Waterrower (UK) Ltd.
Registered name: WATERROWER (UK) LTD.
Waterrower (UK) Ltd. made £4.3m revenue and a £25.2k loss in the year to 31 Mar 2025. read from filing text
Waterrower (UK) Ltd.’s revenue grew 30% to £4.3m in the year to 31 Mar 2025, with a loss of £25.2k and 15 employees. The company is classified under “other manufacturing” and is based in High Wycombe; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- High Wycombe, South East
- Age
- 35 yrs · since 1991
- 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: “The parent company and ultimate controlling company is Waterrower Holdings Limited, a company incorporated in England and Wales and the ultimate controlling party is Peter King.”
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Mar 2022 | 31 Mar 2023 | 31 Mar 2024 | 31 Mar 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Profit only | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | — | £3.9m | £3.3m | £4.3m |
| Cost of sales | — | £2.2m | £1.9m | £2.6m |
| Gross profit | — | £1.7m | £1.4m | £1.7m |
| Operating profit | — | £427k | −£300k | −£139k |
| Profit before tax | £3.3m | £346k | −£314k | −£156k |
| Profit after tax | — | £372k | −£269k | −£25.2k |
| Profit (best available) | £3.3m | £372k | −£269k | −£25.2k |
| Staff costs | £642k | £556k | £615k | £655k |
| Employees (average) | 13 | 15 | 18 | 15 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | — | 9.6% | −8.1% | −0.6% |
| Gross margin | — | 42.6% | 41.8% | 40.3% |
| Revenue per employee | — | £260k | £184k | £287k |
| Profit per employee | £257k | £24.8k | −£14.9k | −£1.7k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | — | ▼14.8% | ▲30% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼88.9% | ▼172.3% | — |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲15.4% | ▲20% | ▼16.7% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £19.1m | £17.1m | £11m | £10.6m |
| Net assets | £12.2m | £12.6m | £12.3m | £12.3m |
| Fixed assets | £408k | £519k | £389k | £372k |
| Current assets | £26.8m | £22.9m | £18.9m | £16.1m |
| Debtors | £2.4m | £459k | £611k | £1.4m |
| Deferred income | £113k | £94.1k | £233k | £185k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Mar 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Mar 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- −0.6%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 40.3%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £287k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- −£1.7k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 8.6%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 4.3%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 31.7%
- 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
- ▼0%
- Now £12.3m
- Cash at bank
- ▼4%
- Now £10.6m
- Headcount
- ▼17%
- Now 15
- Deferred income
- ▼21%
- Now £185k
- Fixed assets
- ▼4%
- Now £372k
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Mar 2025 (profit −£25.2k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Dec 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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