Wassen International Limited
Registered name: WASSEN INTERNATIONAL LIMITED
Part of Vhf Holdings (Pty) Ltd groupWassen International Limited made £9.2m revenue and £373k profit in the year to 28 Feb 2025.
Wassen International Limited’s revenue grew 7% to £9.2m in the year to 28 Feb 2025, with £373k profit and 16 employees. The company is classified under “manufacture of other food products” and is based in Hessle; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Hessle, Yorkshire and The Humber
- Age
- 52 yrs · since 1974
- 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.
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 28 Feb 2022 | 28 Feb 2023 | 29 Feb 2024 | 28 Feb 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £8.1m | £7m | £8.7m | £9.2m |
| Cost of sales | £5m | £4.3m | £5.3m | £5.8m |
| Gross profit | £3.1m | £2.8m | £3.4m | £3.5m |
| Operating profit | £975k | £585k | £959k | £714k |
| Profit before tax | £910k | £488k | £809k | £523k |
| Profit after tax | £894k | £367k | £601k | £373k |
| Profit (best available) | £894k | £367k | £601k | £373k |
| Employees (average) | 14 | 12 | 13 | 16 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 11% | 5.2% | 6.9% | 4% |
| Gross margin | 38% | 39.3% | 38.7% | 37.4% |
| Revenue per employee | £579k | £587k | £668k | £578k |
| Profit per employee | £63.9k | £30.6k | £46.2k | £23.3k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▼13.1% | ▲23.4% | ▲6.5% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼58.9% | ▲63.7% | ▼37.9% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▼14.3% | ▲8.3% | ▲23.1% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £152k | £175k | £69.5k | £128k |
| Net assets | £2.5m | £2.9m | £3.5m | £3.9m |
| Fixed assets | £14.5k | £20k | £1.6m | £1.5m |
| Current assets | £4.9m | £5.2m | £4.8m | £5.5m |
| Debtors | £2.7m | £2.4m | £3m | £3.3m |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2023 | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2023 | FullAccounts · bulk data Nov 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Nov 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 4%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 37.4%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £578k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £23.3k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 15.8%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 35.2%
- 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
- ▲11%
- Now £3.9m
- Cash at bank
- ▲84%
- Now £128k
- Headcount
- ▲23%
- Now 16
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- ▼6%
- Now £1.5m
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Vhf Holdings (Pty) Ltd (registered outside the UK register)ultimate parent75–100%
- Vital International Limited75–100%
- Wassen International Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Sister companies (1)
- Efamol LimitedFigures not disclosed
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 28 Feb 2025 (profit £373k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Nov 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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