West Wales Lubricants Limited
Registered name: WEST WALES LUBRICANTS LIMITED
West Wales Lubricants Limited made £6.5m revenue and £429k profit in the year to 30 Apr 2025. read from filing text
West Wales Lubricants Limited’s revenue grew 1% to £6.5m in the year to 30 Apr 2025, with £429k profit and 10 employees. The company is classified under “retail sale of automotive fuel in specialised stores” and is based in Carmarthen; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Carmarthen, Wales
- Age
- 11 yrs · since 2014
- Type
- Private Limited Company
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 | No P&L | No P&L | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | — | — | £6.5m | £6.5m |
| Cost of sales | — | — | £5m | £5.1m |
| Gross profit | — | — | £1.5m | £1.4m |
| Operating profit | — | — | £673k | £555k |
| Profit before tax | — | — | £673k | £573k |
| Profit after tax | — | — | £511k | £429k |
| Profit (best available) | — | — | £511k | £429k |
| Staff costs | — | — | £454k | £503k |
| Employees (average) | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | — | — | 7.9% | 6.6% |
| Gross margin | — | — | 23.2% | 22.1% |
| Revenue per employee | — | — | £645k | £654k |
| Profit per employee | — | — | £51.1k | £42.9k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | — | — | ▲1.4% |
| Profit growth | — | — | — | ▼16.2% |
| Headcount growth | — | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £44.5k | £685k | £913k | £1.4m |
| Net assets | £1.2m | £1.8m | £2.3m | £2.6m |
| Fixed assets | £316k | £559k | £684k | £722k |
| Current assets | £2m | £2.7m | £2.9m | £3.2m |
| Debtors | £1.1m | £1.2m | £1.1m | £1.1m |
| Deferred income | — | — | £2.4k | £2.6k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Jan 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jan 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jan 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jan 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 6.6%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 22.1%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £654k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £42.9k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 11%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 0%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 16.3%
- 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
- ▲16%
- Now £2.6m
- Cash at bank
- ▲56%
- Now £1.4m
- Headcount
- 0%
- Now 10
- Deferred income
- ▲7%
- Now £2.6k
- Fixed assets
- ▲5%
- Now £722k
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 30 Apr 2025 (profit £429k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Jan 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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