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Company No. 04934858 · Incorporated 16 Oct 2003

Winsor Bishop Limited

Registered name: WINSOR BISHOP LIMITED

Part of Prestons Group Limited group

Winsor 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.

Full P&L filedSection G · Wholesale and retail trade; repair of motor vehiclesSIC 47770Retail sale of watches and jewellery in specialised stores
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.

Latest accounts · year to 31 Mar 2025

Key figures

Revenue
£14.6m
Growth ▲11%
Profit
£2.2m
Growth ▼5.5%
Profit margin
15%
Gross 35%
Employees
19
Change ▲5.6%
Profit / employee
£115k
Revenue/employee £766k
Profitable streak
4yrs
Consecutive profitable years in our data

Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.

4 filed years

Financial history

Multi-year financials, oldest to newest
Year to31 Mar 202231 Mar 202331 Mar 202431 Mar 2025
DisclosureFull P&LFull P&LFull P&LFull 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)20151819
Ratios
Profit margin14.6%18.4%17.6%15%
Gross margin34.4%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
SourceFullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2023FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2023FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2024FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2025
Derived from the latest filing

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.
Indirect — not revenue

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.

Corporate ownership

Group structure

Ownership chain

  1. Prestons Group Limitedultimate parent75–100%
  2. Winsor Bishop Limitedthis company

Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.

Subsidiaries (1)

Sister companies (1)

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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