Christopher Ward London Limited
Registered name: CHRISTOPHER WARD LONDON LIMITED
Part of Christopher Ward (London) Holdings Limited groupChristopher Ward London Limited made £44m revenue and £2.6m profit in the year to 31 Mar 2025. read from filing text
Christopher Ward London Limited’s revenue grew 50% to £44m in the year to 31 Mar 2025, with £2.6m profit and 74 employees. The company is classified under “manufacture of jewellery and related articles” and is based in Maidenhead; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Maidenhead, South East
- Age
- 22 yrs · since 2004
- 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 | No P&L | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | — | £13.1m | £29.2m | £44m |
| Cost of sales | — | £9.6m | £19.8m | £32.4m |
| Gross profit | — | £3.5m | £9.5m | £11.6m |
| Operating profit | — | −£384k | £3.8m | £2.7m |
| Profit before tax | — | −£372k | £3.9m | £2.8m |
| Profit after tax | — | −£372k | £3.9m | £2.6m |
| Profit (best available) | — | −£372k | £3.9m | £2.6m |
| Staff costs | — | £2m | £3.1m | £4.5m |
| Employees (average) | 39 | 40 | 53 | 74 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | — | −2.9% | 13.5% | 5.9% |
| Gross margin | — | 26.6% | 32.4% | 26.3% |
| Revenue per employee | — | £326k | £551k | £594k |
| Profit per employee | — | −£9.3k | £74.2k | £35.1k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | — | ▲123.8% | ▲50.5% |
| Profit growth | — | — | — | ▼34% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲2.6% | ▲32.5% | ▲39.6% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £348k | £6m | £2.9m | £2.2m |
| Net assets | −£3.6m | −£4m | −£65k | £2.5m |
| Fixed assets | £711k | £467k | £537k | £2.1m |
| Current assets | £2.5m | £9.3m | £12.1m | £14.2m |
| Debtors | £568k | £1.2m | £3.9m | £5.3m |
| Deferred income | £526k | £7m | £6.7m | £5.1m |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Oct 2023 | Accounts · bulk data Oct 2023 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jul 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Oct 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 5.9%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 26.3%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £594k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £35.1k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 4.8%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 11.5%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 12.2%
- 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
- —
- Now £2.5m
- Cash at bank
- ▼23%
- Now £2.2m
- Headcount
- ▲40%
- Now 74
- Deferred income
- ▼24%
- Now £5.1m
- Fixed assets
- ▲289%
- Now £2.1m
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Christopher Ward (London) Holdings Limited (registered outside the UK register)ultimate parent75–100%
- Christopher Ward London 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 Mar 2025 (profit £2.6m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Oct 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Updated from Companies House on 16 Oct 2026
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