Warwick Acoustics Limited
Registered name: WARWICK ACOUSTICS LIMITED
Part of Mercia Asset Management PLC groupWarwick Acoustics Limited made £524k revenue and a £7m loss in the year to 30 Sep 2025.
Warwick Acoustics Limited’s revenue fell 69% to £524k in the year to 30 Sep 2025, with a loss of £7m and 62 employees. The company is classified under “manufacture of electronic components” and is based in Coventry; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Coventry, West Midlands
- Age
- 24 yrs · since 2002
- 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 Sep 2022 | 30 Sep 2023 | 30 Sep 2024 | 30 Sep 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | No P&L | No P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | — | — | £1.7m | £524k |
| Cost of sales | — | — | £594k | £266k |
| Gross profit | — | — | £1.1m | £258k |
| Operating profit | — | — | −£2.2m | −£7.9m |
| Profit before tax | — | — | −£2.1m | −£7.8m |
| Profit after tax | — | — | −£2.4m | −£7m |
| Profit (best available) | — | — | −£2.4m | −£7m |
| Employees (average) | 35 | 46 | 54 | 62 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | — | — | −137.9% | −1337% |
| Gross margin | — | — | 65.3% | 49.2% |
| Revenue per employee | — | — | £31.8k | £8.5k |
| Profit per employee | — | — | −£43.8k | −£113k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | — | — | ▼69.4% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲31.4% | ▲17.4% | ▲14.8% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £3.8m | £796k | £3.4m | £2.4m |
| Net assets | £9.2m | £7.7m | £12.5m | £11.5m |
| Fixed assets | £5.7m | £7.1m | £9.3m | £9.5m |
| Current assets | £5m | £2.5m | £5.9m | £5.4m |
| Debtors | £151k | £481k | £530k | £79.8k |
| Deferred income | £23.6k | £224k | £51.7k | £180k |
| Cash from operations | — | — | £2.3m | £4.4m |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Jan 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jan 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jun 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- −1337%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 49.2%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £8.5k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- −£113k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 1817%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 34.3%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 15.2%
- 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
- ▼8%
- Now £11.5m
- Cash at bank
- ▼29%
- Now £2.4m
- Headcount
- ▲15%
- Now 62
- Deferred income
- ▲247%
- Now £180k
- Fixed assets
- ▲2%
- Now £9.5m
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
- Mercia Asset Management PLCultimate parent75–100%
- Mercia Fund Management Limited50–75%
- Warwick Acoustics Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Subsidiaries (4)
- Sonoma Acoustics LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Warwick Audio LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Warwick Audio Technologies LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Zonarsound LimitedFigures not disclosed
Sister companies (3)
- Mercia Company Secretarial Services LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Mercia Fund 1 General Partner LimitedFigures not disclosed
- WM Ahsn Sme General Partner LimitedFigures not disclosed
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 30 Sep 2025 (profit −£7m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Jun 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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