Walter E. Sturgess & Sons Limited
Registered name: WALTER E. STURGESS & SONS LIMITED
Part of Sturgess Trading Group Limited groupWalter E. Sturgess & Sons Limited made £54.7m revenue in the year to 31 Mar 2025.
Walter E. Sturgess & Sons Limited’s revenue fell 21% to £54.7m in the year to 31 Mar 2025, with 82 employees. The company is classified under “sale of new cars and light motor vehicles” and is based in Leicester; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Leicester
- Age
- 88 yrs · since 1938
- Type
- Private Limited Company
Key figures
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) | £144m | £69.6m | £54.7m |
| Cost of sales | −£137m | −£68.6m | £52.9m |
| Gross profit | £7.5m | £1m | £1.8m |
| Operating profit | £3.7m | −£1.3m | — |
| Profit before tax | £4.8m | −£1.7m | — |
| Profit after tax | £4m | −£1.4m | — |
| Profit (best available) | £4m | −£1.4m | — |
| Employees (average) | 179 | 117 | 82 |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | 2.8% | −2.1% | — |
| Gross margin | 5.2% | 1.5% | 3.3% |
| Revenue per employee | £806k | £595k | £667k |
| Profit per employee | £22.1k | −£12.3k | — |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Revenue growth | — | — | ▼21.4% |
| Headcount growth | — | — | ▼29.9% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Net assets | — | — | — |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Jan 2025 | Accounts · bulk data Jan 2025 | Accounts · bulk data Dec 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- —
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 3.3%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £667k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- —
- 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
- ▼30%
- Now 82
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now —
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Sturgess Trading Group Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- Walter E. Sturgess & Sons Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Subsidiaries (2)
- Sturgess Newton Baker LLPRev. £16.9m · Profit −£64.4k
- Newton Baker Properties LimitedFigures not disclosed
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
Sources
Latest figures from accounts for the year to 31 Mar 2025, from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Dec 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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