H.w.moon Limited
Registered name: H.W.MOON LIMITED
H.w.moon Limited made £20m revenue and £46.1k profit in the year to 31 Dec 2025. read from filing text
H.w.moon Limited’s revenue fell 14% to £20m in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with £46.1k profit and 44 employees. The company is classified under “sale of new cars and light motor vehicles” and is based in Wigan; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Wigan, North West
- Age
- 65 yrs · since 1961
- Type
- Private Limited Company
Part of a group. The filing indicates this company sits within a group structure, so its results may depend on intra-group trading and it may be hard to replicate independently. From the filing: “The ultimate control of the company lies with the shareholdings of Mrs D M Moon.”
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Dec 2022 | 31 Dec 2023 | 31 Dec 2024 | 31 Dec 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £23.3m | £24.1m | £23.3m | £20m |
| Cost of sales | £20.3m | £21.1m | £20.6m | £17.5m |
| Gross profit | £3m | £2.9m | £2.7m | £2.5m |
| Operating profit | £373k | £197k | £70.6k | £30.4k |
| Profit before tax | £382k | £244k | £125k | £72k |
| Profit after tax | £302k | £173k | £80.5k | £46.1k |
| Profit (best available) | £302k | £173k | £80.5k | £46.1k |
| Staff costs | £2m | £2m | £1.9m | £2m |
| Employees (average) | 45 | 46 | 44 | 44 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 1.3% | 0.7% | 0.4% | 0.2% |
| Gross margin | 13% | 12.2% | 11.8% | 12.7% |
| Revenue per employee | £518k | £523k | £530k | £455k |
| Profit per employee | £6.7k | £3.8k | £1.8k | £1k |
| Cash conversion | 67.3% | −528.7% | 1605% | −1579% |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲3.2% | ▼3.2% | ▼14% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼42.7% | ▼53.5% | ▼42.8% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲2.2% | ▼4.3% | 0% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £3.3m | £3.3m | £2.2m | £2.7m |
| Net assets | £5.4m | £5.6m | £5.7m | £5.7m |
| Fixed assets | £1.9m | £2.9m | £2.8m | £2.7m |
| Current assets | £6.3m | £6.8m | £5.1m | £5.8m |
| Debtors | £298k | £404k | £499k | £394k |
| Deferred income | £1m | £1.7m | £658k | £381k |
| Cash from operations | £251k | −£1m | £1.1m | −£480k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Aug 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Aug 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Aug 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Aug 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 0.2%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 12.7%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £455k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £1k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- −1579%
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 13.3%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 1.9%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 2%
- 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 £5.7m
- Cash at bank
- ▲24%
- Now £2.7m
- Headcount
- 0%
- Now 44
- Deferred income
- ▼42%
- Now £381k
- Fixed assets
- ▼6%
- Now £2.7m
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 31 Dec 2025 (profit £46.1k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Aug 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Updated from Companies House on 15 Oct 2026
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