Wilson James Capital Limited
Registered name: WILSON JAMES CAPITAL LIMITED
Part of Sovereign Capital Partners LLP groupWilson James Capital Limited made £355m revenue and £11.7m profit in the year to 31 Jul 2025.
Wilson James Capital Limited’s revenue grew 18% to £355m in the year to 31 Jul 2025, with £11.7m profit and 6,173 employees. The company is classified under “activities of head offices” and is based in Westcliff-on-Sea; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Westcliff-on-Sea, East of England
- Age
- 8 yrs · since 2018
- 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 | 31 Jul 2023 | 31 Jul 2024 | 31 Jul 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | |||
| Revenue (turnover) | £260m | £301m | £355m |
| Cost of sales | −£229m | −£265m | −£314m |
| Gross profit | £30m | £35.4m | £41.6m |
| Operating profit | £8.3m | £10.2m | £16.2m |
| Profit before tax | £8.2m | £10.1m | £16.5m |
| Profit after tax | £6.2m | £7.2m | £11.7m |
| Profit (best available) | £6.2m | £7.2m | £11.7m |
| Employees (average) | 5,257 | 5,606 | 6,173 |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | 2.4% | 2.4% | 3.3% |
| Gross margin | 11.6% | 11.8% | 11.7% |
| Revenue per employee | £49.4k | £53.6k | £57.5k |
| Profit per employee | £1.2k | £1.3k | £1.9k |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲15.8% | ▲18.2% |
| Profit growth | — | ▲15.8% | ▲61.4% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲6.6% | ▲10.1% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Net assets | — | — | — |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Jan 2025 | Accounts · bulk data Jan 2025 | Accounts · bulk data Jan 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 3.3%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 11.7%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £57.5k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £1.9k
- 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
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- —
- 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
- —
- Now —
- Cash at bank
- —
- Now —
- Headcount
- ▲10%
- Now 6,173
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now —
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Sovereign Capital Partners LLPultimate parent75–100%
- BB Shelf 4 LLP50–75%
- Summit Trust Holdings Limited75–100%
- Summit Trust Company Ltd50–75%
- Wilson James Capital Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Subsidiaries (1)
- Wilson James Group LimitedFigures not disclosed
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
Sources
Latest figures from accounts for the year to 31 Jul 2025 (profit £11.7m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Jan 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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