Longworth Specialist Services Ltd
Registered name: LONGWORTH SPECIALIST SERVICES LTD
Longworth Specialist Services Ltd made £24.4m revenue and £1.8m profit in the year to 31 Jul 2025.
Longworth Specialist Services Ltd’s revenue was £24.4m in the year to 31 Jul 2025, with £1.8m profit and 90 employees. The company is classified under “non-trading company” and is based in Warrington; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Warrington, North West
- Age
- 6 yrs · since 2020
- 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 Jul 2023 | 31 Jul 2024 | 31 Jul 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | |||
| Revenue (turnover) | £18.6m | £24.4m | £24.4m |
| Cost of sales | −£13.4m | −£17.2m | −£15.5m |
| Gross profit | £5.2m | £7.2m | £8.9m |
| Operating profit | £1.1m | £2m | £2.6m |
| Profit before tax | £1.1m | £2m | £2.6m |
| Profit after tax | £884k | £1.5m | £1.8m |
| Profit (best available) | £884k | £1.5m | £1.8m |
| Employees (average) | 75 | 84 | 90 |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | 4.8% | 6.1% | 7.5% |
| Gross margin | 28% | 29.5% | 36.4% |
| Revenue per employee | £248k | £291k | £271k |
| Profit per employee | £11.8k | £17.6k | £20.4k |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲31.2% | ▼0.2% |
| Profit growth | — | ▲67.6% | ▲24% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲12% | ▲7.1% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Net assets | — | — | — |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Jan 2025 | Accounts · bulk data Jan 2025 | Accounts · bulk data Feb 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 7.5%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 36.4%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £271k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £20.4k
- 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
- ▲7%
- Now 90
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now —
Group structure
Subsidiaries (1)
- Longworth Group LtdRev. £24.4m · Profit £2.3m
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
Sources
Latest figures from accounts for the year to 31 Jul 2025 (profit £1.8m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Feb 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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