A. W. Baxter Limited
Registered name: A. W. BAXTER LIMITED
A. W. Baxter Limited made £13m revenue and £516k profit in the year to 30 Jun 2025. read from filing text
A. W. Baxter Limited’s revenue grew 20% to £13m in the year to 30 Jun 2025, with £516k profit and 78 employees. The company is classified under “operation of warehousing and storage facilities for water transport activities” and is based in Wolverhampton; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Wolverhampton, West Midlands
- Age
- 34 yrs · since 1992
- Type
- Private Limited Company
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 30 Jun 2022 | 30 Jun 2023 | 30 Jun 2024 | 30 Jun 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | No P&L | Profit only | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | — | — | £10.8m | £13m |
| Cost of sales | — | £6.8m | £7.8m | £9.3m |
| Gross profit | — | — | £3m | £3.7m |
| Operating profit | — | — | £361k | £932k |
| Profit before tax | — | £303k | £132k | £694k |
| Profit after tax | — | £198k | £97.5k | £516k |
| Profit (best available) | — | £198k | £97.5k | £516k |
| Staff costs | — | £2.7m | £3m | £3.3m |
| Employees (average) | 46 | 57 | 67 | 78 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | — | — | 0.9% | 4% |
| Gross margin | — | — | 28% | 28.4% |
| Revenue per employee | — | — | £161k | £166k |
| Profit per employee | — | £3.5k | £1.5k | £6.6k |
| Cash conversion | — | — | −393.7% | −117.6% |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | — | — | ▲20% |
| Profit growth | — | — | ▼50.8% | ▲429% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲23.9% | ▲17.5% | ▲16.4% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £82.5k | £100k | £202k | £9k |
| Net assets | £1.7m | £1.9m | £2m | £2.5m |
| Fixed assets | £2.3m | £4.7m | £4.7m | £4.3m |
| Current assets | £2.3m | £2.5m | £3.3m | £3.9m |
| Debtors | £1.6m | £1.8m | £2.2m | £2.8m |
| Deferred income | — | £101k | £113k | £130k |
| Cash from operations | — | −£1.2m | −£1.4m | −£1.1m |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Feb 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Feb 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Mar 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Mar 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 4%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 28.4%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £166k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £6.6k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- −117.6%
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 32.8%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 1%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 21.4%
- 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
- ▲26%
- Now £2.5m
- Cash at bank
- ▼96%
- Now £9k
- Headcount
- ▲16%
- Now 78
- Deferred income
- ▲15%
- Now £130k
- Fixed assets
- ▼10%
- Now £4.3m
Deferred income is reported together with accruals in this filing (“accruals and deferred income”), so it is an approximate signal only.
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 30 Jun 2025 (profit £516k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Mar 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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