Westcountry Maintenance Services Ltd
Registered name: WESTCOUNTRY MAINTENANCE SERVICES LTD
Part of Sussex Holdings (SW) Ltd groupWestcountry Maintenance Services Ltd made £29.3m revenue and £649k profit in the year to 31 Dec 2025.
Westcountry Maintenance Services Ltd’s revenue grew 8% to £29.3m in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with £649k profit and 198 employees. The company is classified under “electrical installation” and is based in Torrington; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Torrington, South West
- Age
- 19 yrs · since 2007
- 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) | £23.3m | £27m | £29.3m |
| Cost of sales | £17.5m | £20.8m | £22.3m |
| Gross profit | £5.8m | £6.2m | £7m |
| Operating profit | £1.6m | £1.3m | £929k |
| Profit before tax | £1.5m | £1.2m | £835k |
| Profit after tax | £1.1m | £902k | £649k |
| Profit (best available) | £1.1m | £902k | £649k |
| Staff costs | £5.6m | £6.6m | £8.4m |
| Employees (average) | 146 | 164 | 198 |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | 4.7% | 3.3% | 2.2% |
| Gross margin | 24.8% | 23% | 23.8% |
| Revenue per employee | £160k | £165k | £148k |
| Profit per employee | £7.6k | £5.5k | £3.3k |
| Cash conversion | 75.9% | 137.2% | 126.9% |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲16% | ▲8.4% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼18.4% | ▼28.1% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲12.3% | ▲20.7% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Cash at bank | £1.8m | £2.1m | £2.5m |
| Net assets | £3m | £3.6m | £4.3m |
| Fixed assets | £1m | £1.4m | £1.9m |
| Current assets | £6.7m | £7.2m | £9.4m |
| Debtors | £3m | £3.2m | £4.7m |
| Cash from operations | £1.2m | £1.8m | £1.2m |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Apr 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 2.2%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 23.8%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £148k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £3.3k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- 126.9%
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 6.6%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 15.9%
- 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
- ▲18%
- Now £4.3m
- Cash at bank
- ▲21%
- Now £2.5m
- Headcount
- ▲21%
- Now 198
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- ▲37%
- Now £1.9m
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Sussex Holdings (SW) Ltdultimate parent75–100%
- Westcountry Maintenance Services Ltdthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Subsidiaries (1)
- Williams & Martin 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 Dec 2025 (profit £649k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Apr 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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