Burwater Holdings Limited
Registered name: BURWATER HOLDINGS LIMITED
Burwater Holdings Limited made £47.5m revenue and £320k profit in the year to 31 Dec 2025.
Burwater Holdings Limited’s revenue grew 14% to £47.5m in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with £320k profit and 45 employees. The company is classified under “sale of new cars and light motor vehicles” and is based in Walton on Thames; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Walton on Thames, London
- Age
- 46 yrs · since 1980
- Type
- Private Limited Company
Pass-through vehicle. This looks like a holding, staffing or umbrella company. Its revenue and profit may largely pass through to or from other entities, so the figures may not reflect a standalone operating business. 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 Dec 2023 | 31 Dec 2024 | 31 Dec 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | |||
| Revenue (turnover) | £33.9m | £41.9m | £47.5m |
| Cost of sales | −£32.4m | −£40.1m | −£45.6m |
| Gross profit | £1.5m | £1.8m | £1.9m |
| Operating profit | £291k | £560k | £540k |
| Profit before tax | £196k | £488k | £470k |
| Profit after tax | £74.2k | £341k | £320k |
| Profit (best available) | £74.2k | £341k | £320k |
| Employees (average) | 43 | 44 | 45 |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | 0.2% | 0.8% | 0.7% |
| Gross margin | 4.4% | 4.3% | 4% |
| Revenue per employee | £788k | £951k | £1.1m |
| Profit per employee | £1.7k | £7.8k | £7.1k |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲23.6% | ▲13.6% |
| Profit growth | — | ▲359.5% | ▼6.2% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲2.3% | ▲2.3% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Net assets | — | — | — |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Aug 2025 | Accounts · bulk data Aug 2025 | Accounts · bulk data Jul 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 0.7%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 4%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £1.1m
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £7.1k
- 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 45
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now —
Group structure
Subsidiaries (1)
- HWM LimitedFigures 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 Dec 2025 (profit £320k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Jul 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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