Wolseley Group Holdings Limited
Registered name: WOLSELEY GROUP HOLDINGS LIMITED
Part of Wolseley Investments Limited groupWolseley Group Holdings Limited made £2.3bn revenue and a £2.6m loss in the year to 31 Jul 2025.
Wolseley Group Holdings Limited’s revenue grew 2% to £2.3bn in the year to 31 Jul 2025, with a loss of £2.6m and 6,058 employees. The company is classified under “activities of other holding companies” and is based in Warwick; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Warwick, West Midlands
- Age
- 5 yrs · since 2021
- 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 | 31 Jul 2023 | 31 Jul 2024 | 31 Jul 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | |||
| Revenue (turnover) | £2.4bn | £2.2bn | £2.3bn |
| Cost of sales | −£1.7bn | −£1.7bn | −£1.7bn |
| Gross profit | £606m | £546m | £557m |
| Operating profit | £98.3m | £44.4m | £42.6m |
| Profit before tax | £63.4m | £5m | −£2.6m |
| Profit after tax | £48.1m | £2m | −£2.6m |
| Profit (best available) | £48.1m | £2m | −£2.6m |
| Employees (average) | 6,111 | 6,102 | 6,058 |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | 2.1% | 0.1% | −0.1% |
| Gross margin | 25.8% | 24.6% | 24.6% |
| Revenue per employee | £385k | £364k | £373k |
| Profit per employee | £7.9k | £328 | −£429 |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Revenue growth | — | ▼5.5% | ▲1.8% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼95.8% | ▼230% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▼0.1% | ▼0.7% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Net assets | — | — | — |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Nov 2024 | Accounts · bulk data Nov 2024 | Accounts · bulk data Dec 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- −0.1%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 24.6%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £373k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- −£429
- 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 6,058
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now —
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Wolseley Investments Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- Wolseley Group Holdings Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Subsidiaries (1)
- Wolseley Group LimitedFigures not disclosed
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
Sources
Latest figures from accounts for the year to 31 Jul 2025 (profit −£2.6m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Dec 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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