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Company No. 01857225 · Incorporated 19 Oct 1984

John Ware Limited

Registered name: JOHN WARE LIMITED

Part of Bahadur Group Limited group

John Ware Limited made £18.6m revenue and £42.1k profit in the year to 29 Dec 2025.

John Ware Limited’s revenue grew 9% to £18.6m in the year to 29 Dec 2025, with £42.1k profit and 90 employees. The company is classified under “specialists medical practice activities” and is based in Alcombe Minehead; we hold 5 years of its filed accounts.

Full P&L filedSection Q · Human health and social workSIC 86220Specialists medical practice activities
Status
Active
Location
Alcombe Minehead, South West
Age
41 yrs · since 1984
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.

Latest accounts · year to 29 Dec 2025

Key figures

Cash flow filed
Revenue
£18.6m
Growth ▲8.6%
Profit
£42.1k
Growth ▼92.7%
Profit margin
0.2%
Gross 28.2%
Employees
90
Change ▲5.9%
Profit / employee
£468
Revenue/employee £206k
Profitable streak
5yrs
Consecutive profitable years in our data

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

5 filed years

Financial history

Multi-year financials, oldest to newest
Year to31 Dec 202130 Dec 202229 Dec 202329 Dec 202429 Dec 2025
DisclosureFull P&LFull P&LFull P&LFull P&LFull P&L
Profit & loss
Revenue (turnover)£10.7m£11.6m£14.8m£17.1m£18.6m
Cost of sales£8.1m£8.1m£10.4m£12m£13.3m
Gross profit£2.5m£3.5m£4.5m£5.1m£5.2m
Operating profit£1.4m£267k£839k£918k£289k
Profit before tax£1.3m£198k£707k£785k£127k
Profit after tax£1m£118k£712k£572k£42.1k
Profit (best available)£1m£118k£712k£572k£42.1k
Staff costs£1.4m£1.5m£1.8m£2.1m£2.5m
Employees (average)6668808590
Ratios
Profit margin9.5%1%4.8%3.4%0.2%
Gross margin23.8%30.2%30.1%29.6%28.2%
Revenue per employee£162k£171k£185k£201k£206k
Profit per employee£15.4k£1.7k£8.9k£6.7k£468
Cash conversion−53%−46.4%−154.5%−89.4%−219.3%
Growth (year on year)
Revenue growth—▲8.8%▲27.5%▲15.4%▲8.6%
Profit growth—▼88.4%▲505%▼19.7%▼92.7%
Headcount growth—▲3%▲17.6%▲6.3%▲5.9%
Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue
Cash at bank£1.1m£674k£810k£768k£1.2m
Net assets£1.6m£1.1m£1.3m£1.9m£1.8m
Fixed assets£2.1m£2.6m£2.6m£2.6m£3.5m
Current assets£3.5m£3.4m£4.1m£4.3m£4.5m
Debtors£1.6m£1.9m£2.4m£2.7m£2.1m
Deferred income£86.7k£0———
Cash from operations−£728k−£124k−£1.3m−£821k−£633k
SourceAccounts · bulk data Dec 2023Accounts · bulk data Dec 2023FullAccounts · bulk data Nov 2024FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2025FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2026
Derived from the latest filing

How the business works

Profit margin
0.2%
Profit ÷ revenue.
Gross margin
28.2%
Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
Revenue per employee
£206k
Revenue ÷ average employees.
Profit per employee
£468
Profit ÷ average employees.
Cash conversion
−219.3%
Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
Fixed assets ÷ revenue
19.1%
Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
Deferred income ÷ revenue
—
Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
Debtors ÷ revenue
11.5%
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
▼6%
Now £1.8m
Cash at bank
▲52%
Now £1.2m
Headcount
▲6%
Now 90
Deferred income
—
Now —
Fixed assets
▲35%
Now £3.5m
Corporate ownership

Group structure

Ownership chain

  1. Bahadur Group Limitedultimate parent75–100%
  2. John Ware Limitedthis company

Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.

Subsidiaries (1)

Sister companies (1)

From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).

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Sources

Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 29 Dec 2025 (profit £42.1k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Sep 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.

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