Herbert Woods Enterprises Limited
Registered name: HERBERT WOODS ENTERPRISES LIMITED
Herbert Woods Enterprises Limited made £1.8m revenue and £114k profit in the year to 31 Mar 2025.
Herbert Woods Enterprises Limited’s revenue fell 13% to £1.8m in the year to 31 Mar 2025, with £114k profit and 68 employees. The company is classified under “other service activities” and is based in Great Yarmouth; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Great Yarmouth, East of England
- Age
- 16 yrs · since 2010
- 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 Mar 2023 | 31 Mar 2024 | 31 Mar 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | No P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | |||
| Revenue (turnover) | — | £2.1m | £1.8m |
| Cost of sales | — | £388k | £384k |
| Gross profit | — | £1.7m | £1.4m |
| Profit before tax | — | £498k | £64.1k |
| Profit after tax | — | £468k | £114k |
| Profit (best available) | — | £468k | £114k |
| Staff costs | — | £1.6m | £1.6m |
| Employees (average) | 71 | 67 | 68 |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | — | 22.7% | 6.3% |
| Gross margin | — | 81.2% | 78.6% |
| Revenue per employee | — | £30.8k | £26.5k |
| Profit per employee | — | £7k | £1.7k |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Revenue growth | — | — | ▼12.8% |
| Profit growth | — | — | ▼75.6% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▼5.6% | ▲1.5% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Cash at bank | £60.3k | £43.6k | £10k |
| Net assets | £4.7m | £5.2m | £5.3m |
| Fixed assets | £4.7m | £5m | £5.2m |
| Current assets | £346k | £325k | £133k |
| Debtors | £285k | £281k | £123k |
| Deferred income | £65.1k | £54.4k | £28.1k |
| Cash from operations | — | −£502k | −£246k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Oct 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Oct 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Nov 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 6.3%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 78.6%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £26.5k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £1.7k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 291%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 1.6%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 6.9%
- 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
- ▲2%
- Now £5.3m
- Cash at bank
- ▼77%
- Now £10k
- Headcount
- ▲1%
- Now 68
- Deferred income
- ▼48%
- Now £28.1k
- Fixed assets
- ▲5%
- Now £5.2m
Deferred income is reported together with accruals in this filing (“accruals and deferred income”), so it is an approximate signal only.
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Mar 2025 (profit £114k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Nov 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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