Westmorland Limited
Registered name: WESTMORLAND LIMITED
Part of Chapel Beck Limited groupWestmorland Limited made £141m revenue and £5.6m profit in the year to 29 Jun 2025.
Westmorland Limited’s revenue grew 2% to £141m in the year to 29 Jun 2025, with £5.6m profit and 1,183 employees. The company is classified under “retail sale in non-specialised stores with food, beverages or tobacco predominating” and is based in Penrith; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Penrith, North West
- Age
- 21 yrs · since 2005
- 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 | 30 Jun 2023 | 29 Jun 2024 | 30 Jun 2024 | 29 Jun 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £142m | £139m | £139m | £141m |
| Cost of sales | −£110m | −£104m | −£104m | −£104m |
| Gross profit | £31.8m | £34.5m | £34.5m | £37m |
| Operating profit | £6.5m | £7.6m | £7.6m | £8.9m |
| Profit before tax | £5.1m | £6.3m | £6.3m | £8.1m |
| Profit after tax | £3.4m | £4.3m | £4.3m | £5.6m |
| Profit (best available) | £3.4m | £4.3m | £4.3m | £5.6m |
| Employees (average) | 1,159 | 1,194 | 1,194 | 1,183 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 2.4% | 3.1% | 3.1% | 4% |
| Gross margin | 22.4% | 24.9% | 24.9% | 26.3% |
| Revenue per employee | £122k | £116k | £116k | £119k |
| Profit per employee | £3k | £3.6k | £3.6k | £4.7k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▼2.1% | — | ▲1.6% |
| Profit growth | — | ▲24% | — | ▲31.2% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲3% | — | ▼0.9% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Net assets | — | — | — | — |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Mar 2025 | Accounts · bulk data Feb 2026 | Accounts · bulk data Mar 2025 | Accounts · bulk data Feb 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 4%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 26.3%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £119k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £4.7k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- —
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- —
- 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 —
- Cash at bank
- —
- Now —
- Headcount
- ▼1%
- Now 1,183
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now —
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Chapel Beck Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- Westmorland Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Subsidiaries (9)
- Cairn Lodge Services LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Farmshop and Kitchen LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Gloucester Motorway Services LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Gloucestershire Gateway LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Made by US LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Tatton Holdco LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Tebay Gorge Services LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Tebay Motorway Services LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Westmorland Motorway Services LimitedFigures not disclosed
Sister companies (1)
- Westmorland Chapel Farm LimitedFigures not disclosed
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
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Sources
Latest figures from accounts for the year to 29 Jun 2025 (profit £5.6m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Feb 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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