Windles Group Manufacturing Limited
Registered name: WINDLES GROUP MANUFACTURING LIMITED
Part of Windles Manufacturing Solutions Limited groupWindles Group Manufacturing Limited made £13.1m revenue and £487k profit in the year to 30 Nov 2025.
Windles Group Manufacturing Limited’s revenue grew 4% to £13.1m in the year to 30 Nov 2025, with £487k profit and 87 employees. The company is classified under “printing” and is based in Thame; we hold 2 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Thame, South East
- Age
- 16 yrs · since 2010
- 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 Nov 2024 | 30 Nov 2025 |
|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||
| Revenue (turnover) | £12.6m | £13.1m |
| Cost of sales | £7.4m | £7.6m |
| Gross profit | £5.1m | £5.5m |
| Profit before tax | £689k | £696k |
| Profit after tax | £714k | £487k |
| Profit (best available) | £714k | £487k |
| Staff costs | £4.2m | £4.6m |
| Employees (average) | 83 | 87 |
| Ratios | ||
| Profit margin | 5.7% | 3.7% |
| Gross margin | 41% | 42.2% |
| Revenue per employee | £151k | £151k |
| Profit per employee | £8.6k | £5.6k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲4.3% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼31.7% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲4.8% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||
| Cash at bank | £399k | £459k |
| Net assets | £3.9m | £4m |
| Fixed assets | £12m | £10.9m |
| Current assets | £5m | £4.6m |
| Debtors | £3m | £2.7m |
| Deferred income | £4.1m | £3.7m |
| Cash from operations | £4.9m | £1m |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Aug 2026 | FullAccounts · bulk data Aug 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 3.7%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 42.2%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £151k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £5.6k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 83.3%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 27.9%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 21%
- 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
- ▲2%
- Now £4m
- Cash at bank
- ▲15%
- Now £459k
- Headcount
- ▲5%
- Now 87
- Deferred income
- ▼10%
- Now £3.7m
- Fixed assets
- ▼9%
- Now £10.9m
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Windles Manufacturing Solutions Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- Windles Group Manufacturing Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 30 Nov 2025 (profit £487k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Aug 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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