Winckworth Sherwood LLP
Registered name: WINCKWORTH SHERWOOD LLP
Winckworth Sherwood LLP made £52m revenue and £17.5m profit in the year to 31 Mar 2026. read from filing text
Winckworth Sherwood LLP’s revenue grew 13% to £52m in the year to 31 Mar 2026, with £17.5m profit and 71 employees. The company is based in London; we hold 5 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- London, London
- Age
- 18 yrs · since 2008
- Type
- Limited Liability Partnership
Partnership. Profit is shown before the partners' own pay, so margins aren't comparable with a limited company. 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 Mar 2022 | 31 Mar 2023 | 31 Mar 2024 | 31 Mar 2025 | 31 Mar 2026 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text |
| Profit & loss | |||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £39.5m | £42.6m | £44m | £46.2m | £52m |
| Cost of sales | £18.3m | £18.7m | £19.8m | £20.5m | £22.6m |
| Gross profit | £21.2m | £23.9m | £24.2m | £25.7m | £29.4m |
| Operating profit | £13m | £12.6m | £11.6m | £12.4m | £15.6m |
| Profit before tax | £13m | £15.8m | — | — | — |
| Profit after tax | −£1.1m | £2.2m | £569k | £15.4m | £17.5m |
| Profit (best available) | −£1.1m | £2.2m | £569k | £15.4m | £17.5m |
| Staff costs | £18.3m | £18.7m | — | — | — |
| Employees (average) | 311 | 307 | 295 | 295 | 71 |
| Ratios | |||||
| Profit margin | −2.7% | 5.1% | 1.3% | 33.4% | 33.7% |
| Gross margin | 53.7% | 56% | 54.9% | 55.6% | 56.5% |
| Revenue per employee | £127k | £139k | £149k | £156k | £733k |
| Profit per employee | −£3.4k | £7k | £1.9k | £52.2k | £247k |
| Cash conversion | 65.5% | 90.6% | — | — | — |
| Growth (year on year) | |||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲7.9% | ▲3.3% | ▲4.8% | ▲12.7% |
| Profit growth | — | — | ▼73.6% | ▲2610% | ▲13.7% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▼1.3% | ▼3.9% | 0% | ▼75.9% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||||
| Cash at bank | £9.6k | £2.7m | — | — | — |
| Net assets | £12.7m | £17.9m | — | — | — |
| Fixed assets | £1.4m | £1.5m | — | — | — |
| Current assets | £19.7m | £23.6m | — | — | — |
| Debtors | £14.1m | £13.1m | — | — | — |
| Deferred income | £731k | £876k | — | — | — |
| Cash from operations | £8.5m | £11.4m | — | — | — |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Oct 2023 | Accounts · bulk data Oct 2023 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 33.7%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 56.5%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £733k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £247k
- 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
- ▼76%
- Now 71
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now —
Group structure
Subsidiaries (2)
- Winckworth & Pemberton LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Winckworth Sherwood Services LimitedFigures not disclosed
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Mar 2026 (profit £17.5m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Sep 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Updated from Companies House on 12 Oct 2026
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