The Wilton Carpet Factory Limited
Registered name: THE WILTON CARPET FACTORY LIMITED
Part of Wylye Valley Holdings Limited groupThe Wilton Carpet Factory Limited made £9.5m revenue and £2.8k profit in the year to 31 Aug 2025.
The Wilton Carpet Factory Limited’s revenue grew 18% to £9.5m in the year to 31 Aug 2025, with £2.8k profit and 90 employees. The company is classified under “manufacture of woven or tufted carpets and rugs” and is based in Salisbury; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Salisbury, South West
- Age
- 22 yrs · since 2003
- 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 Aug 2022 | 31 Aug 2023 | 31 Aug 2024 | 31 Aug 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | No P&L | No P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | — | — | £8.1m | £9.5m |
| Cost of sales | — | — | £4.9m | £6.1m |
| Gross profit | — | — | £3.2m | £3.4m |
| Operating profit | — | — | £263k | £61.9k |
| Profit before tax | — | — | £212k | £16.5k |
| Profit after tax | — | — | £51.4k | £2.8k |
| Profit (best available) | — | — | £51.4k | £2.8k |
| Employees (average) | 84 | 93 | 87 | 90 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | — | — | 0.6% | 0% |
| Gross margin | — | — | 39.4% | 35.5% |
| Revenue per employee | — | — | £92.8k | £105k |
| Profit per employee | — | — | £590 | £31 |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | — | — | ▲17.5% |
| Profit growth | — | — | — | ▼94.6% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲10.7% | ▼6.5% | ▲3.5% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £293k | £614k | £338k | £565k |
| Net assets | £1.8m | £2.1m | £2.2m | £2.2m |
| Fixed assets | £994k | £2m | £2.1m | £2m |
| Current assets | £2.9m | £3.3m | £2.9m | £3m |
| Debtors | £567k | £632k | £645k | £499k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Apr 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Apr 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Apr 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Mar 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 0%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 35.5%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £105k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £31
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 21.5%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 5.3%
- 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
- ▲0%
- Now £2.2m
- Cash at bank
- ▲67%
- Now £565k
- Headcount
- ▲3%
- Now 90
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- ▼4%
- Now £2m
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Wylye Valley Holdings Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- Avon Valley Holdings Limited75–100%
- The Wilton Carpet Factory Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Sister companies (1)
- Wilton Carpets LimitedFigures not disclosed
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
Similar profitable businesses
- Penthouse Carpets LimitedLancs · Manufacture of woven or tufted carpets and rugs
- Revenue
- £14.6m
- Profit
- £13.8k
- Staff
- 71
- Phoenox Textiles LimitedHuddersfield · Manufacture of other carpets and rugs
- Revenue
- £20.9m
- Profit
- £1.8m
- Staff
- 154
- National Floorcoverings LimitedLiversedge · Manufacture of other carpets and rugs
- Revenue
- £20.9m
- Profit
- £1.2m
- Staff
- 112
Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Aug 2025 (profit £2.8k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Mar 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Updated from Companies House on 21 Oct 2026
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