Cawston Press Limited
Registered name: CAWSTON PRESS LIMITED
Cawston Press Limited made £23.8m revenue and £692k profit in the year to 31 Dec 2025.
Cawston Press Limited’s revenue grew 9% to £23.8m in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with £692k profit and 38 employees. The company is classified under “manufacture of fruit and vegetable juice” and is based in Kettering; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Kettering, East Midlands
- Age
- 26 yrs · since 2000
- 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 | 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) | £18.4m | £20.3m | £21.9m | £23.8m |
| Cost of sales | £12.1m | £13.9m | £14.3m | −£15.3m |
| Gross profit | — | £6.4m | £7.6m | £8.5m |
| Operating profit | — | £192k | £616k | £801k |
| Profit before tax | — | — | — | £751k |
| Profit after tax | £222k | £102k | £446k | £692k |
| Profit (best available) | £222k | £102k | £446k | £692k |
| Staff costs | £2.2m | £2.3m | £2.6m | — |
| Employees (average) | 31 | 34 | 35 | 38 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 1.2% | 0.5% | 2% | 2.9% |
| Gross margin | — | 31.7% | 34.8% | 35.5% |
| Revenue per employee | £595k | £597k | £626k | £626k |
| Profit per employee | £7.2k | £3k | £12.8k | £18.2k |
| Cash conversion | — | −276.9% | 218.5% | — |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲10.1% | ▲7.8% | ▲8.6% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼54% | ▲335.8% | ▲54.9% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲9.7% | ▲2.9% | ▲8.6% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £1.4m | £1.7m | £1.6m | — |
| Net assets | £2.3m | £2.4m | £2.9m | — |
| Fixed assets | £33.2k | £45.6k | £82.4k | — |
| Current assets | £7.7m | £7.7m | £11.3m | — |
| Debtors | £3.5m | £4.3m | £6.1m | — |
| Deferred income | £2m | £1.8m | £2.9m | — |
| Cash from operations | £1.5m | −£532k | £1.3m | — |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Jul 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jul 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Aug 2025 | Accounts · bulk data Jul 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 2.9%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 35.5%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £626k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £18.2k
- 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
- ▲9%
- Now 38
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now —
Group structure
Subsidiaries (1)
- Better Tasting Drinks Co. 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 £692k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Jul 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Updated from Companies House on 24 Oct 2026
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