Manchester Working Limited
Registered name: MANCHESTER WORKING LIMITED
Part of Mears Group PLC groupManchester Working Limited made £0 revenue and a £142k loss in the year to 31 Dec 2025.
Manchester Working Limited’s revenue fell 100% to £0 in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with a loss of £142k. The company is classified under “development of building projects” and is based in Gloucester; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Gloucester, South West
- 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 Dec 2023 | 31 Dec 2024 | 31 Dec 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | |||
| Revenue (turnover) | £647k | £254k | £0 |
| Cost of sales | −£984k | −£340k | −£113k |
| Gross profit | −£337k | −£86k | −£113k |
| Operating profit | −£459k | −£91k | −£194k |
| Profit before tax | −£497k | −£91k | −£194k |
| Profit after tax | −£502k | −£119k | −£142k |
| Profit (best available) | −£502k | −£119k | −£142k |
| Employees (average) | 1 | 0 | — |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | −77.6% | −46.9% | — |
| Gross margin | −52.1% | −33.9% | — |
| Revenue per employee | £647k | — | — |
| Profit per employee | −£502k | — | — |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Revenue growth | — | ▼60.7% | ▼100% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▼100% | — |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Net assets | — | — | — |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Jul 2025 | Accounts · bulk data Jul 2025 | Accounts · bulk data May 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
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- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
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- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
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- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
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- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
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- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
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- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
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- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
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- 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
- —
- Now —
- Deferred income
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- Now —
- Fixed assets
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- Now —
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Mears Group PLCultimate parent75–100%
- Manchester Working Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Sister companies (9)
- Heather Housing LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Mears Extra Care LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Mears Facility Management LimitedActive - Proposal to Strike offFigures not disclosed
- Mears Housing Management (Holdings) LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Mears LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Mears Supported Living LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Pennington Choices Group LimitedRev. — · Profit £798k
- Scion Group LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Scion Property Services LimitedFigures not disclosed
Minority corporate shareholders
- Manchester City Council (registered outside the UK register)
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
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Sources
Latest figures from accounts for the year to 31 Dec 2025 (profit −£142k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published May 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Updated from Companies House on 12 Oct 2026
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