The Linwood Fabric Company Limited
Registered name: THE LINWOOD FABRIC COMPANY LIMITED
The Linwood Fabric Company Limited made £15.4m revenue and £625k profit in the year to 31 Dec 2025.
The Linwood Fabric Company Limited’s revenue grew 7% to £15.4m in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with £625k profit. The company is classified under “wholesale of hides, skins and leather” and is based in Blashford, Ringwood; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Blashford, Ringwood, South West
- Age
- 32 yrs · since 1994
- 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: “In the directors' opinion the company is ultimately controlled by the R J Gloyn Discretionary Settlement Trust, whose trustees are R J Gloyn and D S Gloyn. The beneficiaries include R B”
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&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £15.3m | £14.4m | £14.4m | £15.4m |
| Cost of sales | £7.8m | £7.3m | −£7.7m | −£7.9m |
| Gross profit | £7.4m | £7.1m | £6.7m | £7.5m |
| Operating profit | £1.5m | £814k | £819k | £855k |
| Profit before tax | £1.4m | £755k | £800k | £856k |
| Profit after tax | £1.1m | £567k | £584k | £625k |
| Profit (best available) | £1.1m | £567k | £584k | £625k |
| Staff costs | £2.9m | £3m | — | — |
| Employees (average) | 55 | 52 | — | — |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 7.4% | 3.9% | 4.1% | 4.1% |
| Gross margin | 48.6% | 49.3% | 46.5% | 48.4% |
| Revenue per employee | £277k | £277k | — | — |
| Profit per employee | £20.5k | £10.9k | — | — |
| Cash conversion | −49.7% | −42.7% | — | — |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▼5.5% | ▼0.2% | ▲7% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼49.6% | ▲2.9% | ▲7.1% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▼5.5% | — | — |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £2.5m | £1.8m | — | — |
| Net assets | £6.1m | £6.3m | — | — |
| Fixed assets | £2.7m | £2.7m | — | — |
| Current assets | £7.4m | £7.1m | — | — |
| Debtors | £914k | £715k | — | — |
| Deferred income | £379k | £258k | — | — |
| Cash from operations | −£729k | −£348k | — | — |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Jul 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jul 2024 | Accounts · bulk data Jun 2025 | Accounts · bulk data May 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 4.1%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 48.4%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
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- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
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- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
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- 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
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- 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
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- Cash at bank
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- Headcount
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- Deferred income
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- Fixed assets
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Sources
Latest figures from accounts for the year to 31 Dec 2025 (profit £625k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published May 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Updated from Companies House on 24 Oct 2026
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