Warners (Midlands)public Limited Company
Registered name: WARNERS (MIDLANDS)PUBLIC LIMITED COMPANY
Warners (Midlands)public Limited Company made £34.3m revenue and £835k profit in the year to 30 Sep 2025.
Warners (Midlands)public Limited Company’s revenue fell 1% to £34.3m in the year to 30 Sep 2025, with £835k profit and 184 employees. The company is classified under “printing” and is based in Bourne; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Bourne, East of England
- Age
- 99 yrs · since 1927
- Type
- Public 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 2022 | 30 Sep 2023 | 30 Sep 2024 | 30 Sep 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £33m | £36m | £34.9m | £34.3m |
| Cost of sales | £21.5m | £23.6m | £23m | £22.7m |
| Gross profit | £11.5m | £12.4m | £11.9m | £11.6m |
| Operating profit | £2.4m | £2.2m | £1.4m | £959k |
| Profit before tax | £2.4m | £2.3m | £1.7m | £1.2m |
| Profit after tax | £1.9m | £1.8m | £1.2m | £835k |
| Profit (best available) | £1.9m | £1.8m | £1.2m | £835k |
| Staff costs | £8.4m | £8.7m | £9.3m | £9.9m |
| Employees (average) | 185 | 187 | 186 | 184 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 5.8% | 5% | 3.5% | 2.4% |
| Gross margin | 34.9% | 34.3% | 34.1% | 33.9% |
| Revenue per employee | £178k | £193k | £187k | £187k |
| Profit per employee | £10.4k | £9.6k | £6.5k | £4.5k |
| Cash conversion | −139.8% | −213.7% | −203.7% | −367.4% |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲9.2% | ▼3.2% | ▼1.5% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼6.6% | ▼32.6% | ▼30.7% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲1.1% | ▼0.5% | ▼1.1% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £7.3m | £8.6m | £6.5m | £8.1m |
| Net assets | £25.5m | £26.3m | £26.8m | £26.9m |
| Fixed assets | £20.5m | £21.2m | £23.3m | £21.3m |
| Current assets | £15.3m | £16.1m | £12.9m | £15.1m |
| Debtors | £4m | £3.8m | £3.5m | £3.5m |
| Deferred income | £511k | £185k | £142k | £113k |
| Cash from operations | −£3.4m | −£4.7m | −£2.8m | −£3.5m |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Jan 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jan 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jan 2026 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jan 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 2.4%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 33.9%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £187k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £4.5k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- −367.4%
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 62.1%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 0.3%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 10.3%
- 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
- ▲1%
- Now £26.9m
- Cash at bank
- ▲25%
- Now £8.1m
- Headcount
- ▼1%
- Now 184
- Deferred income
- ▼21%
- Now £113k
- Fixed assets
- ▼8%
- Now £21.3m
Deferred income is reported together with accruals in this filing (“accruals and deferred income”), so it is an approximate signal only.
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 30 Sep 2025 (profit £835k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Jan 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Updated from Companies House on 11 Oct 2026
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