Wickes Building Supplies Limited
Registered name: WICKES BUILDING SUPPLIES LIMITED
Part of Wickes Group PLC groupWickes Building Supplies Limited made £1.6bn revenue and £44.3m profit in the year to 27 Dec 2025.
Wickes Building Supplies Limited’s revenue grew 6% to £1.6bn in the year to 27 Dec 2025, with £44.3m profit and 7,713 employees. The company is classified under “other retail sale of new goods in specialised stores (not commercial art galleries and opticians)” and is based in Watford; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Watford
- Age
- 42 yrs · since 1984
- Type
- Private Limited Company
Key figures
Financial history
| Year to | 28 Dec 2023 | 27 Dec 2024 | 28 Dec 2024 | 27 Dec 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £1.6bn | £1.5bn | £1.5bn | £1.6bn |
| Cost of sales | −£991m | −£974m | −£974m | −£1bn |
| Gross profit | £568m | £561m | £561m | £602m |
| Operating profit | £40.5m | £30.4m | £30.4m | £48.2m |
| Profit before tax | £46.8m | £36.4m | £36.4m | £54.3m |
| Profit after tax | £38.5m | £29m | £29m | £44.3m |
| Profit (best available) | £38.5m | £29m | £29m | £44.3m |
| Employees (average) | 7,919 | 7,774 | 7,774 | 7,713 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 2.5% | 1.9% | 1.9% | 2.7% |
| Gross margin | 36.4% | 36.5% | 36.5% | 37.1% |
| Revenue per employee | £197k | £197k | £197k | £211k |
| Profit per employee | £4.9k | £3.7k | £3.7k | £5.7k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▼1.6% | — | ▲5.9% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼24.7% | — | ▲52.8% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▼1.8% | — | ▼0.8% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Net assets | — | — | — | — |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Jul 2025 | Accounts · bulk data May 2026 | Accounts · bulk data Jul 2025 | Accounts · bulk data May 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 2.7%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 37.1%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £211k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £5.7k
- 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 7,713
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now —
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Wickes Group PLCultimate parent75–100%
- Wickes Group Holdings Limited75–100%
- Wickes Building Supplies Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Sister companies (2)
- Gas Fast LimitedRev. £11.2m · Profit −£1.1m
- Wickes Finance LimitedFigures not disclosed
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
Sources
Latest figures from accounts for the year to 27 Dec 2025 (profit £44.3m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published May 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Updated from Companies House on 24 Oct 2026
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