Foster Wickens Investments Limited
Registered name: FOSTER WICKENS INVESTMENTS LIMITED
Foster Wickens Investments Limited made £467k revenue and £465k profit in the year to 24 Mar 2026.
Foster Wickens Investments Limited’s revenue fell 1% to £467k in the year to 24 Mar 2026, with £465k profit and 0 employees. The company is classified under “buying and selling of own real estate” and is based in Chichester; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Chichester, South East
- Age
- 69 yrs · since 1957
- 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.
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 24 Mar 2024 | 24 Mar 2025 | 24 Mar 2026 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | |||
| Revenue (turnover) | £454k | £470k | £467k |
| Cost of sales | £51.4k | £49.1k | £135k |
| Gross profit | £403k | £421k | £332k |
| Operating profit | £354k | £369k | £293k |
| Profit before tax | £1.3m | £824k | £543k |
| Profit after tax | £1.2m | £821k | £465k |
| Profit (best available) | £1.2m | £821k | £465k |
| Employees (average) | 7 | 7 | 0 |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | 267.5% | 174.8% | 99.6% |
| Gross margin | 88.7% | 89.6% | 71.1% |
| Revenue per employee | £64.9k | £67.1k | — |
| Profit per employee | £174k | £117k | — |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲3.4% | ▼0.6% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼32.4% | ▼43.3% |
| Headcount growth | — | 0% | ▼100% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Cash at bank | £364k | £647k | £731k |
| Net assets | £7.6m | £7.5m | £7.6m |
| Fixed assets | £7.4m | £7.1m | £6.9m |
| Current assets | £482k | £837k | £881k |
| Debtors | £15.4k | £103k | £4.4k |
| Deferred income | £24.9k | £29.3k | £26.2k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Aug 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Aug 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Aug 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 99.6%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 71.1%
- 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
- 1487%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 5.6%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 0.9%
- 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
- ▲0%
- Now £7.6m
- Cash at bank
- ▲13%
- Now £731k
- Headcount
- ▼100%
- Now 0
- Deferred income
- ▼11%
- Now £26.2k
- Fixed assets
- ▼2%
- Now £6.9m
Deferred income is reported together with accruals in this filing (“accruals and deferred income”), so it is an approximate signal only.
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 24 Mar 2026 (profit £465k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Aug 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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