Water Babies International Limited
Registered name: WATER BABIES INTERNATIONAL LIMITED
Part of Water Babies Topco Limited groupWater Babies International Limited made £1.4m revenue and £525k profit in the year to 31 Dec 2025.
Water Babies International Limited’s revenue was £1.4m in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with £525k profit and 2 employees. The company is classified under “other sports activities” and is based in Exeter; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Exeter, South West
- Age
- 12 yrs · since 2014
- 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 Jul 2023 | 31 Jul 2024 | 31 Dec 2024 | 31 Dec 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Profit & loss | Profit & loss | Profit & loss | Profit & loss |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £1.2m | £1.6m | £1.6m | £1.4m |
| Cost of sales | −£147k | −£160k | −£160k | −£274k |
| Gross profit | £1m | £1.4m | £1.4m | £1.1m |
| Operating profit | −£134k | £646k | £646k | £301k |
| Profit before tax | −£114k | £811k | £811k | £301k |
| Profit after tax | −£158k | £753k | £753k | £525k |
| Profit (best available) | −£158k | £753k | £753k | £525k |
| Employees (average) | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | −13.6% | 48.1% | 48.1% | 38.4% |
| Gross margin | 87.3% | 89.8% | 89.8% | 80% |
| Revenue per employee | £388k | £522k | £522k | £683k |
| Profit per employee | −£52.6k | £251k | £251k | £262k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲34.6% | — | — |
| Headcount growth | — | 0% | — | — |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Net assets | — | — | — | — |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Apr 2025 | Accounts · bulk data Apr 2025 | Accounts · bulk data Jul 2026 | Accounts · bulk data Jul 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 38.4%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 80%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £683k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £262k
- 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 2
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now —
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Water Babies Topco Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- Water Babies Bidco Limited75–100%
- Water Babies Group Limited75–100%
- Water Babies International Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Sister companies (4)
- Water Babies Cot LimitedRev. £1.1m · Profit −£515k
- Water Babies Properties LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Waterbumps LimitedFigures not disclosed
- WBX LimitedFigures not disclosed
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
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Sources
Latest figures from accounts for the year to 31 Dec 2025 (profit £525k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Jul 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Updated from Companies House on 13 Oct 2026