C.W.B.G Limited
Registered name: C.W.B.G LIMITED
C.W.B.G Limited made £66.7m revenue and £2.9m profit in the year to 31 Oct 2025.
C.W.B.G Limited’s revenue grew 8% to £66.7m in the year to 31 Oct 2025, with £2.9m profit and 1 employee. The company is classified under “activities of head offices” and is based in Preston; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Preston, North West
- Age
- 14 yrs · since 2012
- Type
- Private Limited Company
Pass-through vehicle. This looks like a holding, staffing or umbrella company. Its revenue and profit may largely pass through to or from other entities, so the figures may not reflect a standalone operating business. It is excluded from our opportunity lists.
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Oct 2023 | 31 Oct 2024 | 31 Oct 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | |||
| Revenue (turnover) | £69.4m | £61.5m | £66.7m |
| Cost of sales | £57.8m | £53.4m | £58m |
| Gross profit | £11.7m | £8.2m | £8.7m |
| Operating profit | £7.6m | £4.1m | £4.4m |
| Profit before tax | £7.9m | £5.2m | £5.4m |
| Profit after tax | £3.3m | £2.8m | £2.9m |
| Profit (best available) | £3.3m | £2.8m | £2.9m |
| Staff costs | £9.6m | £10.3m | £10.8m |
| Employees (average) | 2 | 2 | 1 |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | 4.8% | 4.6% | 4.3% |
| Gross margin | 16.8% | 13.3% | 13.1% |
| Revenue per employee | £34.7m | £30.8m | £66.7m |
| Profit per employee | £1.7m | £1.4m | £2.9m |
| Cash conversion | −32% | −203.4% | −122.4% |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Revenue growth | — | ▼11.4% | ▲8.4% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼14.8% | ▲1.6% |
| Headcount growth | — | 0% | ▼50% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Cash at bank | £259k | £3.4m | £2.7m |
| Net assets | £27.1m | £27.4m | £30m |
| Fixed assets | £23.6m | £23.5m | £24.1m |
| Current assets | £3.8m | £4.6m | £6.3m |
| Debtors | £113k | £58.6k | £88.1k |
| Deferred income | £164k | £147k | £145k |
| Cash from operations | −£2.4m | −£8.3m | −£5.4m |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Jul 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jul 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jul 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 4.3%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 13.1%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £66.7m
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £2.9m
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- −122.4%
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 36.2%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 0.2%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 0.1%
- 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
- ▲9%
- Now £30m
- Cash at bank
- ▼20%
- Now £2.7m
- Headcount
- ▼50%
- Now 1
- Deferred income
- ▼1%
- Now £145k
- Fixed assets
- ▲3%
- Now £24.1m
Deferred income is reported together with accruals in this filing (“accruals and deferred income”), so it is an approximate signal only.
Group structure
Subsidiaries (3)
- C & W Berry LimitedRev. £66.7m · Profit £2.6m
- C & W Berry Commercial Finance LimitedFigures not disclosed
- C & W Berry Trading LimitedFigures not disclosed
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Oct 2025 (profit £2.9m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Jul 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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