Rothschild Waddesdon Limited
Registered name: ROTHSCHILD WADDESDON LIMITED
Part of The Rothschild Foundation groupRothschild Waddesdon Limited made £5.3m revenue and a £258k loss in the year to 28 Feb 2025.
Rothschild Waddesdon Limited’s revenue grew 64% to £5.3m in the year to 28 Feb 2025, with a loss of £258k and 54 employees. The company is classified under “other retail sale of new goods in specialised stores (not commercial art galleries and opticians)” and is based in Waddesdon; we hold 2 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Waddesdon
- Age
- 35 yrs · since 1990
- Type
- Private Limited Company
Key figures
Financial history
| Year to | 28 Feb 2024 | 28 Feb 2025 |
|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||
| Revenue (turnover) | £3.2m | £5.3m |
| Cost of sales | −£1.2m | −£1.8m |
| Gross profit | £2m | £3.5m |
| Operating profit | −£189k | −£262k |
| Profit before tax | −£179k | −£258k |
| Profit after tax | −£125k | −£258k |
| Profit (best available) | −£125k | −£258k |
| Employees (average) | 35 | 54 |
| Ratios | ||
| Profit margin | −3.9% | −4.9% |
| Gross margin | 62.3% | 66% |
| Revenue per employee | £92.3k | £98.1k |
| Profit per employee | −£3.6k | −£4.8k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲64.1% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲54.3% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||
| Net assets | — | — |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Oct 2025 | Accounts · bulk data Oct 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- −4.9%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 66%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £98.1k
- 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
- —
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- —
- 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
- —
- Now —
- Headcount
- ▲54%
- Now 54
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now —
Group structure
Ownership chain
- The Rothschild Foundationultimate parent75–100%
- Rothschild Waddesdon Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Sister companies (2)
- Golden Mede Development Company LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Golden Mede Management Company LimitedFigures not disclosed
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
Sources
Latest figures from accounts for the year to 28 Feb 2025 (profit −£258k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Oct 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Updated from Companies House on 17 Oct 2026
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