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Company No. 03161527 · Incorporated 19 Feb 1996

Weststone Limited

Registered name: WESTSTONE LIMITED

Part of Weststone Group Ltd group

Weststone Limited made £19.4m revenue and £696k profit in the year to 31 Jan 2024.

Weststone Limited’s revenue grew 76% to £19.4m in the year to 31 Jan 2024, with £696k profit and 45 employees. The company is classified under “manufacture of other electrical equipment” and is based in Leeds; we hold 2 years of its filed accounts.

Full P&L filedSection C · ManufacturingSIC 27900Manufacture of other electrical equipment
Status
Liquidation
Location
Leeds, Yorkshire and The Humber
Age
30 yrs · since 1996
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.

Latest accounts · year to 31 Jan 2024

Key figures

Capital-lightOperating leverage
Revenue
£19.4m
Growth ▲76%
Profit
£696k
Growth ▲138.1%
Profit margin
3.6%
Gross 20.6%
Employees
45
Change ▲18.4%
Profit / employee
£15.5k
Revenue/employee £431k
Profitable streak
2yrs
Consecutive profitable years in our data

Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.

2 filed years

Financial history

Multi-year financials, oldest to newest
Year to31 Jan 202331 Jan 2024
DisclosureFull P&LFull P&L
Profit & loss
Revenue (turnover)£11m£19.4m
Cost of sales£8.8m£15.4m
Gross profit£2.2m£4m
Operating profit£420k£1.1m
Profit before tax£375k£944k
Profit after tax£292k£696k
Profit (best available)£292k£696k
Staff costs£1.2m£2m
Employees (average)3845
Ratios
Profit margin2.6%3.6%
Gross margin20.4%20.6%
Revenue per employee£290k£431k
Profit per employee£7.7k£15.5k
Growth (year on year)
Revenue growth—▲76%
Profit growth—▲138.1%
Headcount growth—▲18.4%
Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue
Cash at bank£216k£289k
Net assets£3.1m£2.9m
Fixed assets£223k£521k
Current assets£7.8m£11.7m
Debtors£2.4m£3.7m
Deferred income£46k£83.9k
SourceFullAccounts · bulk data Jan 2025FullAccounts · bulk data Jan 2025
Derived from the latest filing

How the business works

Profit margin
3.6%
Profit ÷ revenue.
Gross margin
20.6%
Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
Revenue per employee
£431k
Revenue ÷ average employees.
Profit per employee
£15.5k
Profit ÷ average employees.
Cash conversion
—
Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
Fixed assets ÷ revenue
2.7%
Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
Deferred income ÷ revenue
0.4%
Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
Debtors ÷ revenue
19.3%
Money owed by customers. Low = customers pay quickly.
Indirect — not revenue

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
▼6%
Now £2.9m
Cash at bank
▲34%
Now £289k
Headcount
▲18%
Now 45
Deferred income
▲82%
Now £83.9k
Fixed assets
▲134%
Now £521k

Deferred income is reported together with accruals in this filing (“accruals and deferred income”), so it is an approximate signal only.

Corporate ownership

Group structure

Ownership chain

  1. Weststone Group Ltd (registered outside the UK register)ultimate parent75–100%
  2. Weststone 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 FullAccounts for the year to 31 Jan 2024 (profit £696k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Jan 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.

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