Heatherwick Studio Limited
Registered name: HEATHERWICK STUDIO LIMITED
Heatherwick Studio Limited made £36.9m revenue and £2.7m profit in the year to 31 Mar 2025.
Heatherwick Studio Limited’s revenue fell 13% to £36.9m in the year to 31 Mar 2025, with £2.7m profit and 221 employees. The company is classified under “architectural activities” and is based in London; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- London, London
- Age
- 25 yrs · since 2001
- 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 Mar 2023 | 31 Mar 2024 | 31 Mar 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | |||
| Revenue (turnover) | £49.6m | £42.3m | £36.9m |
| Cost of sales | −£20.8m | −£23.8m | −£20m |
| Gross profit | £28.8m | £18.5m | £16.9m |
| Operating profit | £17.7m | £5m | £3.6m |
| Profit before tax | £17.6m | £4.7m | £3.3m |
| Profit after tax | £15.2m | £3.8m | £2.7m |
| Profit (best available) | £15.2m | £3.8m | £2.7m |
| Employees (average) | 218 | 234 | 221 |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | 30.6% | 8.9% | 7.2% |
| Gross margin | 58% | 43.8% | 45.8% |
| Revenue per employee | £227k | £181k | £167k |
| Profit per employee | £69.7k | £16.1k | £12.1k |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Revenue growth | — | ▼14.6% | ▼12.9% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼75.2% | ▼29.3% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲7.3% | ▼5.6% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Net assets | — | — | — |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Jan 2025 | Accounts · bulk data Jan 2025 | Accounts · bulk data Dec 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 7.2%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 45.8%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £167k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £12.1k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- —
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- —
- 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
- —
- Now —
- Cash at bank
- —
- Now —
- Headcount
- ▼6%
- Now 221
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now —
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Sources
Latest figures from accounts for the year to 31 Mar 2025 (profit £2.7m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Dec 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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