Wrates Scholastic Photographs Limited
Registered name: WRATES SCHOLASTIC PHOTOGRAPHS LIMITED
Part of Epg UK Holdco Ltd groupWrates Scholastic Photographs Limited made £118k profit in the year to 31 Dec 2025 (revenue not disclosed).
Wrates Scholastic Photographs Limited reported £118k profit in the year to 31 Dec 2025, down 42% on the year before; its revenue was not disclosed. It had 15 employees. The company is classified under “photographic activities not elsewhere classified” and is based in Newark; we hold 2 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Newark, East Midlands
- Age
- 71 yrs · since 1955
- Type
- Private Limited Company
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. From the filing: “The immediate parent company is Wrates Bagley Limited, a company registered in England and Wales with a registered office of Plot 41 Brunel Drive, Newark, Nottinghamshire, NG24 2EG.”
Key figures
This company published its profit but not its turnover, so revenue and margins are not disclosed. We never estimate them.
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Dec 2024 | 31 Dec 2025 |
|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Profit only | Profit only |
| Profit & loss | ||
| Revenue (turnover) | — | — |
| Profit after tax | £203k | £118k |
| Profit (best available) | £203k | £118k |
| Employees (average) | 15 | 15 |
| Ratios | ||
| Profit margin | — | — |
| Profit per employee | £13.6k | £7.8k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||
| Profit growth | — | ▼42.2% |
| Headcount growth | — | 0% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||
| Cash at bank | £859k | £907k |
| Net assets | £652k | £756k |
| Fixed assets | £194k | £239k |
| Current assets | £948k | £1m |
| Debtors | £11.6k | £12.4k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2026 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- —
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- —
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- —
- 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
- ▲16%
- Now £756k
- Cash at bank
- ▲6%
- Now £907k
- Headcount
- 0%
- Now 15
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- ▲23%
- Now £239k
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Epg UK Holdco Ltdultimate parent75–100%
- Wrates Scholastic Photographs Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Sister companies (6)
- Colorfoto LimitedRev. — · Profit £576k
- Davies Colour LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Gillman and Soame UK LtdRev. — · Profit £783k
- Sherwood Laboratories LimitedRev. — · Profit £249k
- Van Cols LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Wrates Bagley LimitedRev. — · Profit £25.5k
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Dec 2025 (profit £118k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Sep 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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