William Cook Stanhope Limited
Registered name: WILLIAM COOK STANHOPE LIMITED
Part of Heico Corporation groupWilliam Cook Stanhope Limited made £39.2m revenue and £7m profit in the year to 28 Jun 2025.
William Cook Stanhope Limited’s revenue grew 5% to £39.2m in the year to 28 Jun 2025, with £7m profit and 127 employees. The company is classified under “casting of steel” and is based in Bishop Auckland; we hold 2 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Bishop Auckland, North East
- Age
- 86 yrs · since 1940
- Type
- Private Limited Company
Part of a group. The filing indicates this company sits within a group structure, so its results may depend on intra-group trading and it may be hard to replicate independently. From the filing: “As at the 28 June 2025, the immediate and ultimate parent company is William Cook Holdings Limited, a company incorporated in England and Wales. William Cook Holdings Limited is the largest and smalle”
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 29 Jun 2024 | 28 Jun 2025 |
|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||
| Revenue (turnover) | £37.2m | £39.2m |
| Cost of sales | £24.3m | £25.5m |
| Gross profit | £13m | £13.7m |
| Operating profit | £9.7m | £9.1m |
| Profit before tax | £9.7m | £9.1m |
| Profit after tax | £7.4m | £7m |
| Profit (best available) | £7.4m | £7m |
| Staff costs | £5.5m | £5.3m |
| Employees (average) | 126 | 127 |
| Ratios | ||
| Profit margin | 19.8% | 17.8% |
| Gross margin | 34.8% | 34.9% |
| Revenue per employee | £296k | £309k |
| Profit per employee | £58.4k | £55k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲5.3% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼4.9% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲0.8% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||
| Cash at bank | £2.7m | £4m |
| Net assets | £6.9m | £3.7m |
| Fixed assets | £3.7m | £3.7m |
| Current assets | £12.5m | £14.5m |
| Debtors | £4.6m | £4.6m |
| Deferred income | £561k | £479k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Mar 2026 | FullAccounts · bulk data Mar 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 17.8%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 34.9%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £309k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £55k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 9.4%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 1.2%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 11.7%
- 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
- ▼45%
- Now £3.7m
- Cash at bank
- ▲52%
- Now £4m
- Headcount
- ▲1%
- Now 127
- Deferred income
- ▼15%
- Now £479k
- Fixed assets
- ▲0%
- Now £3.7m
Deferred income is reported together with accruals in this filing (“accruals and deferred income”), so it is an approximate signal only.
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Heico Corporation (registered outside the UK register)ultimate parent75–100%
- Heico-Cook Defence Ltd75–100%
- William Cook Stanhope Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Sister companies (2)
- Cook Defence Systems LimitedRev. £51.4m · Profit £4.1m
- William Cook Intermodal LimitedFigures not disclosed
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 28 Jun 2025 (profit £7m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Mar 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Updated from Companies House on 11 Oct 2026
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