West Dean Limited
Registered name: WEST DEAN LIMITED
Part of The Edward James Foundation Limited groupWest Dean Limited made £1.6m revenue and £467k profit in the year to 30 Sep 2025.
West Dean Limited’s revenue grew 1% to £1.6m in the year to 30 Sep 2025, with £467k profit. The company is classified under “other retail sale in non-specialised stores” and is based in Chichester; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Chichester, South East
- Age
- 48 yrs · since 1978
- 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 | 30 Sep 2022 | 30 Sep 2023 | 30 Sep 2024 | 30 Sep 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | No P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | — | £1.4m | £1.6m | £1.6m |
| Cost of sales | — | −£437k | −£449k | −£489k |
| Gross profit | — | £975k | £1.1m | £1.1m |
| Operating profit | — | £297k | £361k | £462k |
| Profit before tax | — | £298k | £363k | £467k |
| Profit after tax | — | £298k | £363k | £467k |
| Profit (best available) | — | £298k | £363k | £467k |
| Employees (average) | 10,341 | 0 | — | — |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | — | 21.1% | 22.9% | 29.1% |
| Gross margin | — | 69.1% | 71.6% | 69.5% |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | — | ▲12.2% | ▲1.2% |
| Profit growth | — | — | ▲21.9% | ▲28.7% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▼100% | — | — |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £29.9k | £61.4k | — | — |
| Net assets | £23.5k | £23.5k | — | — |
| Fixed assets | £16.1k | £20.7k | — | — |
| Current assets | £139k | £109k | — | — |
| Debtors | £1.7k | £691 | — | — |
| Deferred income | £15.6k | £29.5k | — | — |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Mar 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Mar 2024 | Accounts · bulk data Apr 2025 | Accounts · bulk data Jun 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 29.1%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 69.5%
- 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
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- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
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- 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
- —
- Now —
- Cash at bank
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- Now —
- Headcount
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- Deferred income
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- Now —
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now —
Group structure
Ownership chain
- The Edward James Foundation Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- West Dean Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Sister companies (1)
- KLC LimitedFigures not disclosed
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
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Sources
Latest figures from accounts for the year to 30 Sep 2025 (profit £467k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Jun 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Updated from Companies House on 13 Oct 2026
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