W.j.french & Son Limited
Registered name: W.J.FRENCH & SON LIMITED
W.j.french & Son Limited does not publish its revenue or profit. Its accounts to 31 Dec 2025 show net assets of £2.3m and 20 employees.
W.j.french & Son Limited did not publish its revenue or profit — small companies aren’t required to file a profit & loss account. Its accounts for the year to 31 Dec 2025 showed net assets of £2.3m and 20 employees. The company is classified under “retail sale of footwear in specialised stores”; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- South East
- Age
- 71 yrs · since 1954
- Type
- Private Limited Company
Key figures
Revenue not disclosed
W.j.french & Son Limited’s accounts for the year to 31 Dec 2025 contain a balance sheet but no profit & loss account, so its revenue and profit are not public. UK small and micro-entity companies are not required to publish a P&L — this is normal and says nothing about how the business is performing.
We never estimate revenue. Below you’ll find the balance-sheet figures that were filed — useful as indirect signals of momentum, but they are not revenue or profit.
- Employees
- 20
- Net assets
- £2.3m
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Dec 2022 | 31 Dec 2023 | 31 Dec 2024 | 31 Dec 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | No P&L | No P&L | No P&L | No P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | — | — | — | — |
| Profit (best available) | — | — | — | — |
| Employees (average) | 20 | 19 | 22 | 20 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | — | — | — | — |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Headcount growth | — | ▼5% | ▲15.8% | ▼9.1% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £112k | £273k | £148k | £164k |
| Net assets | £2.2m | £2.3m | £2.3m | £2.3m |
| Fixed assets | £1.6m | £1.6m | £1.6m | £1.5m |
| Current assets | £734k | £869k | £846k | £890k |
| Debtors | £13.4k | £19.1k | £11.1k | £9.3k |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Mar 2024 | Accounts · bulk data Mar 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Apr 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data May 2026 |
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
- ▼1%
- Now £2.3m
- Cash at bank
- ▲11%
- Now £164k
- Headcount
- ▼9%
- Now 20
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- ▼5%
- Now £1.5m
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Dec 2025, from the Companies House accounts bulk data published May 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Updated from Companies House on 20 Oct 2026
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