Newitt & Co Limited
Registered name: NEWITT & CO LIMITED
Part of Newitts of York Limited groupNewitt & Co Limited made £19m revenue and £879k profit in the year to 31 Dec 2025.
Newitt & Co Limited’s revenue fell 4% to £19m in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with £879k profit and 33 employees. The company is classified under “retail sale of sports goods, fishing gear, camping goods, boats and bicycles” and is based in York; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- York, Yorkshire and The Humber
- 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. From the filing: “Newitts of York 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 2022 | 31 Dec 2023 | 31 Dec 2024 | 31 Dec 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £17.9m | £18m | £19.8m | £19m |
| Cost of sales | £11.4m | £11.7m | £13.2m | £12.6m |
| Gross profit | £6.5m | £6.3m | £6.6m | £6.4m |
| Operating profit | £2.2m | £1.9m | £1.5m | £1m |
| Profit before tax | £2.2m | £2m | £1.6m | £1.1m |
| Profit after tax | £1.8m | £1.5m | £1.2m | £879k |
| Profit (best available) | £1.8m | £1.5m | £1.2m | £879k |
| Staff costs | £1.4m | £1.4m | £1.5m | £2.2m |
| Employees (average) | 34 | 33 | 33 | 33 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 9.8% | 8.3% | 6.2% | 4.6% |
| Gross margin | 36.2% | 35.1% | 33.4% | 33.9% |
| Revenue per employee | £528k | £546k | £599k | £576k |
| Profit per employee | £51.6k | £45.5k | £36.9k | £26.6k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲0.3% | ▲9.8% | ▼3.8% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼14.4% | ▼18.9% | ▼27.8% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▼2.9% | 0% | 0% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £2.4m | £3.3m | £3m | £2.2m |
| Net assets | £5.1m | £6.2m | £7.4m | £6.4m |
| Fixed assets | £87.4k | £437k | £1.4m | £196k |
| Current assets | £7.2m | £8.1m | £8.2m | £8.2m |
| Debtors | £614k | £620k | £580k | £850k |
| Deferred income | £107k | £191k | — | — |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Mar 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Mar 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jul 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jun 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 4.6%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 33.9%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £576k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £26.6k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 1%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 4.5%
- 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
- ▼13%
- Now £6.4m
- Cash at bank
- ▼26%
- Now £2.2m
- Headcount
- 0%
- Now 33
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- ▼86%
- Now £196k
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Newitts of York Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- Newitt & Co Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
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 2025 (profit £879k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Jun 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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