Ramsay Timber Limited
Registered name: RAMSAY TIMBER LIMITED
Ramsay Timber Limited made £18.9m revenue and £1.2m profit in the year to 30 Nov 2025.
Ramsay Timber Limited’s revenue grew 20% to £18.9m in the year to 30 Nov 2025, with £1.2m profit and 64 employees. The company is classified under “sawmilling and planing of wood” and is based in Wigan; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Wigan, North West
- Age
- 43 yrs · since 1983
- 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 Nov 2023 | 30 Nov 2024 | 30 Nov 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | |||
| Revenue (turnover) | £15.8m | £15.8m | £18.9m |
| Cost of sales | £11.7m | £11.9m | £14m |
| Gross profit | £4.1m | £4m | £5m |
| Operating profit | £1.7m | £1.4m | £1.7m |
| Profit before tax | £1.7m | £1.3m | £1.7m |
| Profit after tax | £1.2m | £1m | £1.2m |
| Profit (best available) | £1.2m | £1m | £1.2m |
| Staff costs | £2.3m | £2.6m | £3m |
| Employees (average) | 61 | 61 | 64 |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | 7.7% | 6.3% | 6.6% |
| Gross margin | 26.1% | 25% | 26.2% |
| Revenue per employee | £260k | £260k | £296k |
| Profit per employee | £19.9k | £16.4k | £19.5k |
| Cash conversion | −107.6% | −135.5% | −161.6% |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Revenue growth | — | ▼0% | ▲19.6% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼17.4% | ▲24.4% |
| Headcount growth | — | 0% | ▲4.9% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Cash at bank | £1.6m | £1.6m | £2.8m |
| Net assets | £6.6m | £6.7m | £7.1m |
| Fixed assets | £3.1m | £3.7m | £3.8m |
| Current assets | £6.5m | £6.7m | £8.3m |
| Debtors | £2.5m | £2.8m | £3.2m |
| Cash from operations | −£1.8m | −£1.9m | −£2.8m |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Jul 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jul 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jul 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 6.6%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 26.2%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £296k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £19.5k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- −161.6%
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 20.1%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 17%
- 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
- ▲5%
- Now £7.1m
- Cash at bank
- ▲72%
- Now £2.8m
- Headcount
- ▲5%
- Now 64
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- ▲3%
- Now £3.8m
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 30 Nov 2025 (profit £1.2m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Jul 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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