Walker's Nonsuch Limited
Registered name: WALKER'S NONSUCH LIMITED
Walker's Nonsuch Limited made £15m revenue and £689k profit in the year to 31 Mar 2025.
Walker's Nonsuch Limited’s revenue grew 7% to £15m in the year to 31 Mar 2025, with £689k profit and 77 employees. The company is classified under “manufacture of sugar confectionery” and is based in Stoke on Trent; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Stoke on Trent, West Midlands
- Age
- 103 yrs · since 1922
- 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 | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | |||
| Revenue (turnover) | £12.6m | £14m | £15m |
| Cost of sales | £10.7m | £11.2m | £11.7m |
| Gross profit | £1.9m | £2.8m | £3.3m |
| Operating profit | £93.7k | £646k | £855k |
| Profit before tax | £98.5k | £690k | £924k |
| Profit after tax | £82.6k | £512k | £689k |
| Profit (best available) | £82.6k | £512k | £689k |
| Staff costs | £2.3m | £2.6m | £3.2m |
| Employees (average) | 77 | 77 | 77 |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | 0.7% | 3.7% | 4.6% |
| Gross margin | 15.2% | 20% | 21.8% |
| Revenue per employee | £164k | £182k | £194k |
| Profit per employee | £1.1k | £6.7k | £8.9k |
| Cash conversion | −310.1% | −171.2% | −176.3% |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲11.2% | ▲7% |
| Profit growth | — | ▲520% | ▲34.5% |
| Headcount growth | — | 0% | 0% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Cash at bank | £2.6m | £3.7m | £5m |
| Net assets | £6.1m | £6.6m | £7.2m |
| Fixed assets | £1.8m | £1.6m | £1.4m |
| Current assets | £5.8m | £6.7m | £7.9m |
| Debtors | £2.2m | £2.1m | £1.7m |
| Cash from operations | −£291k | −£1.1m | −£1.5m |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 4.6%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 21.8%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £194k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £8.9k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- −176.3%
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 9.3%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 11.5%
- 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
- ▲10%
- Now £7.2m
- Cash at bank
- ▲36%
- Now £5m
- Headcount
- 0%
- Now 77
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- ▼11%
- Now £1.4m
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Mar 2025 (profit £689k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Dec 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Updated from Companies House on 11 Oct 2026
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