VWS Holdings Limited
Registered name: VWS HOLDINGS LIMITED
Part of Applied VWS Limited groupVWS Holdings Limited made £750k profit in the year to 30 Sep 2025 (revenue not disclosed).
VWS Holdings Limited reported £750k profit in the year to 30 Sep 2025, down 32% on the year before; its revenue was not disclosed. It had 0 employees. The company is classified under “manufacture of electronic measuring, testing etc. equipment, not for industrial process control” and is based in Reading; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Reading, South East
- Age
- 7 yrs · since 2019
- 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. From the filing: “Applied VWS Limited”
Key figures
This company published its profit but not its turnover, so revenue and margins are not disclosed. We never estimate them.
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 30 Sep 2022 | 30 Sep 2023 | 30 Sep 2024 | 30 Sep 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Profit & loss | Profit & loss | Profit & loss | Profit only |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £9.2m | £9.7m | £11.3m | — |
| Cost of sales | £6.3m | £6.1m | £6.9m | — |
| Gross profit | £2.9m | £3.6m | £4.4m | — |
| Operating profit | £1.2m | £1.5m | £2.4m | — |
| Profit before tax | £1.1m | £1.4m | £2.3m | £750k |
| Profit after tax | £1m | £1m | £1.1m | £750k |
| Profit (best available) | £1m | £1m | £1.1m | £750k |
| Staff costs | £3.3m | £3m | £3.4m | — |
| Employees (average) | 81 | 74 | 77 | 0 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 10.9% | 10.3% | 9.7% | — |
| Gross margin | 31.1% | 37.3% | 38.6% | — |
| Revenue per employee | £114k | £131k | £147k | — |
| Profit per employee | £12.3k | £13.5k | £14.3k | — |
| Cash conversion | 166% | 113.6% | 94.6% | — |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲5.5% | ▲16.6% | — |
| Profit growth | — | 0% | ▲10% | ▼31.8% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▼8.6% | ▲4% | ▼100% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £100 | £100 | £100 | £100 |
| Net assets | £1.9m | £2m | £3.7m | £1.1m |
| Fixed assets | £105k | £105k | £105k | £105k |
| Current assets | £5m | £4.3m | £995k | £995k |
| Debtors | £1.9m | £1.9m | £2m | £995k |
| Cash from operations | £2m | £1.7m | £2.3m | — |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Jun 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jun 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Mar 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jun 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- —
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- —
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- —
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- —
- 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
- ▼70%
- Now £1.1m
- Cash at bank
- 0%
- Now £100
- Headcount
- ▼100%
- Now 0
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- 0%
- Now £105k
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Applied VWS Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- VWS Holdings Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Subsidiaries (1)
- Vehicle Weighing Solutions LimitedRev. £12.7m · Profit £2.1m
Sister companies (2)
- Applied Traffic LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Applied Weighing International 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 30 Sep 2025 (profit £750k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Jun 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.