Weathernews U.K. Ltd.
Registered name: WEATHERNEWS U.K. LTD.
Part of Weathernews Inc groupWeathernews U.K. Ltd. made £582k revenue and £23.9k profit in the year to 31 Mar 2024. read from filing text
Weathernews U.K. Ltd.’s revenue grew 56% to £582k in the year to 31 Mar 2024, with £23.9k profit and 5 employees. The company is classified under “other business support service activities” and is based in Crawley; we hold 2 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Crawley, South East
- Age
- 50 yrs · since 1976
- 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 Mar 2023 | 31 Mar 2024 |
|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text |
| Profit & loss | ||
| Revenue (turnover) | £373k | £582k |
| Cost of sales | £52.6k | £80.8k |
| Gross profit | £321k | £501k |
| Operating profit | −£6.7k | £22.8k |
| Profit before tax | −£6.5k | £23.9k |
| Profit after tax | −£6.5k | £23.9k |
| Profit (best available) | −£6.5k | £23.9k |
| Employees (average) | 5 | 5 |
| Ratios | ||
| Profit margin | −1.7% | 4.1% |
| Gross margin | 85.9% | 86.1% |
| Revenue per employee | £74.6k | £116k |
| Profit per employee | −£1.3k | £4.8k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲55.9% |
| Headcount growth | — | 0% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||
| Cash at bank | £194k | £179k |
| Net assets | £161k | £185k |
| Fixed assets | £0 | £1.3k |
| Current assets | £273k | £345k |
| Debtors | £19.4k | £15.9k |
| Deferred income | £71k | £48.4k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2024 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 4.1%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 86.1%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £116k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £4.8k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 0.2%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 8.3%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 2.7%
- 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
- ▲15%
- Now £185k
- Cash at bank
- ▼8%
- Now £179k
- Headcount
- 0%
- Now 5
- Deferred income
- ▼32%
- Now £48.4k
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now £1.3k
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
- Weathernews Inc (registered outside the UK register)ultimate parent75–100%
- Weathernews U.K. Ltd.this 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 Mar 2024 (profit £23.9k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Dec 2024. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Updated from Companies House on 15 Oct 2026
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