Nicholas Webb Architects PLC
Registered name: NICHOLAS WEBB ARCHITECTS PLC
Part of Studio Nwa Holding Ltd groupNicholas Webb Architects PLC made £5m revenue and £376k profit in the year to 31 Dec 2025. read from filing text
Nicholas Webb Architects PLC’s revenue fell 1% to £5m in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with £376k profit and 33 employees. The company is classified under “other business support service activities” and is based in London; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- London, London
- Age
- 16 yrs · since 2010
- Type
- Public 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. From the filing: “During the year ended 31 December 2024 the ultimate controlling party was Nicholas Webb by virtue of his majority shareholding. As of 27th June 2024 a new holding company, Studio NWA Holdings Ltd was ”
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 | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £3.3m | £4.5m | £5m | £5m |
| Cost of sales | £1.2m | £1.5m | £2.1m | £2.3m |
| Gross profit | £2.1m | £3m | £3m | £2.7m |
| Operating profit | £1.1m | £1.4m | £564k | £219k |
| Profit before tax | £1.1m | £1.4m | £563k | £216k |
| Profit after tax | £967k | £1.2m | £615k | £376k |
| Profit (best available) | £967k | £1.2m | £615k | £376k |
| Staff costs | £1.2m | £1.8m | £2.9m | £3.2m |
| Employees (average) | 20 | 26 | 30 | 33 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 29.3% | 26% | 12.2% | 7.5% |
| Gross margin | 63.8% | 66.3% | 58.9% | 54.2% |
| Revenue per employee | £165k | £174k | £168k | £151k |
| Profit per employee | £48.4k | £45.1k | £20.5k | £11.4k |
| Cash conversion | −76.9% | −30.4% | −47.8% | 0.6% |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲36.8% | ▲11.5% | ▼0.7% |
| Profit growth | — | ▲21.1% | ▼47.5% | ▼38.8% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲30% | ▲15.4% | ▲10% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £327k | £135k | £124k | £27.7k |
| Net assets | £819k | £1.4m | £1.8m | £2.3m |
| Fixed assets | £23.9k | £47.1k | £41.7k | £24.5k |
| Current assets | £1.4m | £2.1m | £2.4m | £3m |
| Debtors | £629k | £1.3m | £861k | £970k |
| Deferred income | £22.3k | £22.3k | £30.6k | £20.9k |
| Cash from operations | −£879k | −£420k | −£270k | £1.4k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Jun 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jun 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jun 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jun 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 7.5%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 54.2%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £151k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £11.4k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- 0.6%
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 0.5%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 0.4%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 19.4%
- 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
- ▲26%
- Now £2.3m
- Cash at bank
- ▼78%
- Now £27.7k
- Headcount
- ▲10%
- Now 33
- Deferred income
- ▼32%
- Now £20.9k
- Fixed assets
- ▼41%
- Now £24.5k
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
- Studio Nwa Holding Ltdultimate parent75–100%
- Nicholas Webb Architects PLCthis 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 31 Dec 2025 (profit £376k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Jun 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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