Monarch Water Limited
Registered name: MONARCH WATER LIMITED
Part of Osmosis Topco Limited groupMonarch Water Limited made £12.2m revenue and a £902k loss in the year to 31 Dec 2025.
Monarch Water Limited’s revenue grew 16% to £12.2m in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with a loss of £902k and 53 employees. The company is classified under “manufacture of electric domestic appliances” and is based in Reading; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Reading, South East
- Age
- 18 yrs · since 2008
- 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 2022 | 31 Dec 2023 | 31 Dec 2024 | 31 Dec 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Profit only | Profit only | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | — | — | £10.5m | £12.2m |
| Cost of sales | — | — | −£5.6m | −£5.8m |
| Gross profit | — | — | £4.9m | £6.4m |
| Operating profit | — | — | £2.2m | £2.5m |
| Profit before tax | — | — | £2.3m | −£244k |
| Profit after tax | £1.2m | £1.8m | £1.7m | −£902k |
| Profit (best available) | £1.2m | £1.8m | £1.7m | −£902k |
| Employees (average) | 33 | 35 | 36 | 53 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | — | — | 16.5% | −7.4% |
| Gross margin | — | — | 46.6% | 52.3% |
| Revenue per employee | — | — | £292k | £230k |
| Profit per employee | £35.9k | £50.8k | £48.2k | −£17k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | — | — | ▲15.8% |
| Profit growth | — | ▲50% | ▼2.4% | ▼152% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲6.1% | ▲2.9% | ▲47.2% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £148k | £132k | — | — |
| Net assets | £5.4m | £7.2m | — | — |
| Fixed assets | £353k | £321k | — | — |
| Current assets | £8.1m | £8.5m | — | — |
| Debtors | £1.3m | £1.3m | — | — |
| Deferred income | £223k | £177k | — | — |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2024 | Accounts · bulk data Oct 2026 | Accounts · bulk data Oct 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- −7.4%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 52.3%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £230k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- −£17k
- 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
- ▲47%
- Now 53
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now —
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Osmosis Topco Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- Osmosis Funding Limited75–100%
- Osmosis Buyer Limited75–100%
- Culligan Shared Services (UK) Limited75–100%
- Monarch Water Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Subsidiaries (1)
- Calmag Holdings LimitedFigures not disclosed
Sister companies (4)
- Fohen LimitedFigures not disclosed
- HWS Holdings LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Pureflo LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Zerowater UK LtdFigures 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 31 Dec 2025 (profit −£902k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Oct 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Updated from Companies House on 17 Oct 2026
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