The Valley Printing Company, Limited
Registered name: THE VALLEY PRINTING COMPANY, LIMITED
The Valley Printing Company, Limited made £15.7m revenue and £1.2m profit in the year to 31 Dec 2025.
The Valley Printing Company, Limited’s revenue grew 8% to £15.7m in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with £1.2m profit. The company is classified under “printing” and is based in NR Bingley; we hold 5 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- NR Bingley, Yorkshire and The Humber
- Age
- 118 yrs · since 1908
- 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 | 31 Dec 2021 | 31 Dec 2022 | 31 Dec 2023 | 31 Dec 2024 | 31 Dec 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | |||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £10m | £14.7m | £14.6m | £14.4m | £15.7m |
| Cost of sales | £7.1m | £10.6m | −£8.7m | −£9m | −£9.6m |
| Gross profit | £2.9m | £4.1m | £5.9m | £5.5m | £6.1m |
| Operating profit | £542k | £1.6m | £2m | £1.5m | £1.4m |
| Profit before tax | £542k | £1.6m | £2.5m | £1.9m | £1.8m |
| Profit after tax | £542k | £1.3m | £2.2m | £1.3m | £1.2m |
| Profit (best available) | £542k | £1.3m | £2.2m | £1.3m | £1.2m |
| Employees (average) | 36 | 36 | 43 | 56 | — |
| Ratios | |||||
| Profit margin | 5.4% | 8.9% | 15.3% | 8.7% | 7.7% |
| Gross margin | 29% | 27.9% | 40.2% | 38% | 39% |
| Revenue per employee | £277k | £407k | £340k | £258k | — |
| Profit per employee | £15.1k | £36.2k | £52.1k | £22.4k | — |
| Growth (year on year) | |||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲47.3% | ▼0.3% | ▼1.2% | ▲8.5% |
| Profit growth | — | ▲140.2% | ▲72.1% | ▼43.9% | ▼4.4% |
| Headcount growth | — | 0% | ▲19.4% | ▲30.2% | — |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||||
| Cash at bank | £6.4m | £7.8m | — | — | — |
| Net assets | £7.9m | £9.1m | — | — | — |
| Fixed assets | £570k | £550k | — | — | — |
| Current assets | £9.7m | £12.8m | — | — | — |
| Debtors | £2.8m | £4.5m | — | — | — |
| Deferred income | £694k | £1.9m | — | — | — |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Oct 2023 | Accounts · bulk data Oct 2023 | Accounts · bulk data Sep 2025 | Accounts · bulk data Sep 2025 | Accounts · bulk data Sep 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 7.7%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 39%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- —
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- —
- 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 —
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now —
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Sources
Latest figures from accounts for the year to 31 Dec 2025 (profit £1.2m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Sep 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Updated from Companies House on 11 Oct 2026
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