Watts Group Limited
Registered name: WATTS GROUP LIMITED
Part of Watts Group Holdings Limited groupWatts Group Limited made £11.2m revenue and £307k profit in the year to 31 Oct 2025.
Watts Group Limited’s revenue grew 8% to £11.2m in the year to 31 Oct 2025, with £307k profit and 83 employees. The company is classified under “other engineering activities” and is based in London; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- London, London
- Age
- 20 yrs · since 2006
- 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 Oct 2023 | 31 Oct 2024 | 31 Oct 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | |||
| Revenue (turnover) | £10.9m | £10.3m | £11.2m |
| Cost of sales | £2.6m | £1.5m | £1.6m |
| Gross profit | £8.3m | £8.8m | £9.6m |
| Operating profit | £343k | £390k | £423k |
| Profit before tax | £329k | £381k | £426k |
| Profit after tax | £269k | £281k | £307k |
| Profit (best available) | £269k | £281k | £307k |
| Staff costs | £5.4m | £5.8m | £6.4m |
| Employees (average) | — | 79 | 83 |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | 2.5% | 2.7% | 2.8% |
| Gross margin | 76.3% | 85.3% | 86% |
| Revenue per employee | — | £131k | £134k |
| Profit per employee | — | £3.6k | £3.7k |
| Cash conversion | 174.8% | 128.4% | 142.2% |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Revenue growth | — | ▼5.5% | ▲8.2% |
| Profit growth | — | ▲4.6% | ▲9.2% |
| Headcount growth | — | — | ▲5.1% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Cash at bank | £1m | £1.4m | £1.7m |
| Net assets | £2.5m | £2.7m | £3m |
| Fixed assets | £260k | £253k | £231k |
| Current assets | £4.1m | £4.4m | £4.7m |
| Debtors | £2.1m | £2.3m | £2.1m |
| Deferred income | £373k | £479k | £492k |
| Cash from operations | £601k | £500k | £601k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Jul 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jul 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jul 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 2.8%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 86%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £134k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £3.7k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- 142.2%
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 2.1%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 4.4%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 19.2%
- 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
- ▲8%
- Now £3m
- Cash at bank
- ▲27%
- Now £1.7m
- Headcount
- ▲5%
- Now 83
- Deferred income
- ▲3%
- Now £492k
- Fixed assets
- ▼9%
- Now £231k
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
- Watts Group Holdings Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- Watts Group Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Sister companies (1)
- Watts European Holdings LimitedFigures 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 Oct 2025 (profit £307k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Jul 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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