W.r.r.pedley & Co.limited
Registered name: W.R.R.PEDLEY & CO.LIMITED
Part of C&F Group Holdings Limited groupW.r.r.pedley & Co.limited made £9.6m revenue and £480k profit in the year to 31 May 2025.
W.r.r.pedley & Co.limited’s revenue grew 1% to £9.6m in the year to 31 May 2025, with £480k profit and 87 employees. The company is classified under “manufacture of other fabricated metal products” and is based in West Midlands; we hold 2 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- West Midlands, West Midlands
- 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: “C & F Group Holdings Limited”
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 31 May 2024 | 31 May 2025 |
|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||
| Revenue (turnover) | £9.5m | £9.6m |
| Cost of sales | £5.7m | £5.8m |
| Gross profit | £3.9m | £3.8m |
| Operating profit | £1.2m | £496k |
| Profit before tax | £1.2m | £437k |
| Profit after tax | £913k | £480k |
| Profit (best available) | £913k | £480k |
| Staff costs | £2.6m | £2.9m |
| Employees (average) | 83 | 87 |
| Ratios | ||
| Profit margin | 9.6% | 5% |
| Gross margin | 40.7% | 39.3% |
| Revenue per employee | £115k | £111k |
| Profit per employee | £11k | £5.5k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲1.1% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼47.4% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲4.8% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||
| Cash at bank | £159k | £43.9k |
| Net assets | £3.3m | £3.6m |
| Fixed assets | £1.8m | £3.1m |
| Current assets | £4.1m | £3.4m |
| Debtors | £2.5m | £2m |
| Deferred income | £112k | £114k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Feb 2026 | FullAccounts · bulk data Feb 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 5%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 39.3%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £111k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £5.5k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 32.5%
- 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
- 21.1%
- 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
- ▲8%
- Now £3.6m
- Cash at bank
- ▼72%
- Now £43.9k
- Headcount
- ▲5%
- Now 87
- Deferred income
- ▲2%
- Now £114k
- Fixed assets
- ▲71%
- Now £3.1m
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
- C&F Group Holdings Limitedultimate parent50–75%
- W.r.r.pedley & Co.limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Subsidiaries (1)
- Excalibur Property Services LimitedFigures not disclosed
Sister companies (3)
- Hallen Engineering LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Magrenko LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Walker Aec 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 31 May 2025 (profit £480k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Feb 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Updated from Companies House on 11 Oct 2026
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