RWS Global UK Limited
Registered name: RWS GLOBAL UK LIMITED
Part of Rws Global Llc groupRWS Global UK Limited made £27.4m revenue and a £110k loss in the year to 31 Dec 2024.
RWS Global UK Limited’s revenue grew 3% to £27.4m in the year to 31 Dec 2024, with a loss of £110k and 72 employees. The company is classified under “other amusement and recreation activities” and is based in Milton Keynes; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Milton Keynes, South East
- Age
- 25 yrs · since 2000
- 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 | 31 Dec 2022 | 31 Dec 2023 | 31 Dec 2024 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | |||
| Revenue (turnover) | £15.5m | £26.7m | £27.4m |
| Cost of sales | £12.6m | £20.6m | £22m |
| Gross profit | £2.9m | £6.1m | £5.4m |
| Operating profit | −£714k | £744k | −£148k |
| Profit before tax | −£714k | £784k | −£144k |
| Profit after tax | −£700k | £750k | −£110k |
| Profit (best available) | −£700k | £750k | −£110k |
| Staff costs | £2.3m | £3.7m | £3.5m |
| Employees (average) | 73 | 77 | 72 |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | −4.5% | 2.8% | −0.4% |
| Gross margin | 18.9% | 22.8% | 19.9% |
| Revenue per employee | £213k | £347k | £381k |
| Profit per employee | −£9.6k | £9.7k | −£1.5k |
| Cash conversion | — | 30.9% | — |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Revenue growth | — | — | ▲2.7% |
| Profit growth | — | — | ▼114.7% |
| Headcount growth | — | — | ▼6.5% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Cash at bank | £31.1k | £238k | £15.7k |
| Net assets | £3.4m | £4.1m | £4m |
| Fixed assets | £451k | £430k | £1.7m |
| Current assets | £7.8m | £7m | £7.1m |
| Debtors | £2.8m | £2.3m | £1.5m |
| Deferred income | £1.6m | £1.1m | £22k |
| Cash from operations | £605k | £229k | — |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Feb 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- −0.4%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 19.9%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £381k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- −£1.5k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 6.1%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 0.1%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 5.5%
- 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
- ▼3%
- Now £4m
- Cash at bank
- ▼93%
- Now £15.7k
- Headcount
- ▼6%
- Now 72
- Deferred income
- ▼98%
- Now £22k
- Fixed assets
- ▲289%
- Now £1.7m
Deferred income is reported together with accruals in this filing (“accruals and deferred income”), so it is an approximate signal only.
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Rws Global Llc (registered outside the UK register)ultimate parent75–100%
- RWS Global UK Holdings Limited75–100%
- RWS Global UK Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Subsidiaries (1)
- RWS Global Sports UK LimitedActive - Proposal to Strike offFigures 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 31 Dec 2024 (profit −£110k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Feb 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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