Winchester College Trading Company Limited
Registered name: WINCHESTER COLLEGE TRADING COMPANY LIMITED
Part of The Warden & Scholars Of Winchester College groupWinchester College Trading Company Limited made £781k revenue and £224k profit in the year to 31 Aug 2025.
Winchester College Trading Company Limited’s revenue grew 18% to £781k in the year to 31 Aug 2025, with £224k profit. The company is classified under “other holiday and other collective accommodation” and is based in Winchester; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Winchester, South East
- Age
- 34 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.
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Aug 2023 | 31 Aug 2024 | 31 Aug 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | |||
| Revenue (turnover) | £542k | £661k | £781k |
| Cost of sales | −£218k | −£422k | −£328k |
| Gross profit | £324k | £239k | £454k |
| Operating profit | £160k | £63.6k | £225k |
| Profit before tax | £160k | £63.6k | £224k |
| Profit after tax | £160k | £63.6k | £224k |
| Profit (best available) | £160k | £63.6k | £224k |
| Employees (average) | — | — | — |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | 29.4% | 9.6% | 28.6% |
| Gross margin | 59.8% | 36.2% | 58.1% |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲22.1% | ▲18.2% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼60.2% | ▲252.2% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Net assets | — | — | — |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data May 2025 | Accounts · bulk data May 2025 | Accounts · bulk data May 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 28.6%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 58.1%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- —
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- —
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
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- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
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- 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
- —
- Now —
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now —
Group structure
Ownership chain
- The Warden & Scholars Of Winchester College (registered outside the UK register)ultimate parent75–100%
- Winchester College Trading Company Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
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Sources
Latest figures from accounts for the year to 31 Aug 2025 (profit £224k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published May 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Updated from Companies House on 14 Oct 2026
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