Wepa Professional UK Ltd
Registered name: WEPA PROFESSIONAL UK LTD
Wepa Professional UK Ltd made £34.2m revenue and a £519k loss in the year to 31 Dec 2025.
Wepa Professional UK Ltd’s revenue was £34.2m in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with a loss of £519k and 113 employees. The company is classified under “manufacture of paper and paperboard” and is based in Blackburn; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Blackburn, North West
- Age
- 20 yrs · since 2006
- Type
- Private Limited Company
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 30 Sep 2022 | 30 Sep 2023 | 31 Dec 2024 | 31 Dec 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £42.6m | £50.6m | £46.5m | £34.2m |
| Cost of sales | £33.6m | £38.6m | £34.3m | −£27.7m |
| Gross profit | £9m | £12m | £12.1m | £6.5m |
| Operating profit | £4.9m | £6.4m | £5.9m | −£625k |
| Profit before tax | £4.8m | £6.2m | £5.8m | −£685k |
| Profit after tax | £4.1m | £4.8m | £4.3m | −£519k |
| Profit (best available) | £4.1m | £4.8m | £4.3m | −£519k |
| Employees (average) | 139 | 133 | 124 | 113 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 9.5% | 9.6% | 9.3% | −1.5% |
| Gross margin | 21.2% | 23.7% | 26.2% | 19.1% |
| Revenue per employee | £307k | £381k | £375k | £303k |
| Profit per employee | £29.1k | £36.4k | £34.7k | −£4.6k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲18.9% | — | — |
| Profit growth | — | ▲19.6% | — | — |
| Headcount growth | — | ▼4.3% | — | — |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £1.8m | £3.5m | £6.9m | — |
| Net assets | £10.9m | £9.3m | £13.6m | — |
| Fixed assets | £4.9m | £4.9m | £4.4m | — |
| Current assets | £18.6m | £16.3m | £17.5m | — |
| Debtors | £8.1m | £8.4m | £5.8m | — |
| Deferred income | £124k | £88.6k | £280k | — |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Feb 2024 | Accounts · bulk data Feb 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Aug 2025 | Accounts · bulk data Sep 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- −1.5%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 19.1%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £303k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- −£4.6k
- 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
- —
- Now 113
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now —
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Sources
Latest figures from accounts for the year to 31 Dec 2025 (profit −£519k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Sep 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Updated from Companies House on 14 Oct 2026
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