Topwest Limited
Registered name: TOPWEST LIMITED
Part of Topacio Holding Limited groupTopwest Limited made £19.6m revenue and £2m profit in the year to 31 Mar 2025.
Topwest Limited’s revenue grew 4% to £19.6m in the year to 31 Mar 2025, with £2m profit and 539 employees. The company is classified under “other retail sale of food in specialised stores” and is based in Chessington; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Chessington, London
- Age
- 21 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 | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £18.6m | £18.1m | £18.8m | £19.6m |
| Cost of sales | £7m | £7.5m | £8m | £7.8m |
| Gross profit | £11.6m | £10.5m | £10.9m | £11.8m |
| Operating profit | £3.7m | £2.1m | £1.9m | £2.5m |
| Profit before tax | £3.9m | £2m | £1.9m | £2.5m |
| Profit after tax | £3.1m | £1.6m | £1.3m | £2m |
| Profit (best available) | £3.1m | £1.6m | £1.3m | £2m |
| Staff costs | £5.2m | £5.5m | £6.2m | £6.4m |
| Employees (average) | 478 | 499 | 523 | 539 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 16.8% | 8.9% | 7.1% | 10.1% |
| Gross margin | 62.5% | 58.3% | 57.8% | 60.4% |
| Revenue per employee | £38.9k | £36.3k | £36k | £36.4k |
| Profit per employee | £6.5k | £3.2k | £2.6k | £3.7k |
| Cash conversion | −114.4% | −116.9% | −86.2% | −42.5% |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▼2.6% | ▲4.1% | ▲4% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼48.1% | ▼17.5% | ▲48.4% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲4.4% | ▲4.8% | ▲3.1% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £1.6m | £1.4m | £908k | £873k |
| Net assets | — | £2m | £2m | £3.8m |
| Fixed assets | £2.1m | £2.1m | £2m | £1.8m |
| Current assets | £3.2m | £2.2m | £2.1m | £3.8m |
| Debtors | £171k | £269k | £491k | £542k |
| Deferred income | £211k | £278k | £278k | £324k |
| Cash from operations | −£4.2m | −£2.5m | −£1.7m | −£1m |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2023 | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2023 | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Nov 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 10.1%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 60.4%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £36.4k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £3.7k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- −42.5%
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 9.3%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 1.7%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 2.8%
- 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
- ▲87%
- Now £3.8m
- Cash at bank
- ▼4%
- Now £873k
- Headcount
- ▲3%
- Now 539
- Deferred income
- ▲16%
- Now £324k
- Fixed assets
- ▼9%
- Now £1.8m
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
- Topacio Holding Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- Topwest Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Sister companies (2)
- Topaz LimitedRev. £11.3m · Profit £604k
- Meo (NW) LtdFigures not disclosed
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 £2m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Nov 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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