The Surface Print Company Limited
Registered name: THE SURFACE PRINT COMPANY LIMITED
Part of The Ritzema Group Limited groupThe Surface Print Company Limited made £8m revenue and £961k profit in the year to 30 Sep 2025.
The Surface Print Company Limited’s revenue fell 3% to £8m in the year to 30 Sep 2025, with £961k profit. The company is classified under “manufacture of wallpaper” and is based in Clayton Le Moors; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Clayton Le Moors, North West
- Age
- 36 yrs · since 1990
- 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 | 30 Sep 2022 | 30 Sep 2023 | 30 Sep 2024 | 30 Sep 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £7.3m | £7.8m | £8.2m | £8m |
| Cost of sales | £5m | £5.5m | £5.5m | −£5m |
| Gross profit | £2.3m | £2.3m | £2.7m | £3m |
| Operating profit | £524k | £267k | £682k | £1.2m |
| Profit before tax | £399k | £13.9k | £433k | £1.1m |
| Profit after tax | £625k | −£106k | £315k | £961k |
| Profit (best available) | £625k | −£106k | £315k | £961k |
| Staff costs | £2.3m | £2.3m | £2.5m | — |
| Employees (average) | 65 | 69 | 65 | — |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 8.6% | −1.4% | 3.8% | 12.1% |
| Gross margin | 31.3% | 29.6% | 33.2% | 37.5% |
| Revenue per employee | £112k | £113k | £126k | — |
| Profit per employee | £9.6k | −£1.5k | £4.8k | — |
| Cash conversion | — | −348.6% | −194.3% | — |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲6.5% | ▲5.9% | ▼3% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼117% | — | ▲205.5% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲6.2% | ▼5.8% | — |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £32.2k | £51.8k | £24.4k | — |
| Net assets | £3.1m | £2.9m | £3.1m | — |
| Fixed assets | £4.6m | £4.8m | £4.6m | — |
| Current assets | £2.9m | £2.7m | £2.4m | — |
| Debtors | £1.6m | £1.4m | £1m | — |
| Deferred income | £108k | £110k | £115k | — |
| Cash from operations | — | −£929k | −£1.3m | — |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data May 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data May 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jan 2025 | Accounts · bulk data Feb 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 12.1%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 37.5%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
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- 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
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- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
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- 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
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- Now —
- Cash at bank
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- Now —
- Headcount
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- Deferred income
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- Fixed assets
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Group structure
Ownership chain
- The Ritzema Group Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- The Surface Print Company Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Sister companies (1)
- 1838 Wallcoverings LimitedFigures not disclosed
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
Sources
Latest figures from accounts for the year to 30 Sep 2025 (profit £961k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Feb 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Updated from Companies House on 24 Oct 2026
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