Offer Waterman Fine Art Limited
Registered name: OFFER WATERMAN FINE ART LIMITED
Offer Waterman Fine Art Limited made £15.2m revenue and £645k profit in the year to 31 May 2025.
Offer Waterman Fine Art Limited’s revenue grew 3% to £15.2m in the year to 31 May 2025, with £645k profit and 11 employees. The company is classified under “retail sale in commercial art galleries” and is based in London; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- London, London
- Age
- 30 yrs · since 1996
- 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 | 31 May 2022 | 31 May 2023 | 31 May 2024 | 31 May 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £25.3m | £53.8m | £14.7m | £15.2m |
| Cost of sales | £20.9m | £46.3m | £10.4m | £11.3m |
| Gross profit | £4.4m | £7.5m | £4.3m | £3.9m |
| Operating profit | £1.9m | £4.7m | £1.2m | £1.2m |
| Profit before tax | £1.8m | £4.6m | £557k | £775k |
| Profit after tax | £1.2m | £3.6m | £560k | £645k |
| Profit (best available) | £1.2m | £3.6m | £560k | £645k |
| Staff costs | £784k | £1.2m | £576k | £779k |
| Employees (average) | 10 | 10 | 11 | 11 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 4.9% | 6.8% | 3.8% | 4.3% |
| Gross margin | 17.3% | 13.9% | 29.4% | 25.8% |
| Revenue per employee | £2.5m | £5.4m | £1.3m | £1.4m |
| Profit per employee | £124k | £365k | £50.9k | £58.6k |
| Cash conversion | −29.1% | 8.7% | 9.4% | 93.9% |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲112.8% | ▼72.7% | ▲3.2% |
| Profit growth | — | ▲194.1% | ▼84.6% | ▲15.1% |
| Headcount growth | — | 0% | ▲10% | 0% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £0 | £1.9m | £173k | £37.8k |
| Net assets | £9m | £10.1m | £10.7m | £10.9m |
| Fixed assets | £426k | £306k | £221k | £118k |
| Current assets | £21m | £26.6m | £23.3m | £20.2m |
| Debtors | £387k | £1.5m | £1.1m | £2m |
| Deferred income | £609k | £981k | £1.2m | £106k |
| Cash from operations | −£540k | £414k | £117k | £1.1m |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Mar 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Mar 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Feb 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Mar 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 4.3%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 25.8%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £1.4m
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £58.6k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- 93.9%
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 0.8%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 0.7%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 13.5%
- 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
- ▲2%
- Now £10.9m
- Cash at bank
- ▼78%
- Now £37.8k
- Headcount
- 0%
- Now 11
- Deferred income
- ▼91%
- Now £106k
- Fixed assets
- ▼47%
- Now £118k
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 31 May 2025 (profit £645k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Mar 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Updated from Companies House on 24 Oct 2026
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