New Horizons (NW) Ltd
Registered name: NEW HORIZONS (NW) LTD
New Horizons (NW) Ltd made £12.6m revenue and £2.5m profit in the year to 30 Oct 2025.
New Horizons (NW) Ltd’s revenue grew 25% to £12.6m in the year to 30 Oct 2025, with £2.5m profit and 205 employees. The company is classified under “buying and selling of own real estate” and is based in Preston; we hold 5 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Preston, North West
- 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 Oct 2021 | 31 Oct 2022 | 31 Oct 2023 | 30 Oct 2024 | 30 Oct 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | |||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £5.7m | £6.9m | £8.4m | £10.1m | £12.6m |
| Cost of sales | — | £310k | £438k | £578k | £621k |
| Gross profit | £5.7m | £6.9m | £7.9m | £9.5m | £12m |
| Operating profit | £1.8m | £2m | £2.1m | £2.7m | £3.6m |
| Profit before tax | £1.7m | £2m | £1.8m | £2.6m | £3.4m |
| Profit after tax | −£1.2m | £1.6m | £1.4m | £1.9m | £2.5m |
| Profit (best available) | −£1.2m | £1.6m | £1.4m | £1.9m | £2.5m |
| Staff costs | — | £3.7m | £4.4m | £5.4m | £6.9m |
| Employees (average) | 112 | 133 | 147 | 165 | 205 |
| Ratios | |||||
| Profit margin | −21.5% | 23.6% | 17% | 18.7% | 19.8% |
| Gross margin | 100% | 100% | 94.8% | 94.3% | 95.1% |
| Revenue per employee | £51.2k | £51.7k | £56.9k | £61.2k | £61.4k |
| Profit per employee | −£11k | £12.2k | £9.7k | £11.4k | £12.2k |
| Cash conversion | — | −79.1% | −96.1% | −102.2% | −125.6% |
| Growth (year on year) | |||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲20% | ▲21.5% | ▲20.8% | ▲24.7% |
| Profit growth | — | — | ▼12.3% | ▲32.5% | ▲32.2% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲18.8% | ▲10.5% | ▲12.2% | ▲24.2% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||||
| Cash at bank | £955k | £1.3m | £1.2m | £1.3m | £832k |
| Net assets | £1.9m | £3.4m | £3.4m | £5m | £5.4m |
| Fixed assets | £1.7m | £2.9m | £3.5m | £4.9m | £6.1m |
| Current assets | £1.6m | £2.4m | £2.7m | £3m | £2.3m |
| Debtors | £545k | £851k | £1.1m | £1.4m | £1.2m |
| Deferred income | £72.6k | £28.7k | — | — | — |
| Cash from operations | — | −£1.6m | −£2m | −£2.8m | −£4.5m |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Oct 2023 | Accounts · bulk data Oct 2023 | FullAccounts · bulk data Oct 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data May 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jun 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 19.8%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 95.1%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £61.4k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £12.2k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- −125.6%
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 48.1%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 9.4%
- 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
- ▲9%
- Now £5.4m
- Cash at bank
- ▼34%
- Now £832k
- Headcount
- ▲24%
- Now 205
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- ▲25%
- Now £6.1m
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 30 Oct 2025 (profit £2.5m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Jun 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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