Wisdom Toothbrushes Limited
Registered name: WISDOM TOOTHBRUSHES LIMITED
Part of Colne Valley Road Holdings Limited groupWisdom Toothbrushes Limited made £27.5m revenue and £7.4m profit in the year to 31 Dec 2025.
Wisdom Toothbrushes Limited’s revenue grew 1% to £27.5m in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with £7.4m profit and 28 employees. The company is classified under “wholesale of household goods (other than musical instruments)” and is based in Suffolk; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Suffolk, East of England
- Age
- 32 yrs · since 1993
- 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 | 31 Dec 2022 | 31 Dec 2023 | 31 Dec 2024 | 31 Dec 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £24.8m | £25.1m | £27.3m | £27.5m |
| Cost of sales | £15.1m | £13.8m | £13.7m | £13.5m |
| Gross profit | £9.7m | £11.3m | £13.6m | £13.9m |
| Operating profit | £3.2m | £3.2m | £5.9m | £8.7m |
| Profit before tax | £3.2m | £3m | £6.1m | £8.9m |
| Profit after tax | £2.8m | £2.2m | £4.6m | £7.4m |
| Profit (best available) | £2.8m | £2.2m | £4.6m | £7.4m |
| Staff costs | £2.1m | £2.5m | £2.6m | £2.7m |
| Employees (average) | 31 | 30 | 27 | 28 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 11.1% | 8.8% | 16.7% | 26.8% |
| Gross margin | 39% | 45.1% | 49.7% | 50.8% |
| Revenue per employee | £799k | £837k | £1m | £981k |
| Profit per employee | £89k | £73.2k | £169k | £263k |
| Cash conversion | −57.6% | −171.2% | −88.5% | −74.9% |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲1.4% | ▲8.8% | ▲0.6% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼20.3% | ▲107.6% | ▲61.5% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▼3.2% | ▼10% | ▲3.7% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £6m | £10.7m | £7.2m | £8.8m |
| Net assets | £13.9m | £16.3m | £14.2m | £14.7m |
| Fixed assets | £3.1m | £2.8m | £2.7m | £1.8m |
| Current assets | £14.1m | £16.8m | £15.8m | £19.2m |
| Debtors | £2.1m | £1.2m | £1.5m | £4m |
| Cash from operations | −£1.9m | −£5.5m | −£5.3m | −£6.5m |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Aug 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 26.8%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 50.8%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £981k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £263k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- −74.9%
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 6.4%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 14.5%
- 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
- ▲3%
- Now £14.7m
- Cash at bank
- ▲22%
- Now £8.8m
- Headcount
- ▲4%
- Now 28
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- ▼35%
- Now £1.8m
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Colne Valley Road Holdings Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- Wisdom Toothbrushes Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
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 £7.4m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Sep 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Updated from Companies House on 13 Oct 2026
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