Archwood Limited
Registered name: ARCHWOOD LIMITED
Part of Ripat Limited groupArchwood Limited made £24.4m revenue and £421k profit in the year to 30 Sep 2025.
Archwood Limited’s revenue grew 8% to £24.4m in the year to 30 Sep 2025, with £421k profit and 102 employees. The company is classified under “sawmilling and planing of wood” and is based in Wrexham; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Wrexham, Wales
- Age
- 40 yrs · since 1986
- 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: “Ripat Limited”
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 1 Oct 2022 | 30 Sep 2023 | 30 Sep 2024 | 30 Sep 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £25m | £23.6m | £22.6m | £24.4m |
| Cost of sales | £18.9m | £18.1m | £17.4m | £18.5m |
| Gross profit | £6.1m | £5.6m | £5.2m | £5.9m |
| Operating profit | £268k | £253k | −£98k | £479k |
| Profit before tax | £405k | £257k | −£146k | £403k |
| Profit after tax | £828k | £507k | −£350k | £421k |
| Profit (best available) | £828k | £507k | −£350k | £421k |
| Staff costs | £4m | £3.9m | £4.1m | £4.3m |
| Employees (average) | 116 | 109 | 104 | 102 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 3.3% | 2.1% | −1.6% | 1.7% |
| Gross margin | 24.3% | 23.6% | 23.1% | 24.1% |
| Revenue per employee | £216k | £217k | £217k | £239k |
| Profit per employee | £7.1k | £4.7k | −£3.4k | £4.1k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▼5.6% | ▼4.6% | ▲8.2% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼38.8% | ▼169% | — |
| Headcount growth | — | ▼6% | ▼4.6% | ▼1.9% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £163k | £155k | £253k | £234k |
| Net assets | £6.3m | £6.7m | £7.3m | £7.8m |
| Fixed assets | £2.1m | £2m | £2.5m | £2.2m |
| Current assets | £11.5m | £10.8m | £11.2m | £12m |
| Debtors | £4.1m | £4.1m | £4.2m | £4.2m |
| Deferred income | £1.5m | £1m | £1.5m | £1.5m |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Jun 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jun 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jun 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jun 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 1.7%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 24.1%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £239k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £4.1k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 8.9%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 6.1%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 17.1%
- 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
- ▲7%
- Now £7.8m
- Cash at bank
- ▼8%
- Now £234k
- Headcount
- ▼2%
- Now 102
- Deferred income
- ▼1%
- Now £1.5m
- Fixed assets
- ▼13%
- Now £2.2m
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
- Ripat Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- Archwood Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Sister companies (3)
- Atkinson & Kirby LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Masons Timber Products LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Sodajo LimitedFigures not disclosed
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 30 Sep 2025 (profit £421k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Jun 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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