Linthwaite Limited
Registered name: LINTHWAITE LIMITED
Part of Linthwaite Topco Limited groupLinthwaite Limited made £18.5m revenue and £1.4m profit in the year to 31 Dec 2025.
Linthwaite Limited’s revenue fell 3% to £18.5m in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with £1.4m profit. The company is classified under “non-specialised wholesale trade” and is based in Ledbury; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Ledbury, West Midlands
- Age
- 37 yrs · since 1989
- 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.
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&L | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £19.7m | £20m | £19.1m | £18.5m |
| Cost of sales | £12.5m | £12.1m | £12m | −£11.4m |
| Gross profit | £7.2m | £8m | £7.1m | £7.1m |
| Operating profit | £1.6m | £2m | £1.5m | £1.6m |
| Profit before tax | £578k | £2m | £1.6m | £1.6m |
| Profit after tax | £450k | £1.8m | £1.4m | £1.4m |
| Profit (best available) | £450k | £1.8m | £1.4m | £1.4m |
| Employees (average) | 74 | 74 | 64 | — |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 2.3% | 9.2% | 7.2% | 7.8% |
| Gross margin | 36.5% | 39.8% | 37.1% | 38.3% |
| Revenue per employee | £266k | £270k | £299k | — |
| Profit per employee | £6.1k | £25k | £21.6k | — |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲1.6% | ▼4.5% | ▼3% |
| Profit growth | — | ▲311% | ▼25.2% | ▲4.6% |
| Headcount growth | — | 0% | ▼13.5% | — |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £932k | £2.2m | £1.1m | — |
| Net assets | £7.4m | £7m | £8.4m | — |
| Fixed assets | £3.5m | £1m | £1.1m | — |
| Current assets | £11.1m | £13.2m | £12.9m | — |
| Debtors | £3.1m | £3.7m | £3.6m | — |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Jun 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jun 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Aug 2025 | Accounts · bulk data Jun 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 7.8%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 38.3%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- —
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- —
- 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
- —
- Now —
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now —
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Linthwaite Topco Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- Linthwaite Group Limited75–100%
- Linthwaite Holdings Limited75–100%
- Linthwaite Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Sister companies (1)
- LMC Plastics 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 £1.4m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Jun 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Updated from Companies House on 19 Oct 2026
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