SWL Limited
Registered name: SWL LIMITED
SWL Limited made £144m revenue and £4.2m profit in the year to 30 Sep 2025.
SWL Limited’s revenue grew 22% to £144m in the year to 30 Sep 2025, with £4.2m profit. The company is classified under “silviculture and other forestry activities” and is based in Midlothian; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Midlothian, Scotland
- Age
- 22 yrs · since 2004
- 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 | 30 Sep 2023 | 30 Sep 2024 | 30 Sep 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | |||
| Revenue (turnover) | £112m | £118m | £144m |
| Cost of sales | −£91.7m | −£96.1m | −£115m |
| Gross profit | £19.9m | £22.1m | £28.6m |
| Operating profit | £4.6m | £4.5m | £6m |
| Profit before tax | £4.5m | £4.5m | £5.9m |
| Profit after tax | £3.5m | £3.4m | £4.2m |
| Profit (best available) | £3.5m | £3.4m | £4.2m |
| Employees (average) | — | — | — |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | 3.1% | 2.9% | 2.9% |
| Gross margin | 17.8% | 18.7% | 19.9% |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲5.9% | ▲21.6% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼1.9% | ▲21.4% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Net assets | — | — | — |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data May 2025 | Accounts · bulk data May 2025 | Accounts · bulk data Jun 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 2.9%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 19.9%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
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- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
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- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
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- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
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- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
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- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
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- 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
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- Now —
- Cash at bank
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- Now —
- Headcount
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- Now —
- Deferred income
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- Fixed assets
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Group structure
Subsidiaries (2)
- RTS Forestry LimitedRev. — · Profit £227k
- Scottish Woodlands LimitedFigures not disclosed
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
Sources
Latest figures from accounts for the year to 30 Sep 2025 (profit £4.2m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Jun 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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