Whitewolf Cylinders Ltd
Registered name: WHITEWOLF CYLINDERS LTD
Whitewolf Cylinders Ltd made £19m revenue and £783k profit in the year to 28 Feb 2025.
Whitewolf Cylinders Ltd’s revenue was £19m in the year to 28 Feb 2025, with £783k profit and 97 employees. The company is classified under “manufacture of other tanks, reservoirs and containers of metal” and is based in Castleford; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Castleford, Yorkshire and The Humber
- Age
- 7 yrs · since 2019
- 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 Dec 2022 | 28 Feb 2024 | 28 Feb 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | No P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | |||
| Revenue (turnover) | — | £13.3m | £19m |
| Cost of sales | — | £9.1m | £12.1m |
| Gross profit | — | £4.2m | £7m |
| Operating profit | — | £561k | £1.1m |
| Profit before tax | — | £540k | £1.1m |
| Profit after tax | — | £660k | £783k |
| Profit (best available) | — | £660k | £783k |
| Staff costs | — | £2.8m | £4.4m |
| Employees (average) | 40 | 62 | 97 |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | — | 5% | 4.1% |
| Gross margin | — | 31.4% | 36.6% |
| Revenue per employee | — | £215k | £196k |
| Profit per employee | — | £10.6k | £8.1k |
| Cash conversion | — | −74.9% | −18.3% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Cash at bank | £12.5k | £97.9k | £172k |
| Net assets | −£2.7m | £2.4k | £785k |
| Fixed assets | £878k | £195k | £354k |
| Current assets | £1.6m | £3.2m | £4.6m |
| Debtors | £564k | £634k | £1.1m |
| Deferred income | £54.7k | £141k | £229k |
| Cash from operations | — | −£421k | −£195k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Jul 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jul 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 4.1%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 36.6%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £196k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £8.1k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- −18.3%
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 1.9%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 1.2%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 5.5%
- 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 £785k
- Cash at bank
- —
- Now £172k
- Headcount
- —
- Now 97
- Deferred income
- —
- Now £229k
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now £354k
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 28 Feb 2025 (profit £783k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Sep 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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