B & W Group Ltd
Registered name: B & W GROUP LTD
Part of Dei Sales, Inc. groupB & W Group Ltd made £171m revenue and a £20.4m loss in the year to 31 Dec 2025.
B & W Group Ltd’s revenue fell 4% to £171m in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with a loss of £20.4m and 325 employees. The company is classified under “manufacture of consumer electronics” and is based in West Sussex; we hold 2 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- West Sussex, South East
- Age
- 60 yrs · since 1966
- 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.
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Dec 2024 | 31 Dec 2025 |
|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||
| Revenue (turnover) | £179m | £171m |
| Profit after tax | −£8m | −£20.4m |
| Profit (best available) | −£8m | −£20.4m |
| Staff costs | £13.2m | £13.8m |
| Employees (average) | 327 | 325 |
| Ratios | ||
| Profit margin | −4.5% | −11.9% |
| Revenue per employee | £548k | £527k |
| Profit per employee | −£24.4k | −£62.8k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||
| Revenue growth | — | ▼4.4% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▼0.6% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||
| Cash at bank | £2.8m | £8.2m |
| Net assets | £82.1m | £61.7m |
| Current assets | £137m | £121m |
| Deferred income | £11m | £8.4m |
| Cash from operations | £10.8m | £22.7m |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2026 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- −11.9%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- —
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £527k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- −£62.8k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- —
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 4.9%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- —
- 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
- ▼25%
- Now £61.7m
- Cash at bank
- ▲196%
- Now £8.2m
- Headcount
- ▼1%
- Now 325
- Deferred income
- ▼23%
- Now £8.4m
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now —
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Dei Sales, Inc. (registered outside the UK register)ultimate parent75–100%
- B & W Group Ltdthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Subsidiaries (2)
- B & W Loudspeakers LtdFigures not disclosed
- Bowers & Wilkins LtdFigures not disclosed
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Dec 2025 (profit −£20.4m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Sep 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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