Virgin Wines UK PLC
Registered name: VIRGIN WINES UK PLC
Virgin Wines UK PLC made £59m revenue and £1.3m profit in the year to 27 Jun 2025.
Virgin Wines UK PLC’s revenue was £59m in the year to 27 Jun 2025, with £1.3m profit and 166 employees. The company is classified under “other business support service activities” and is based in Preston; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Preston, North West
- Age
- 5 yrs · since 2021
- Type
- Public Limited Company
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 28 Jun 2023 | 27 Jun 2024 | 28 Jun 2024 | 27 Jun 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £59m | £59m | £59m | £59m |
| Cost of sales | −£41.6m | −£40.2m | −£40.2m | −£41.2m |
| Gross profit | £17.4m | £18.8m | £18.8m | £17.8m |
| Operating profit | −£722k | £1.2m | £1.2m | £996k |
| Profit before tax | −£737k | £1.7m | £1.7m | £1.6m |
| Profit after tax | −£594k | £1.4m | £1.4m | £1.3m |
| Profit (best available) | −£594k | £1.4m | £1.4m | £1.3m |
| Employees (average) | 200 | 191 | 191 | 166 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | −1% | 2.3% | 2.3% | 2.2% |
| Gross margin | 29.6% | 31.9% | 31.9% | 30.1% |
| Revenue per employee | £295k | £309k | £309k | £356k |
| Profit per employee | −£3k | £7.2k | £7.2k | £7.8k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲0% | — | ▲0% |
| Profit growth | — | — | — | ▼5.6% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▼4.5% | — | ▼13.1% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Net assets | — | — | — | — |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Dec 2024 | Accounts · bulk data Nov 2025 | Accounts · bulk data Dec 2024 | Accounts · bulk data Nov 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 2.2%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 30.1%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £356k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £7.8k
- 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
- ▼13%
- Now 166
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now —
Group structure
Minority corporate shareholders
- Rapunzel Newco Limited 25–50%
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
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Sources
Latest figures from accounts for the year to 27 Jun 2025 (profit £1.3m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Nov 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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