Newship Limited
Registered name: NEWSHIP LIMITED
Part of Newship Group Limited groupNewship Limited made £192m revenue and £12.2m profit in the year to 31 Dec 2025.
Newship Limited’s revenue fell 5% to £192m in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with £12.2m profit and 646 employees. The company is classified under “activities of head offices” and is based in Weybridge; we hold 2 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Weybridge, London
- Age
- 25 yrs · since 2001
- Type
- Private Limited Company
Pass-through vehicle. This looks like a holding, staffing or umbrella company. Its revenue and profit may largely pass through to or from other entities, so the figures may not reflect a standalone operating business. It is excluded from our opportunity lists.
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: “Newship Group Limited”
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Dec 2024 | 31 Dec 2025 |
|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||
| Revenue (turnover) | £202m | £192m |
| Cost of sales | £144m | £139m |
| Gross profit | £57.8m | £53m |
| Operating profit | £23.4m | £15.7m |
| Profit before tax | £24.5m | £16.7m |
| Profit after tax | £1.9m | £12.2m |
| Profit (best available) | £1.9m | £12.2m |
| Staff costs | £34.2m | £34.2m |
| Employees (average) | 672 | 646 |
| Ratios | ||
| Profit margin | 1% | 6.4% |
| Gross margin | 28.7% | 27.6% |
| Revenue per employee | £300k | £297k |
| Profit per employee | £2.9k | £18.9k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||
| Revenue growth | — | ▼4.8% |
| Profit growth | — | ▲533.2% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▼3.9% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||
| Cash at bank | £9m | £7m |
| Net assets | £14.9m | £15.6m |
| Fixed assets | £13.3m | £22.4m |
| Current assets | £45.9m | £47.6m |
| Debtors | £4k | £3k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2026 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 6.4%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 27.6%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £297k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £18.9k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 11.7%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 0%
- 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
- ▲4%
- Now £15.6m
- Cash at bank
- ▼22%
- Now £7m
- Headcount
- ▼4%
- Now 646
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- ▲68%
- Now £22.4m
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Newship Group Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- Newship Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Subsidiaries (9)
- Beatson Clark LimitedRev. £77.7m · Profit £6.6m
- Lewis & Towers LimitedRev. £42.6m · Profit £627k
- James Gibbons Format LimitedRev. £2.6m · Profit £4k
- Newship Developments LimitedRev. £1.3m · Profit −£376k
- Campbell & Tate LtdRev. £199k · Profit £222k
- Pont Europe LimitedRev. — · Profit £9.4m
- Qdos Location Facilities LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Ringwood Homes LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Rollalong Holdings LimitedFigures not disclosed
Sister companies (2)
- Johnsen & Jorgensen LimitedRev. £5m · Profit £2.1m
- Newship Industries LimitedFigures not disclosed
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Dec 2025 (profit £12.2m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Sep 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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