Amawaterways Limited
Registered name: AMAWATERWAYS LIMITED
Amawaterways Limited made £19.4m revenue and £4m profit in the year to 31 Dec 2025.
Amawaterways Limited’s revenue grew 28% to £19.4m in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with £4m profit and 22 employees. The company is classified under “tour operator activities” and is based in Guildford; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Guildford, South East
- Age
- 10 yrs · since 2016
- 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 | Profit only | Profit only | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | — | — | £15.2m | £19.4m |
| Cost of sales | — | — | £8.4m | £10.8m |
| Gross profit | — | — | £6.8m | £8.6m |
| Operating profit | — | — | £4.1m | £5.4m |
| Profit before tax | — | — | £4.2m | £5.4m |
| Profit after tax | £502k | £1.9m | £3.1m | £4m |
| Profit (best available) | £502k | £1.9m | £3.1m | £4m |
| Staff costs | — | — | £1.2m | £1.7m |
| Employees (average) | 14 | 16 | 18 | 22 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | — | — | 20.6% | 20.9% |
| Gross margin | — | — | 44.8% | 44.4% |
| Revenue per employee | — | — | £843k | £880k |
| Profit per employee | £35.8k | £120k | £174k | £184k |
| Cash conversion | — | — | −127.8% | 137.2% |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | — | — | ▲27.6% |
| Profit growth | — | ▲282.9% | ▲63.1% | ▲29.1% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲14.3% | ▲12.5% | ▲22.2% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £3m | £6.2m | £961k | £8.3m |
| Net assets | −£2.9m | −£1m | £2.1m | £6.2m |
| Fixed assets | £14.1k | £17k | £18.2k | £23.7k |
| Current assets | £3.2m | £6.9m | £7.1m | £9.7m |
| Debtors | £218k | £751k | £6.1m | £1.4m |
| Deferred income | £282k | £353k | £477k | £683k |
| Cash from operations | £1.7m | £3.2m | −£5.3m | £7.4m |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 20.9%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 44.4%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £880k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £184k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- 137.2%
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 0.1%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 3.5%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 7.2%
- 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
- ▲191%
- Now £6.2m
- Cash at bank
- ▲768%
- Now £8.3m
- Headcount
- ▲22%
- Now 22
- Deferred income
- ▲43%
- Now £683k
- Fixed assets
- ▲30%
- Now £23.7k
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 Dec 2025 (profit £4m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Sep 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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