WBC Imports Limited
Registered name: WBC IMPORTS LIMITED
Part of W B C F Holdings Limited groupWBC Imports Limited made £134m revenue and £2.4m profit in the year to 31 Dec 2025. read from filing text
WBC Imports Limited’s revenue grew 14% to £134m in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with £2.4m profit and 24 employees. The company is classified under “wholesale of fruit and vegetables” and is based in Maidstone; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Maidstone, South East
- Age
- 10 yrs · since 2016
- 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: “The company's immediate and ultimate parent is W B C F Holdings Limited, incorporated in England and Wales.”
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Dec 2022 | 31 Dec 2023 | 31 Dec 2024 | 31 Dec 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £84.1m | £95.3m | £117m | £134m |
| Cost of sales | £78.2m | £91.2m | £112m | £128m |
| Gross profit | £5.9m | £4.1m | £5.3m | £6m |
| Operating profit | £2.1m | £2.1m | £2.1m | £3.2m |
| Profit before tax | £2.1m | £2.1m | £2.2m | £3.2m |
| Profit after tax | £2.1m | £1.7m | £1.7m | £2.4m |
| Profit (best available) | £2.1m | £1.7m | £1.7m | £2.4m |
| Staff costs | £1.3m | £1.3m | £1.9m | £2.2m |
| Employees (average) | 15 | 17 | 24 | 24 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 2.4% | 1.8% | 1.4% | 1.8% |
| Gross margin | 7% | 4.3% | 4.5% | 4.5% |
| Revenue per employee | £5.6m | £5.6m | £4.9m | £5.6m |
| Profit per employee | £137k | £102k | £70.4k | £99.3k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲13.4% | ▲23.1% | ▲14.1% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼15.4% | ▼2.8% | ▲41.1% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲13.3% | ▲41.2% | 0% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £506k | £1.6m | £96.4k | £576k |
| Net assets | £7.8m | £9.5m | £10.7m | £13.1m |
| Current assets | £17.9m | £16.6m | £20.9m | £24.7m |
| Debtors | £5m | £6.9m | £7.1m | £9.4m |
| Deferred income | £2m | £1.1m | £3m | £1.8m |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 1.8%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 4.5%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £5.6m
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £99.3k
- 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
- 1.3%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 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
- ▲22%
- Now £13.1m
- Cash at bank
- ▲497%
- Now £576k
- Headcount
- 0%
- Now 24
- Deferred income
- ▼40%
- Now £1.8m
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now —
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
- W B C F Holdings Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- WBC Imports Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Sister companies (5)
- W B Chambers Farms LimitedRev. £89m · Profit £2.4m
- Team Berry (UK) LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Team Berry LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Team Growers LimitedFigures not disclosed
- W B Friars LimitedFigures not disclosed
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Dec 2025 (profit £2.4m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Sep 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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