Wickes Group PLC
Registered name: WICKES GROUP PLC
Wickes Group PLC made £1.6bn revenue and £37.8m profit in the year to 27 Dec 2025.
Wickes Group PLC’s revenue grew 6% to £1.6bn in the year to 27 Dec 2025, with £37.8m profit and 7,769 employees. The company is classified under “other retail sale of new goods in specialised stores (not commercial art galleries and opticians)” and is based in Watford; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Watford, East of England
- Age
- 7 yrs · since 2019
- Type
- Public Limited Company
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 28 Dec 2023 | 27 Dec 2024 | 28 Dec 2024 | 27 Dec 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £1.6bn | £1.5bn | £1.5bn | £1.6bn |
| Cost of sales | −£989m | −£978m | −£972m | −£1bn |
| Gross profit | £565m | £567m | £567m | £604m |
| Operating profit | £62.9m | £47.3m | £47.3m | £70.6m |
| Profit before tax | £41.1m | £23.2m | £23.2m | £48.7m |
| Profit after tax | £29.8m | £18.4m | £18.4m | £37.8m |
| Profit (best available) | £29.8m | £18.4m | £18.4m | £37.8m |
| Employees (average) | 7,919 | 7,774 | 7,774 | 7,769 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 1.9% | 1.2% | 1.2% | 2.3% |
| Gross margin | 36.4% | 36.7% | 36.8% | 36.9% |
| Revenue per employee | £196k | £199k | £198k | £211k |
| Profit per employee | £3.8k | £2.4k | £2.4k | £4.9k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▼0.6% | — | ▲6.3% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼38.3% | — | ▲105.4% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▼1.8% | — | ▼0.1% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Net assets | — | — | — | — |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data May 2025 | Accounts · bulk data Apr 2026 | Accounts · bulk data May 2025 | Accounts · bulk data Apr 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 2.3%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 36.9%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £211k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £4.9k
- 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
- ▼0%
- Now 7,769
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now —
Group structure
Subsidiaries (1)
- Wickes Group Holdings LimitedFigures not disclosed
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
Sources
Latest figures from accounts for the year to 27 Dec 2025 (profit £37.8m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Apr 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Updated from Companies House on 15 Oct 2026
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