Saywell International Limited
Registered name: SAYWELL INTERNATIONAL LIMITED
Saywell International Limited made £105m revenue and £9.1m profit in the year to 31 Aug 2025.
Saywell International Limited’s revenue grew 9% to £105m in the year to 31 Aug 2025, with £9.1m profit and 62 employees. The company is classified under “service activities incidental to air transportation” and is based in Worthing; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Worthing, South East
- Age
- 69 yrs · since 1957
- 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 Aug 2023 | 31 Aug 2024 | 31 Aug 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | |||
| Revenue (turnover) | £84.2m | £96.8m | £105m |
| Cost of sales | −£61.8m | −£72.1m | −£77m |
| Gross profit | £22.4m | £24.7m | £28.4m |
| Operating profit | £11.3m | £10m | £12.6m |
| Profit before tax | £11.4m | £9.8m | £12.6m |
| Profit after tax | £9.1m | £7.1m | £9.1m |
| Profit (best available) | £9.1m | £7.1m | £9.1m |
| Employees (average) | 63 | 61 | 62 |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | 10.8% | 7.4% | 8.7% |
| Gross margin | 26.6% | 25.5% | 26.9% |
| Revenue per employee | £1.3m | £1.6m | £1.7m |
| Profit per employee | £145k | £117k | £147k |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲14.9% | ▲8.9% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼21.8% | ▲28.1% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▼3.2% | ▲1.6% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Net assets | — | — | — |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Jun 2025 | Accounts · bulk data Jun 2025 | Accounts · bulk data Mar 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 8.7%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 26.9%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £1.7m
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £147k
- 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
- ▲2%
- Now 62
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now —
Group structure
Subsidiaries (1)
- Wessex Aerospace LtdFigures not disclosed
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
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Sources
Latest figures from accounts for the year to 31 Aug 2025 (profit £9.1m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Mar 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Updated from Companies House on 24 Oct 2026
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