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Company No. 00710413 · Incorporated 13 Dec 1961

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,”

Latest accounts · year to 31 Dec 2025

Key figures

Operating leverage
Revenue
£19.3m
Growth ▲12.3%
Profit
£1.3m
Growth ▲28.7%
Profit margin
6.6%
Gross 22.5%
Employees
66
Change ▲1.5%
Profit / employee
£19.2k
Revenue/employee £292k
Profitable streak
4yrs
Consecutive profitable years in our data

Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.

4 filed years

Financial history

Multi-year financials, oldest to newest
Year to31 Dec 202231 Dec 202331 Dec 202431 Dec 2025
DisclosureFull P&Lread from filing textFull P&Lread from filing textFull P&Lread from filing textFull 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)65646566
Ratios
Profit margin11.6%5.8%5.7%6.6%
Gross margin26.1%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—
SourceFullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2024FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2024FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2025FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2026
Derived from the latest filing

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.
Indirect — not revenue

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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