Victoria Wharves Limited
Registered name: VICTORIA WHARVES LIMITED
Part of Victoria Group Investments Limited groupVictoria Wharves Limited made £13.7m revenue and £1.6m profit in the year to 30 Jun 2025.
Victoria Wharves Limited’s revenue was £13.7m in the year to 30 Jun 2025, with £1.6m profit and 56 employees. The company is classified under “cargo handling for water transport activities” and is based in Plymouth; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Plymouth, South West
- Age
- 31 yrs · since 1995
- 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 | 30 Sep 2023 | 30 Jun 2024 | 30 Jun 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | |||
| Revenue (turnover) | £13.8m | £10.7m | £13.7m |
| Cost of sales | £10.6m | £8.3m | £10.8m |
| Gross profit | £3.2m | £2.3m | £2.9m |
| Operating profit | £2.1m | £1.6m | £1.8m |
| Profit before tax | £2.1m | £1.6m | £1.8m |
| Profit after tax | £2m | £1.5m | £1.6m |
| Profit (best available) | £2m | £1.5m | £1.6m |
| Staff costs | £2.2m | £1.9m | £2.5m |
| Employees (average) | 52 | 51 | 56 |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | 14.5% | 13.8% | 11.7% |
| Gross margin | 23.1% | 22% | 21.2% |
| Revenue per employee | £265k | £209k | £244k |
| Profit per employee | £38.5k | £28.9k | £28.6k |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Cash at bank | £57k | £112k | £91k |
| Net assets | £32.1m | £29.2m | £25.8m |
| Fixed assets | £1.2m | £1.8m | £1.8m |
| Current assets | £31.4m | £28.2m | £24.8m |
| Debtors | £354k | £529k | £424k |
| Deferred income | £51k | £56k | £64k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Mar 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Mar 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Mar 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 11.7%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 21.2%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £244k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £28.6k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 13.1%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 0.5%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 3.1%
- 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 £25.8m
- Cash at bank
- —
- Now £91k
- Headcount
- —
- Now 56
- Deferred income
- —
- Now £64k
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now £1.8m
Deferred income is reported together with accruals in this filing (“accruals and deferred income”), so it is an approximate signal only.
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Victoria Group Investments Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- Victoria Group Holdings Limited75–100%
- Victoria Wharves Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Sister companies (3)
- Sharpness Dock LimitedRev. £8.8m · Profit £1.8m
- Port of Boston LimitedRev. £8.7m · Profit £1.8m
- Seaham Harbour Dock CompanyFigures 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 30 Jun 2025 (profit £1.6m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Mar 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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