W.D. Irwin & Sons (Portadown) Limited
Registered name: W.D. IRWIN & SONS (PORTADOWN) LIMITED
W.D. Irwin & Sons (Portadown) Limited made £30.2m revenue and £519k profit in the year to 28 Sep 2025.
W.D. Irwin & Sons (Portadown) Limited’s revenue fell 6% to £30.2m in the year to 28 Sep 2025, with £519k profit and 222 employees. The company is classified under “manufacture of bread; manufacture of fresh pastry goods and cakes” and is based in Portadown; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Portadown, Northern Ireland
- Age
- 13 yrs · since 2013
- 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 | 30 Sep 2023 | 28 Sep 2024 | 30 Sep 2024 | 28 Sep 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £46.6m | £32.2m | £32.2m | £30.2m |
| Cost of sales | −£32.4m | −£20.3m | −£20.3m | −£19.2m |
| Gross profit | £14.2m | £11.9m | £11.9m | £11m |
| Operating profit | £693k | £1.7m | £1.7m | £1.1m |
| Profit before tax | £302k | £1.4m | £1.4m | £957k |
| Profit after tax | £610k | £2.7m | £2.7m | £519k |
| Profit (best available) | £610k | £2.7m | £2.7m | £519k |
| Employees (average) | 263 | 232 | 232 | 222 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 1.3% | 8.2% | 8.2% | 1.7% |
| Gross margin | 30.5% | 37% | 37% | 36.4% |
| Revenue per employee | £177k | £139k | £139k | £136k |
| Profit per employee | £2.3k | £11.4k | £11.4k | £2.3k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | — | — | ▼6.2% |
| Profit growth | — | — | — | ▼80.4% |
| Headcount growth | — | — | — | ▼4.3% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Net assets | — | — | — | — |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Jun 2025 | Accounts · bulk data Jun 2026 | Accounts · bulk data Jun 2025 | Accounts · bulk data Jun 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 1.7%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 36.4%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £136k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £2.3k
- 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
- ▼4%
- Now 222
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now —
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Sources
Latest figures from accounts for the year to 28 Sep 2025 (profit £519k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Jun 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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