WSH and Somerset Larder Limited
Registered name: WSH AND SOMERSET LARDER LIMITED
Part of CD&R and WSH Jvco (UK) Limited groupWSH and Somerset Larder Limited made £37.9m revenue and £961k profit in the year to 25 Dec 2024.
WSH and Somerset Larder Limited’s revenue grew 15% to £37.9m in the year to 25 Dec 2024, with £961k profit and 361 employees. The company is classified under “dormant company” and is based in Brighton; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Liquidation
- Location
- Brighton
- Age
- 4 yrs · since 2021
- Type
- Private Limited Company
Key figures
Financial history
| Year to | 27 Dec 2022 | 25 Dec 2023 | 27 Dec 2023 | 25 Dec 2024 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £27.8m | £32.9m | £32.9m | £37.9m |
| Cost of sales | −£25.4m | −£30.3m | −£30.3m | −£34.9m |
| Gross profit | £2.4m | £2.6m | £2.6m | £3m |
| Operating profit | £831k | £1.4m | £1.4m | £1.8m |
| Profit before tax | £484k | £1.1m | £1.1m | £1.5m |
| Profit after tax | £302k | £676k | £676k | £961k |
| Profit (best available) | £302k | £676k | £676k | £961k |
| Employees (average) | 325 | 342 | 342 | 361 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 1.1% | 2.1% | 2.1% | 2.5% |
| Gross margin | 8.6% | 7.9% | 7.9% | 8% |
| Revenue per employee | £85.6k | £96.2k | £96.2k | £105k |
| Profit per employee | £929 | £2k | £2k | £2.7k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲18.3% | — | ▲15.3% |
| Profit growth | — | ▲123.8% | — | ▲42.2% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲5.2% | — | ▲5.6% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Net assets | — | — | — | — |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Sep 2024 | Accounts · bulk data Sep 2025 | Accounts · bulk data Sep 2024 | Accounts · bulk data Sep 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 2.5%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 8%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £105k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £2.7k
- 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
- ▲6%
- Now 361
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now —
Group structure
Ownership chain
- CD&R and WSH Jvco (UK) Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- CD&R and WSH Limited75–100%
- WSH Services Holding Limited75–100%
- Westbury Street Holdings Limited75–100%
- WSH International Investments Limited75–100%
- WSH UK & Ireland Limited75–100%
- WSH and Somerset Larder Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Sister companies (17)
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- Searcy Tansley and Company LimitedRev. £88.6m · Profit £4.4m
- Bartlett Mitchell LimitedRev. £80.7m · Profit £4.3m
- WSH Retail LimitedRev. £10.4m · Profit −£1.3m
- We Prepare LimitedRev. £4.8m · Profit £763k
- Searcys Events LimitedRev. £3.9m · Profit £296k
- Bartlett Mitchell Services LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Benugo LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Cater Link LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Footprint1 LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Holroyd Howe LimitedFigures not disclosed
- South West Larder LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Westbury Street LimitedFigures not disclosed
- WSH and Se LimitedFigures not disclosed
- WSH Events LimitedFigures not disclosed
- WSH Group LimitedFigures not disclosed
- WSH Hospitality LimitedFigures not disclosed
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
Sources
Latest figures from accounts for the year to 25 Dec 2024 (profit £961k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Sep 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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