Wiseman Topco Limited
Registered name: WISEMAN TOPCO LIMITED
Part of Affinia Group Holdings Limited groupWiseman Topco Limited made £28.9m revenue and a £1.5m loss in the year to 31 Aug 2025.
Wiseman Topco Limited’s revenue grew 75% to £28.9m in the year to 31 Aug 2025, with a loss of £1.5m and 284 employees. The company is classified under “activities of other holding companies” and is based in Maidenhead; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Maidenhead, South East
- Age
- 5 yrs · since 2021
- 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 Aug 2023 | 31 Aug 2024 | 31 Aug 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | |||
| Revenue (turnover) | £11.1m | £16.6m | £28.9m |
| Cost of sales | −£6.5m | −£9.5m | −£17m |
| Gross profit | £4.6m | £7.1m | £12m |
| Operating profit | £673k | £1.8m | £2.6m |
| Profit before tax | −£853k | −£361k | −£770k |
| Profit after tax | −£926k | −£697k | −£1.5m |
| Profit (best available) | −£926k | −£697k | −£1.5m |
| Employees (average) | 100 | 146 | 284 |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | −8.4% | −4.2% | −5.2% |
| Gross margin | 41.2% | 42.8% | 41.4% |
| Revenue per employee | £111k | £113k | £102k |
| Profit per employee | −£9.3k | −£4.8k | −£5.3k |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲49.8% | ▲74.8% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲46% | ▲94.5% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Net assets | — | — | — |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Apr 2025 | Accounts · bulk data Apr 2025 | Accounts · bulk data Jun 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- −5.2%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 41.4%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £102k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- −£5.3k
- 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
- ▲95%
- Now 284
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now —
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Affinia Group Holdings Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- Wiseman Topco Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Subsidiaries (1)
- Wiseman Bidco LimitedFigures not disclosed
Sister companies (10)
- Uhy Hacker Young LLPRev. £29.6m · Profit £8.3m
- Affinia Group Advisory LimitedRev. £1.7m · Profit £0
- LB Financial Solutions LimitedRev. £679k · Profit −£55.2k
- Affinia Group Services LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Green and Purple LtdFigures not disclosed
- KRW Accountants LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Opass Billings Wilson & Honey LLPFigures not disclosed
- PK Group Ventures LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Platt Rushton LLPFigures not disclosed
- Richard Place Dobson Services LimitedFigures not disclosed
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
Sources
Latest figures from accounts for the year to 31 Aug 2025 (profit −£1.5m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Jun 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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