Alastair Sawday Publishing Co. Ltd
Registered name: ALASTAIR SAWDAY PUBLISHING CO. LTD
Part of Sawday's Employee Ownership Trustee Limited groupAlastair Sawday Publishing Co. Ltd made £4.9m revenue and £415k profit in the year to 31 Dec 2025.
Alastair Sawday Publishing Co. Ltd’s revenue fell 2% to £4.9m in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with £415k profit and 63 employees. The company is classified under “media representation services” and is based in Bristol; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Bristol, South West
- Age
- 33 yrs · since 1993
- 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: “Barnwood Holdings Limited, on behalf of Barnwood Employee Ownership Trustee Limited”
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Dec 2022 | 31 Dec 2023 | 31 Dec 2024 | 31 Dec 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £4.8m | £4.6m | £5.1m | £4.9m |
| Cost of sales | £2m | £2.1m | £2.3m | £1.7m |
| Gross profit | — | £2.5m | £2.7m | £3.2m |
| Operating profit | — | £221k | £153k | −£207k |
| Profit before tax | — | £186k | £119k | −£209k |
| Profit after tax | £683k | £326k | £509k | £415k |
| Profit (best available) | £683k | £326k | £509k | £415k |
| Staff costs | £1.5m | £1.7m | £1.8m | £2.4m |
| Employees (average) | 38 | 43 | 45 | 63 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 14.2% | 7.1% | 10.1% | 8.4% |
| Gross margin | — | 55.1% | 54.2% | 64.9% |
| Revenue per employee | £126k | £107k | £112k | £78.3k |
| Profit per employee | £18k | £7.6k | £11.3k | £6.6k |
| Cash conversion | — | 140.6% | 167.6% | — |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▼4.3% | ▲10.2% | ▼2.4% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼52.3% | ▲56.1% | ▼18.4% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲13.2% | ▲4.7% | ▲40% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £2.7m | £375k | £358k | £635k |
| Net assets | £50.7k | £311k | £781k | £1.2m |
| Fixed assets | £758k | £942k | £918k | £941k |
| Current assets | £3.2m | £967k | £1m | £1.2m |
| Debtors | £220k | £241k | £239k | £249k |
| Deferred income | £696k | £780k | £736k | £749k |
| Cash from operations | — | £311k | £256k | −£63.9k |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Sep 2024 | Accounts · bulk data Sep 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jul 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jul 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 8.4%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 64.9%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £78.3k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £6.6k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 19.1%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 15.2%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 5%
- 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
- ▲49%
- Now £1.2m
- Cash at bank
- ▲78%
- Now £635k
- Headcount
- ▲40%
- Now 63
- Deferred income
- ▲2%
- Now £749k
- Fixed assets
- ▲2%
- Now £941k
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Sawday's Employee Ownership Trustee Limitedultimate parent50–75%
- Alastair Sawday Publishing Co. Ltdthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Subsidiaries (3)
- Sawday's Canopy & Stars LimitedRev. £3.1m · Profit £140k
- Crown and Canopy LtdFigures not disclosed
- Sawday's Stay! LtdFigures 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 31 Dec 2025 (profit £415k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Jul 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Updated from Companies House on 23 Oct 2026
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