Workstories Limited
Registered name: WORKSTORIES LIMITED
Workstories Limited made £21.3m revenue and £112k profit in the year to 31 Dec 2025.
Workstories Limited’s revenue grew 15% to £21.3m in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with £112k profit and 68 employees. The company is classified under “manufacture of office and shop furniture” and is based in London; we hold 2 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- London, London
- 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 2024 | 31 Dec 2025 |
|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||
| Revenue (turnover) | £18.6m | £21.3m |
| Cost of sales | £11.5m | £13.1m |
| Gross profit | £7.1m | £8.2m |
| Operating profit | £855k | £246k |
| Profit before tax | £837k | £126k |
| Profit after tax | £600k | £112k |
| Profit (best available) | £600k | £112k |
| Staff costs | £3.7m | £5.1m |
| Employees (average) | 61 | 68 |
| Ratios | ||
| Profit margin | 3.2% | 0.5% |
| Gross margin | 38.1% | 38.4% |
| Revenue per employee | £305k | £313k |
| Profit per employee | £9.8k | £1.7k |
| Cash conversion | −74.9% | −107.3% |
| Growth (year on year) | ||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲14.6% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼81.3% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲11.5% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||
| Cash at bank | £333k | £209k |
| Net assets | £1.3m | £1.5m |
| Fixed assets | £495k | £442k |
| Current assets | £5.7m | £7.1m |
| Debtors | £1.7m | £3m |
| Cash from operations | −£640k | −£264k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2026 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 0.5%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 38.4%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £313k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £1.7k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- −107.3%
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 2.1%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 14%
- 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
- ▲10%
- Now £1.5m
- Cash at bank
- ▼37%
- Now £209k
- Headcount
- ▲11%
- Now 68
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- ▼11%
- Now £442k
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Dec 2025 (profit £112k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Sep 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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