Emma Bridgewater Limited
Registered name: EMMA BRIDGEWATER LIMITED
Part of Holding Eb Company Ltd groupEmma Bridgewater Limited made £27.4m revenue and a £2.4m loss in the year to 26 Apr 2025.
Emma Bridgewater Limited’s revenue fell 13% to £27.4m in the year to 26 Apr 2025, with a loss of £2.4m and 345 employees. The company is classified under “manufacture of ceramic household and ornamental articles” and is based in Stoke-on-Trent; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Stoke-on-Trent, West Midlands
- Age
- 41 yrs · since 1985
- 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: “Holding EB Company Ltd”
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 30 Apr 2022 | 29 Apr 2023 | 27 Apr 2024 | 26 Apr 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £33m | £36.1m | £31.6m | £27.4m |
| Cost of sales | £18.2m | £21.4m | £20.2m | £13.4m |
| Gross profit | £14.8m | £14.7m | £11.3m | £14m |
| Operating profit | £1.1m | −£1.2m | −£4m | −£2m |
| Profit before tax | £1.1m | −£1.4m | −£4.4m | −£2.4m |
| Profit after tax | £819k | −£1m | −£4.2m | −£2.4m |
| Profit (best available) | £819k | −£1m | −£4.2m | −£2.4m |
| Staff costs | £11.7m | £13.5m | £12m | £10.4m |
| Employees (average) | 442 | 469 | 409 | 345 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 2.5% | −2.8% | −13.2% | −8.6% |
| Gross margin | 44.8% | 40.6% | 35.9% | 51.1% |
| Revenue per employee | £74.7k | £77k | £77.2k | £79.5k |
| Profit per employee | £1.9k | −£2.1k | −£10.2k | −£6.9k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲9.4% | ▼12.6% | ▼13.1% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼223% | — | — |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲6.1% | ▼12.8% | ▼15.7% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £1.2m | £2.4m | £809k | £2.7m |
| Net assets | £6.9m | £5.9m | £1.7m | −£888k |
| Fixed assets | £4.3m | £4.5m | £4.1m | £3.6m |
| Current assets | £9.7m | £10.4m | £6.9m | £8.3m |
| Debtors | £680k | £695k | £489k | £640k |
| Deferred income | £1.2m | £632k | £1m | £1.4m |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Jun 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jun 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jan 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jan 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- −8.6%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 51.1%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £79.5k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- −£6.9k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 13.3%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 5.3%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 2.3%
- 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
- ▼152%
- Now −£888k
- Cash at bank
- ▲231%
- Now £2.7m
- Headcount
- ▼16%
- Now 345
- Deferred income
- ▲38%
- Now £1.4m
- Fixed assets
- ▼10%
- Now £3.6m
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
- Holding Eb Company Ltdultimate parent75–100%
- Elephant Design Limited75–100%
- Emma Bridgewater Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Sister companies (1)
- Bridgewater Pottery LimitedFigures not disclosed
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 26 Apr 2025 (profit −£2.4m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Jan 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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