Applied Wool Trading Co. Limited
Registered name: APPLIED WOOL TRADING CO. LIMITED
Applied Wool Trading Co. Limited made £6.5m revenue and £161k profit in the year to 31 Dec 2024.
Applied Wool Trading Co. Limited’s revenue grew 351% to £6.5m in the year to 31 Dec 2024, with £161k profit and 1 employee. The company is classified under “other service activities” and is based in South Woodford; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- South Woodford, London
- Age
- 6 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.
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Dec 2021 | 31 Dec 2022 | 31 Dec 2023 | 31 Dec 2024 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £3.3m | £8.8m | £1.4m | £6.5m |
| Cost of sales | £2.7m | £8.5m | £1.2m | £6.2m |
| Gross profit | £650k | £332k | £211k | £258k |
| Profit before tax | £657k | £253k | £169k | £214k |
| Profit after tax | £596k | £208k | £123k | £161k |
| Profit (best available) | £596k | £208k | £123k | £161k |
| Employees (average) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 17.9% | 2.4% | 8.5% | 2.5% |
| Gross margin | 19.5% | 3.8% | 14.6% | 4% |
| Revenue per employee | £3.3m | £8.8m | £1.4m | £6.5m |
| Profit per employee | £596k | £208k | £123k | £161k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲165.2% | ▼83.7% | ▲351.2% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼65.1% | ▼41% | ▲31.1% |
| Headcount growth | — | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £412k | £1.1m | £503k | £243k |
| Net assets | £261k | £468k | £591k | £752k |
| Current assets | £746k | £3.8m | £1.4m | £3.2m |
| Debtors | £333k | £2.7m | £580k | £2.2m |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Dec 2023 | Accounts · bulk data Dec 2023 | FullAccounts · bulk data Mar 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Nov 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 2.5%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 4%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £6.5m
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £161k
- 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
- 33.9%
- 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
- ▲27%
- Now £752k
- Cash at bank
- ▼52%
- Now £243k
- Headcount
- 0%
- Now 1
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now —
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Dec 2024 (profit £161k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Nov 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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