WHG Hosting Services Ltd
Registered name: WHG HOSTING SERVICES LTD
Part of Hosting Holding Germany Bidco Gmbh groupWHG Hosting Services Ltd made £11.5m revenue and a £325k loss in the year to 31 Dec 2025. read from filing text
WHG Hosting Services Ltd’s revenue grew 89% to £11.5m in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with a loss of £325k and 33 employees. The company is classified under “activities of head offices” and is based in Norwich; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Norwich, East of England
- Age
- 3 yrs · since 2023
- 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 Dec 2023 | 31 Dec 2024 | 31 Dec 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text |
| Profit & loss | |||
| Revenue (turnover) | £1.4m | £6.1m | £11.5m |
| Cost of sales | £293k | £1.1m | £1.9m |
| Gross profit | £1.1m | £5m | £9.6m |
| Operating profit | −£888k | −£1.2m | £700k |
| Profit before tax | −£1.1m | −£2.3m | −£325k |
| Profit (best available) | −£1.1m | −£2.3m | −£325k |
| Staff costs | £865k | £2.5m | £4.1m |
| Employees (average) | 6 | 23 | 33 |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | −77.1% | −37.4% | −2.8% |
| Gross margin | 78.6% | 82% | 83.6% |
| Revenue per employee | £228k | £266k | £349k |
| Profit per employee | −£176k | −£99.5k | −£9.9k |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Revenue growth | — | — | ▲88.5% |
| Headcount growth | — | — | ▲43.5% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Cash at bank | £20.2k | £410k | £1.3m |
| Net assets | £1.2m | −£4.1m | −£3.7m |
| Fixed assets | £1.2m | — | — |
| Current assets | £749k | — | — |
| Debtors | £24.6k | £6.1k | — |
| Source | AbridgedAccounts · bulk data Dec 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Aug 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data May 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- −2.8%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 83.6%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £349k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- −£9.9k
- 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 −£3.7m
- Cash at bank
- ▲216%
- Now £1.3m
- Headcount
- ▲43%
- Now 33
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now —
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Hosting Holding Germany Bidco Gmbh (registered outside the UK register)ultimate parent75–100%
- WHG Hosting Services Ltdthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Subsidiaries (1)
- WHG Privacy LtdFigures not disclosed
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Dec 2025 (profit −£325k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published May 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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