Wain Group Limited
Registered name: WAIN GROUP LIMITED
Part of ST Joseph Capital Limited groupWain Group Limited made £304m revenue and £9.7m profit in the year to 28 Sep 2025.
Wain Group Limited’s revenue grew 9% to £304m in the year to 28 Sep 2025, with £9.7m profit and 361 employees. The company is classified under “activities of other holding companies” and is based in Warrington; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Warrington, North West
- Age
- 21 yrs · since 2005
- 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.
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 29 Sep 2023 | 28 Sep 2024 | 29 Sep 2024 | 28 Sep 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £307m | £278m | £278m | £304m |
| Cost of sales | −£239m | −£229m | −£228m | −£253m |
| Gross profit | £67.9m | £48.8m | £49.7m | £50.7m |
| Operating profit | £33.2m | £11.7m | £12.6m | £15.1m |
| Profit before tax | £28.7m | £9m | £9.9m | £13.5m |
| Profit after tax | £21.6m | £6.3m | £7m | £9.7m |
| Profit (best available) | £21.6m | £6.3m | £7m | £9.7m |
| Employees (average) | 404 | 363 | 363 | 361 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 7.1% | 2.3% | 2.5% | 3.2% |
| Gross margin | 22.1% | 17.6% | 17.9% | 16.7% |
| Revenue per employee | £759k | £765k | £765k | £841k |
| Profit per employee | £53.6k | £17.3k | £19.2k | £26.9k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▼9.5% | — | ▲9.3% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼71% | — | ▲39.2% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▼10.2% | — | ▼0.5% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Net assets | — | — | — | — |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data May 2025 | Accounts · bulk data Jul 2026 | Accounts · bulk data May 2025 | Accounts · bulk data Jul 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 3.2%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 16.7%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £841k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £26.9k
- 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
- ▼1%
- Now 361
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now —
Group structure
Ownership chain
- ST Joseph Capital Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- Wain Group Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Subsidiaries (3)
- Wain Homes LimitedRev. £286m · Profit £11.3m
- Wain Estates LimitedRev. £17.1m · Profit −£1m
- Ampthill Road (Beadlow) LtdFigures not disclosed
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
Sources
Latest figures from accounts for the year to 28 Sep 2025 (profit £9.7m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Jul 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Updated from Companies House on 22 Oct 2026
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