limited groupWPG Finance Limited made £73.9m revenue and £51m profit in the year to 30 Apr 2025.
WPG Finance Limited’s revenue grew 7% to £73.9m in the year to 30 Apr 2025, with £51m profit and 8 employees. The company is classified under “other credit granting” and is based in London; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- London, London
- Age
- 13 yrs · since 2013
- 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 Apr 2022 | 30 Apr 2023 | 30 Apr 2024 | 30 Apr 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £53.4m | £55.9m | £69.3m | £73.9m |
| Gross profit | £53.4m | £55.9m | £69.3m | £73.9m |
| Operating profit | £48.8m | £44.6m | −£28.2m | £55.9m |
| Profit before tax | £48.8m | £44.6m | −£28.2m | £55.1m |
| Profit after tax | £45.4m | £43.3m | −£41.3m | £51m |
| Profit (best available) | £45.4m | £43.3m | −£41.3m | £51m |
| Staff costs | £7.7m | £7.7m | £7.8m | £7.8m |
| Employees (average) | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 84.9% | 77.5% | −59.6% | 69% |
| Gross margin | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| Revenue per employee | £6.7m | £7m | £8.7m | £9.2m |
| Profit per employee | £5.7m | £5.4m | −£5.2m | £6.4m |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲4.5% | ▲24% | ▲6.8% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼4.5% | ▼195.4% | — |
| Headcount growth | — | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £69.3m | £48.3m | £139m | £41.5m |
| Net assets | £1.1bn | £1.1bn | £1.1bn | £1.1bn |
| Fixed assets | £26.7k | £12.6k | £53k | £39.8k |
| Current assets | £1.1bn | £1.1bn | £1.1bn | £1.1bn |
| Debtors | £1bn | £1bn | £957m | £1.1bn |
| Deferred income | £209k | £194k | £214k | £252k |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Dec 2023 | Accounts · bulk data Dec 2023 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jan 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jan 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 69%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 100%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £9.2m
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £6.4m
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 0.1%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 0.3%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 1472%
- 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
- ▲5%
- Now £1.1bn
- Cash at bank
- ▼70%
- Now £41.5m
- Headcount
- 0%
- Now 8
- Deferred income
- ▲18%
- Now £252k
- Fixed assets
- ▼25%
- Now £39.8k
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
- William Pears Group Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- WPG Finance Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Sister companies (3)
- Hamways LimitedRev. £8.3m · Profit −£11.1k
- Ellough Industrial Estates (1978) LimitedFigures not disclosed
- William Pears Group Investments LimitedRev. — · Profit £127m
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 30 Apr 2025 (profit £51m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Jan 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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