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Company No. 05187690 · Incorporated 23 Jul 2004

World Options Limited

Registered name: WORLD OPTIONS LIMITED

Part of Mbe Worldwide S.P.A group

World Options Limited made £40.6m revenue and £2.4m profit in the year to 31 Dec 2025.

World Options Limited’s revenue grew 7% to £40.6m in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with £2.4m profit and 45 employees. The company is classified under “freight transport by road” and is based in Warwick; we hold 2 years of its filed accounts.

Full P&L filedSection H · Transportation and storageSIC 49410Freight transport by roadSIC 62012Business and domestic software developmentSIC 70100Activities of head offices
Status
Active
Location
Warwick
Age
22 yrs · since 2004
Type
Private Limited Company

Pass-through vehicle. This looks like a holding, staffing or umbrella company. Its revenue and profit may largely pass through to or from other entities, so the figures may not reflect a standalone operating business. It is excluded from our opportunity lists.

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.

Latest accounts · year to 31 Dec 2025

Key figures

Operating leverageDoing more with lessBoring industryCash flow filed
Revenue
£40.6m
Growth ▲6.7%
Profit
£2.4m
Growth ▲21.2%
Profit margin
6%
Gross 22.2%
Employees
45
Change ▼10%
Profit / employee
£54.1k
Revenue/employee £903k
Profitable streak
2yrs
Consecutive profitable years in our data

Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.

2 filed years

Financial history

Multi-year financials, oldest to newest
Year to31 Dec 202431 Dec 2025
DisclosureFull P&LFull P&L
Profit & loss
Revenue (turnover)£38.1m£40.6m
Cost of sales£30.2m£31.6m
Gross profit£7.9m£9m
Operating profit£2.6m£3.8m
Profit before tax£2.5m£3.5m
Profit after tax£2m£2.4m
Profit (best available)£2m£2.4m
Staff costs£1.8m£2m
Employees (average)5045
Ratios
Profit margin5.3%6%
Gross margin20.6%22.2%
Revenue per employee£762k£903k
Profit per employee£40.2k£54.1k
Cash conversion−142.5%−116.1%
Growth (year on year)
Revenue growth—▲6.7%
Profit growth—▲21.2%
Headcount growth—▼10%
Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue
Cash at bank£293k£321k
Net assets£6.4m£7.4m
Fixed assets£5.3m£7.7m
Current assets£8.3m£13m
Debtors£4.4m£5.5m
Deferred income£892k£1m
Cash from operations−£3.7m−£4.4m
SourceFullAccounts · bulk data Jul 2026FullAccounts · bulk data Jul 2026
Derived from the latest filing

How the business works

Profit margin
6%
Profit ÷ revenue.
Gross margin
22.2%
Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
Revenue per employee
£903k
Revenue ÷ average employees.
Profit per employee
£54.1k
Profit ÷ average employees.
Cash conversion
−116.1%
Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
Fixed assets ÷ revenue
18.9%
Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
Deferred income ÷ revenue
2.6%
Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
Debtors ÷ revenue
13.4%
Money owed by customers. Low = customers pay quickly.
Indirect — not revenue

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
▲15%
Now £7.4m
Cash at bank
▲10%
Now £321k
Headcount
▼10%
Now 45
Deferred income
▲18%
Now £1m
Fixed assets
▲46%
Now £7.7m

Deferred income is reported together with accruals in this filing (“accruals and deferred income”), so it is an approximate signal only.

Corporate ownership

Group structure

Ownership chain

  1. Mbe Worldwide S.P.A (registered outside the UK register)ultimate parent50–75%
  2. World Options Holdings Limited75–100%
  3. World Options Limitedthis company

Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.

Subsidiaries (2)

Sister companies (6)

From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).

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Sources

Companies House profile Filing history & original accounts

Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Dec 2025 (profit £2.4m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Jul 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.

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