Whitlock & Lowe Ltd
Registered name: WHITLOCK & LOWE LTD
Part of Prime Oak Ltd groupWhitlock & Lowe Ltd made £14.1m revenue and £1.2m profit in the year to 30 Jun 2025.
Whitlock & Lowe Ltd’s revenue fell 4% to £14.1m in the year to 30 Jun 2025, with £1.2m profit and 59 employees. The company is classified under “manufacture of other builders' carpentry and joinery” and is based in Wolverhampton; we hold 2 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Wolverhampton, West Midlands
- Age
- 28 yrs · since 1997
- 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.
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 30 Jun 2024 | 30 Jun 2025 |
|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||
| Revenue (turnover) | £14.7m | £14.1m |
| Cost of sales | £9.2m | £8.2m |
| Gross profit | £5.5m | £5.9m |
| Profit before tax | £1.4m | £1.4m |
| Profit after tax | £966k | £1.2m |
| Profit (best available) | £966k | £1.2m |
| Staff costs | £2.2m | £2.3m |
| Employees (average) | 59 | 59 |
| Ratios | ||
| Profit margin | 6.6% | 8.2% |
| Gross margin | 37.3% | 41.8% |
| Revenue per employee | £250k | £239k |
| Profit per employee | £16.4k | £19.5k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||
| Revenue growth | — | ▼4.2% |
| Profit growth | — | ▲19.3% |
| Headcount growth | — | 0% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||
| Cash at bank | £1.8m | £1.5m |
| Net assets | £9.1m | £10.2m |
| Fixed assets | £4.3m | £3.9m |
| Current assets | £10.6m | £11m |
| Debtors | £45k | £89.1k |
| Deferred income | £2.1m | £1.8m |
| Cash from operations | £396k | £105k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Mar 2026 | FullAccounts · bulk data Mar 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 8.2%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 41.8%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £239k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £19.5k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 27.4%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 12.6%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 0.6%
- 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
- ▲12%
- Now £10.2m
- Cash at bank
- ▼19%
- Now £1.5m
- Headcount
- 0%
- Now 59
- Deferred income
- ▼16%
- Now £1.8m
- Fixed assets
- ▼10%
- Now £3.9m
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Prime Oak Ltdultimate parent75–100%
- Whitlock & Lowe Ltdthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Subsidiaries (4)
- Julius Bahn LtdFigures not disclosed
- Kestrel Kitchens LtdFigures not disclosed
- Montpelier Joinery LtdFigures not disclosed
- Whitlock & Lowe (Holdings) 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 30 Jun 2025 (profit £1.2m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Mar 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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