Wire Belt Company Limited
Registered name: WIRE BELT COMPANY LIMITED
Wire Belt Company Limited made £15.2m revenue and £1.3m profit in the year to 31 Dec 2025.
Wire Belt Company Limited’s revenue fell 4% to £15.2m in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with £1.3m profit and 162 employees. The company is classified under “manufacture of lifting and handling equipment” and is based in Sittingbourne; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Sittingbourne, South East
- Age
- 64 yrs · since 1962
- Type
- Private Limited Company
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&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | |||
| Revenue (turnover) | £15.7m | £15.9m | £15.2m |
| Cost of sales | −£8.9m | −£8.7m | −£8m |
| Gross profit | £6.8m | £7.2m | £7.3m |
| Operating profit | £1.6m | £1.9m | £1.7m |
| Profit before tax | £1.7m | £2m | £1.8m |
| Profit after tax | £1.3m | £1.5m | £1.3m |
| Profit (best available) | £1.3m | £1.5m | £1.3m |
| Employees (average) | 169 | 164 | 162 |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | 8.2% | 9.2% | 8.5% |
| Gross margin | 43.5% | 45.2% | 47.7% |
| Revenue per employee | £93k | £97.1k | £94k |
| Profit per employee | £7.6k | £9k | £8k |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲1.4% | ▼4.4% |
| Profit growth | — | ▲14.2% | ▼12% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▼3% | ▼1.2% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Net assets | — | — | — |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Jun 2025 | Accounts · bulk data Jun 2025 | Accounts · bulk data Jun 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 8.5%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 47.7%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £94k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £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
- —
- Now —
- Cash at bank
- —
- Now —
- Headcount
- ▼1%
- Now 162
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now —
Group structure
Subsidiaries (3)
- Davies Woven Wire LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Solutions Audit LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Wear Belting LimitedFigures not disclosed
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
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Sources
Latest figures from accounts for the year to 31 Dec 2025 (profit £1.3m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Jun 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Updated from Companies House on 23 Oct 2026
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