Holwest Limited
Registered name: HOLWEST LIMITED
Holwest Limited made £951k revenue and a £147k loss in the year to 30 Nov 2025.
Holwest Limited’s revenue fell 11% to £951k in the year to 30 Nov 2025, with a loss of £147k and 14 employees. The company is classified under “architectural activities” and is based in Bath; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Bath, South West
- Age
- 33 yrs · since 1993
- 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 Nov 2022 | 30 Nov 2023 | 30 Nov 2024 | 30 Nov 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £1.3m | £1.2m | £1.1m | £951k |
| Cost of sales | £656k | £545k | £459k | £541k |
| Gross profit | £675k | £683k | £614k | £409k |
| Operating profit | −£1.9k | −£35.8k | £62.6k | −£144k |
| Profit before tax | −£1.6k | −£46.2k | £61.1k | −£149k |
| Profit after tax | £4.4k | −£50.1k | £58.7k | −£147k |
| Profit (best available) | £4.4k | −£50.1k | £58.7k | −£147k |
| Employees (average) | 19 | 17 | 15 | 14 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 0.3% | −4.1% | 5.5% | −15.5% |
| Gross margin | 50.7% | 55.6% | 57.2% | 43% |
| Revenue per employee | £70.1k | £72.2k | £71.5k | £67.9k |
| Profit per employee | £231 | −£2.9k | £3.9k | −£10.5k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▼7.8% | ▼12.6% | ▼11.4% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼1240% | — | ▼350.8% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▼10.5% | ▼11.8% | ▼6.7% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £458k | £316k | £228k | £102k |
| Net assets | £489k | £322k | £360k | £213k |
| Fixed assets | £75.3k | £75.7k | £62.4k | £52.6k |
| Current assets | £767k | £534k | £502k | £326k |
| Debtors | £235k | £171k | £231k | £156k |
| Deferred income | — | £8k | £8k | £8k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Aug 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Aug 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Aug 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jul 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- −15.5%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 43%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £67.9k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- −£10.5k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 5.5%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 0.8%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 16.4%
- 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
- ▼41%
- Now £213k
- Cash at bank
- ▼55%
- Now £102k
- Headcount
- ▼7%
- Now 14
- Deferred income
- 0%
- Now £8k
- Fixed assets
- ▼16%
- Now £52.6k
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 Nov 2025 (profit −£147k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Jul 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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