Longworth Ltd
Registered name: LONGWORTH LTD
Longworth Ltd made £5.2m revenue and £383k profit in the year to 30 Apr 2025. read from filing text
Longworth Ltd’s revenue grew 11% to £5.2m in the year to 30 Apr 2025, with £383k profit and 17 employees. The company is classified under “wholesale of clothing and footwear” and is based in Manchester; we hold 2 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Manchester, North West
- Age
- 88 yrs · since 1938
- 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 Apr 2024 | 30 Apr 2025 |
|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text |
| Profit & loss | ||
| Revenue (turnover) | £4.7m | £5.2m |
| Cost of sales | £3.4m | £3.9m |
| Gross profit | £1.3m | £1.3m |
| Operating profit | £695k | £463k |
| Profit before tax | £694k | £463k |
| Profit after tax | £629k | £383k |
| Profit (best available) | £629k | £383k |
| Employees (average) | 17 | 17 |
| Ratios | ||
| Profit margin | 13.4% | 7.4% |
| Gross margin | 26.7% | 24.8% |
| Revenue per employee | £276k | £306k |
| Profit per employee | £37k | £22.5k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲10.9% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼39.1% |
| Headcount growth | — | 0% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||
| Cash at bank | £520 | £539 |
| Net assets | £1.3m | £1.4m |
| Fixed assets | £2.9m | £2.9m |
| Current assets | £604k | £460k |
| Debtors | £158k | £206k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Jan 2026 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jan 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 7.4%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 24.8%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £306k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £22.5k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 54.8%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 4%
- 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
- ▲5%
- Now £1.4m
- Cash at bank
- ▲4%
- Now £539
- Headcount
- 0%
- Now 17
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- ▼0%
- Now £2.9m
Group structure
Subsidiaries (3)
- Eagle Technical Fabrics LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Longworth Entwistle LtdFigures not disclosed
- M G Safety LimitedFigures not disclosed
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 30 Apr 2025 (profit £383k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Jan 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Updated from Companies House on 11 Oct 2026
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