Callow Enterprises Ltd
Registered name: CALLOW ENTERPRISES LTD
Callow Enterprises Ltd made £15.7m revenue and £1.7m profit in the year to 31 Dec 2025.
Callow Enterprises Ltd’s revenue grew 9% to £15.7m in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with £1.7m profit and 56 employees. The company is classified under “wholesale of household goods (other than musical instruments)” and is based in Hereford; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Hereford, West Midlands
- Age
- 13 yrs · since 2013
- Type
- Private Limited Company
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 | No P&L | No P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | — | — | £14.3m | £15.7m |
| Cost of sales | — | — | £11.3m | £11.7m |
| Gross profit | — | — | £3m | £4m |
| Operating profit | — | — | £1.6m | £2.3m |
| Profit before tax | — | — | £1.6m | £2.3m |
| Profit after tax | — | — | £1.3m | £1.7m |
| Profit (best available) | — | — | £1.3m | £1.7m |
| Employees (average) | 6 | 8 | 8 | 56 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | — | — | 9.2% | 10.9% |
| Gross margin | — | — | 20.9% | 25.5% |
| Revenue per employee | — | — | £1.8m | £280k |
| Profit per employee | — | — | £164k | £30.6k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | — | — | ▲9.4% |
| Profit growth | — | — | — | ▲30.4% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲33.3% | 0% | ▲600% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £343k | £1m | £1.5m | — |
| Net assets | £3.9m | £3.6m | £3.1m | — |
| Fixed assets | £4.5m | £3.5m | £2.5m | — |
| Current assets | £364k | £1m | £1.6m | — |
| Debtors | £13k | £6k | £9.8k | — |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2025 | Accounts · bulk data Sep 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 10.9%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 25.5%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £280k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £30.6k
- 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
- ▲600%
- Now 56
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now —
Group structure
Subsidiaries (2)
- Acticareuk LimitedRev. £15.6m · Profit £1.5m
- Callow Management Services 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 £1.7m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Sep 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Updated from Companies House on 15 Oct 2026
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