Wincanton Holdings Limited
Registered name: WINCANTON HOLDINGS LIMITED
Part of Gxo Logistics, Inc. groupWincanton Holdings Limited made £1.5bn revenue and £73m profit in the year to 31 Dec 2025.
Wincanton Holdings Limited’s revenue was £1.5bn in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with £73m profit and 18,868 employees. The company is classified under “activities of distribution holding companies” and is based in Chippenham; we hold 2 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Chippenham
- Age
- 39 yrs · since 1987
- Type
- Private Limited Company
Key figures
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Dec 2024 | 31 Dec 2025 |
|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||
| Revenue (turnover) | £1.1bn | £1.5bn |
| Cost of sales | −£1.2bn | −£1.4bn |
| Operating profit | −£62.5m | £93.6m |
| Profit before tax | −£58.4m | £96.2m |
| Profit after tax | −£45.3m | £73m |
| Profit (best available) | −£45.3m | £73m |
| Employees (average) | 19,013 | 18,868 |
| Ratios | ||
| Profit margin | −4% | 4.8% |
| Revenue per employee | £59.9k | £81.4k |
| Profit per employee | −£2.4k | £3.9k |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||
| Net assets | — | — |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Jul 2025 | Accounts · bulk data Oct 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 4.8%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- —
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £81.4k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £3.9k
- 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
- —
- Now 18,868
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now —
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Gxo Logistics, Inc. (registered outside the UK register)ultimate parent75–100%
- Wincanton Limited75–100%
- Wincanton UK Limited75–100%
- Wincanton Holdings Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Subsidiaries (11)
- C.e.l. Group LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Caledonia Bidco LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Glass Glover Group LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Hanbury Holdings LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Lane Group PLCFigures not disclosed
- Nair Properties LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Product Support (Holdings) LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Trans European Holdings LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Wincanton Air & Ocean LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Wincanton Group LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Wincanton High Tech LimitedFigures not disclosed
Sister companies (2)
- Onevast LimitedFigures not disclosed
- RDL Holdings LimitedFigures not disclosed
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
Sources
Latest figures from accounts for the year to 31 Dec 2025 (profit £73m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Oct 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Updated from Companies House on 22 Oct 2026
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