Lister Wilder Group Limited
Registered name: LISTER WILDER GROUP LIMITED
Lister Wilder Group Limited made £89.8m revenue and £843k profit in the year to 31 Dec 2025. read from filing text
Lister Wilder Group Limited’s revenue grew 9% to £89.8m in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with £843k profit and 197 employees. The company is classified under “activities of head offices” and is based in Reading; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Reading, South East
- Age
- 79 yrs · since 1946
- 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 2022 | 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 | Full P&Lread from filing text |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £72.7m | £89m | £82.6m | £89.8m |
| Cost of sales | £61.8m | £76.6m | £69.4m | £77.2m |
| Gross profit | £10.9m | £12.4m | £13.1m | £12.6m |
| Operating profit | £1.6m | £2.1m | £1.6m | £1.5m |
| Profit before tax | £1.4m | £1.5m | £951k | £1.1m |
| Profit after tax | £1.2m | £958k | £685k | £843k |
| Profit (best available) | £1.2m | £958k | £685k | £843k |
| Employees (average) | 168 | 184 | 202 | 197 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 1.7% | 1.1% | 0.8% | 0.9% |
| Gross margin | 15% | 13.9% | 15.9% | 14% |
| Revenue per employee | £433k | £484k | £409k | £456k |
| Profit per employee | £7.2k | £5.2k | £3.4k | £4.3k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲22.4% | ▼7.2% | ▲8.8% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼20.2% | ▼28.5% | ▲23% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲9.5% | ▲9.8% | ▼2.5% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £32k | £27.3k | £41.2k | £46.8k |
| Net assets | £1.3m | £1.5m | £1.6m | £1.7m |
| Fixed assets | £2.6m | £2.6m | £2.9m | £2.9m |
| Current assets | £34k | £279k | £92.3k | £85.5k |
| Debtors | £1.4k | £942 | £671 | £2.2k |
| Deferred income | £16k | £16.1k | £18.6k | £21.7k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data May 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data May 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jun 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 0.9%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 14%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £456k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £4.3k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 3.2%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 0%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 0%
- 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
- ▲4%
- Now £1.7m
- Cash at bank
- ▲14%
- Now £46.8k
- Headcount
- ▼2%
- Now 197
- Deferred income
- ▲17%
- Now £21.7k
- Fixed assets
- ▼0%
- Now £2.9m
Deferred income is reported together with accruals in this filing (“accruals and deferred income”), so it is an approximate signal only.
Group structure
Subsidiaries (3)
- Lister Wilder LimitedRev. £89.7m · Profit £773k
- Lister Machinery LtdFigures not disclosed
- Walter Wilder (Agricultural) LimitedFigures 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 £843k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Sep 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Updated from Companies House on 11 Oct 2026
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