Winsor Bishop Limited
Registered name: WINSOR BISHOP LIMITED
Part of Prestons Group Limited groupWinsor Bishop Limited made £14.6m revenue and £2.2m profit in the year to 31 Mar 2025.
Winsor Bishop Limited’s revenue grew 11% to £14.6m in the year to 31 Mar 2025, with £2.2m profit and 19 employees. The company is classified under “retail sale of watches and jewellery in specialised stores” and is based in Macclesfield; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Macclesfield, North West
- Age
- 23 yrs · since 2003
- 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 Mar 2022 | 31 Mar 2023 | 31 Mar 2024 | 31 Mar 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £11.7m | £12.6m | £13.1m | £14.6m |
| Cost of sales | £7.7m | £8.2m | £8.2m | £9.5m |
| Gross profit | £4m | £4.3m | £4.9m | £5.1m |
| Operating profit | £2.1m | £2.9m | £3.1m | £3m |
| Profit before tax | £2.2m | £2.9m | £3.1m | £2.9m |
| Profit after tax | £1.7m | £2.3m | £2.3m | £2.2m |
| Profit (best available) | £1.7m | £2.3m | £2.3m | £2.2m |
| Staff costs | £994k | £601k | £718k | £855k |
| Employees (average) | 20 | 15 | 18 | 19 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 14.6% | 18.4% | 17.6% | 15% |
| Gross margin | 34.4% | 34.5% | 37.3% | 35% |
| Revenue per employee | £586k | £838k | £729k | £766k |
| Profit per employee | £85.8k | £154k | £128k | £115k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲7.3% | ▲4.3% | ▲11% |
| Profit growth | — | ▲34.9% | ▼0.1% | ▼5.5% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▼25% | ▲20% | ▲5.6% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £3.3m | £738k | £119k | £149k |
| Net assets | £6.9m | £9.2m | £4.5m | £5.7m |
| Fixed assets | £744k | £1.5m | £1.9m | £2.9m |
| Current assets | £7.7m | £9.5m | £5m | £5m |
| Debtors | £7.8k | £11.6k | £20.8k | £10.4k |
| Deferred income | £138k | £155k | £116k | £55.4k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2023 | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2023 | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 15%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 35%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £766k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £115k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 19.9%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 0.4%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 0.1%
- 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
- ▲26%
- Now £5.7m
- Cash at bank
- ▲26%
- Now £149k
- Headcount
- ▲6%
- Now 19
- Deferred income
- ▼52%
- Now £55.4k
- Fixed assets
- ▲56%
- Now £2.9m
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
- Prestons Group Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- Winsor Bishop Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Subsidiaries (1)
- Winsor Bishop (Norwich) LimitedFigures not disclosed
Sister companies (1)
- Nimogen LimitedRev. £60.3m · Profit £5.7m
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Mar 2025 (profit £2.2m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Dec 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Updated from Companies House on 17 Oct 2026
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