Wolters Kluwer Tax and Accounting Limited
Registered name: WOLTERS KLUWER TAX AND ACCOUNTING LIMITED
Part of Wolters Kluwer International Holding Bv groupWolters Kluwer Tax and Accounting Limited made £24.8m revenue and £4.8m profit in the year to 31 Dec 2024.
Wolters Kluwer Tax and Accounting Limited’s revenue grew 2% to £24.8m in the year to 31 Dec 2024, with £4.8m profit and 55 employees. The company is classified under “business and domestic software development” and is based in Surrey; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Surrey
- Age
- 31 yrs · since 1995
- Type
- Private Limited Company
Key figures
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Dec 2022 | 31 Dec 2023 | 31 Dec 2024 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | |||
| Revenue (turnover) | £23.8m | £24.4m | £24.8m |
| Cost of sales | −£5m | −£4.7m | −£6.5m |
| Gross profit | £18.8m | £19.7m | £18.2m |
| Operating profit | £7.9m | £6.4m | £6.2m |
| Profit before tax | £8.3m | £12.1m | £6.3m |
| Profit after tax | £6.6m | £9.2m | £4.8m |
| Profit (best available) | £6.6m | £9.2m | £4.8m |
| Employees (average) | 55 | 59 | 55 |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | 27.7% | 37.8% | 19.2% |
| Gross margin | 79% | 80.8% | 73.5% |
| Revenue per employee | £432k | £413k | £450k |
| Profit per employee | £120k | £156k | £86.5k |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲2.4% | ▲1.6% |
| Profit growth | — | ▲39.6% | ▼48.3% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲7.3% | ▼6.8% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Net assets | — | — | — |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Dec 2024 | Accounts · bulk data Dec 2024 | Accounts · bulk data Dec 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 19.2%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 73.5%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £450k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £86.5k
- 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
- ▼7%
- Now 55
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now —
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Wolters Kluwer International Holding Bv (registered outside the UK register)ultimate parent75–100%
- Wolters Kluwer Holdings (UK) Limited75–100%
- Wolters Kluwer Tax and Accounting Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Sister companies (3)
- Wolters Kluwer (Bsi) LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Wolters Kluwer (UK) LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Wolters Kluwer Health (Europe) LimitedFigures not disclosed
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
Sources
Latest figures from accounts for the year to 31 Dec 2024 (profit £4.8m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Dec 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Updated from Companies House on 23 Oct 2026
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