West & Senior Limited
Registered name: WEST & SENIOR LIMITED
Part of West & Senior Trustees Limited groupWest & Senior Limited made £11.5m revenue and £566k profit in the year to 31 May 2025. read from filing text
West & Senior Limited’s revenue fell 5% to £11.5m in the year to 31 May 2025, with £566k profit and 55 employees. The company is classified under “manufacture of paints, varnishes and similar coatings, mastics and sealants” and is based in Greater Manchester; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Greater Manchester, North West
- Age
- 74 yrs · since 1952
- 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. From the filing: “The majority shareholder is the Corporate Trustee of the Employee Ownership Trust, West & Senior Trustees Limited; a dormant Company Limited by Guarantee, registered in England & Wales.”
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 31 May 2022 | 31 May 2023 | 31 May 2024 | 31 May 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £15m | £15.3m | £12.2m | £11.5m |
| Cost of sales | £9.7m | £10.5m | £7.4m | £6.9m |
| Gross profit | £5.3m | £4.8m | £4.8m | £4.6m |
| Operating profit | £1.5m | £990k | £789k | £762k |
| Profit before tax | £1.4m | £943k | £758k | £762k |
| Profit after tax | £1.2m | £814k | £563k | £566k |
| Profit (best available) | £1.2m | £814k | £563k | £566k |
| Staff costs | £3.1m | £3.1m | £3.1m | £3.1m |
| Employees (average) | 58 | 58 | 58 | 55 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 8% | 5.3% | 4.6% | 4.9% |
| Gross margin | 35.4% | 31.6% | 39.5% | 40.3% |
| Revenue per employee | £259k | £264k | £210k | £210k |
| Profit per employee | £20.6k | £14k | £9.7k | £10.3k |
| Cash conversion | −78% | −142% | −160.5% | −125.5% |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲1.9% | ▼20.4% | ▼5.4% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼31.9% | ▼30.9% | ▲0.6% |
| Headcount growth | — | 0% | 0% | ▼5.2% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £2.3m | £2.5m | £2.5m | £2.2m |
| Net assets | £4.1m | £4.3m | £4.1m | £4.1m |
| Fixed assets | £1.5m | £1.4m | £1.3m | £1.3m |
| Current assets | £7m | £6.1m | £6m | £5.2m |
| Debtors | £2.5m | £2.2m | £2m | £1.6m |
| Deferred income | £264k | £213k | £406k | £177k |
| Cash from operations | −£1.1m | −£1.4m | −£1.3m | −£956k |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Dec 2023 | Accounts · bulk data Dec 2023 | FullAccounts · bulk data Feb 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 4.9%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 40.3%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £210k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £10.3k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- −125.5%
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 11.3%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 1.5%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 13.9%
- 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
- ▼1%
- Now £4.1m
- Cash at bank
- ▼10%
- Now £2.2m
- Headcount
- ▼5%
- Now 55
- Deferred income
- ▼56%
- Now £177k
- Fixed assets
- ▼3%
- Now £1.3m
Deferred income is reported together with accruals in this filing (“accruals and deferred income”), so it is an approximate signal only.
Group structure
Ownership chain
- West & Senior Trustees Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- West & Senior Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 May 2025 (profit £566k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Dec 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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