J.wareing & Son (Wrea Green) Limited
Registered name: J.WAREING & SON (WREA GREEN) LIMITED
J.wareing & Son (Wrea Green) Limited made £19.3m revenue and £1.3m profit in the year to 31 Dec 2025. read from filing text
J.wareing & Son (Wrea Green) Limited’s revenue grew 12% to £19.3m in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with £1.3m profit and 66 employees. The company is classified under “manufacture of metal structures and parts of structures” and is based in Preston; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Preston, North West
- Age
- 64 yrs · since 1961
- 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 Company is under the ultimate control of Mr A N Wareing and close family members,”
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Dec 2022 | 31 Dec 2023 | 31 Dec 2024 | 31 Dec 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) | £19.4m | £16.4m | £17.1m | £19.3m |
| Cost of sales | £14.3m | £12.7m | £13.3m | £14.9m |
| Gross profit | £5.1m | £3.7m | £3.9m | £4.3m |
| Operating profit | £2.6m | £1.1m | £933k | £1.5m |
| Profit before tax | £2.6m | £1.3m | £1.4m | £1.9m |
| Profit after tax | £2.2m | £953k | £984k | £1.3m |
| Profit (best available) | £2.2m | £953k | £984k | £1.3m |
| Staff costs | £3.9m | £3.9m | £4.5m | £4.6m |
| Employees (average) | 65 | 64 | 65 | 66 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 11.6% | 5.8% | 5.7% | 6.6% |
| Gross margin | 26.1% | 22.5% | 22.7% | 22.5% |
| Revenue per employee | £298k | £257k | £264k | £292k |
| Profit per employee | £34.5k | £14.9k | £15.1k | £19.2k |
| Cash conversion | −84.3% | −203.1% | −236.8% | — |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▼15.2% | ▲4.3% | ▲12.3% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼57.5% | ▲3.3% | ▲28.7% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▼1.5% | ▲1.6% | ▲1.5% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £8.6m | £3.5m | £1.7m | £3.4m |
| Net assets | £14.3m | £14.3m | £14.4m | £14.8m |
| Fixed assets | £3.5m | £3.7m | £6.4m | £6.8m |
| Current assets | £14.1m | £14.6m | £12.7m | £14m |
| Debtors | £3.4m | £3.4m | £3.5m | £2.6m |
| Cash from operations | −£2.2m | −£2.2m | −£2.2m | — |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 6.6%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 22.5%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £292k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £19.2k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 35.4%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 13.7%
- 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
- ▲3%
- Now £14.8m
- Cash at bank
- ▲97%
- Now £3.4m
- Headcount
- ▲2%
- Now 66
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- ▲7%
- Now £6.8m
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Dec 2025 (profit £1.3m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Sep 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Updated from Companies House on 13 Oct 2026
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