Dennis Williams Limited
Registered name: DENNIS WILLIAMS LIMITED
Dennis Williams Limited made £26.9m revenue and £147k profit in the year to 31 Dec 2024.
Dennis Williams Limited’s revenue grew 15% to £26.9m in the year to 31 Dec 2024, with £147k profit and 164 employees. The company is classified under “wholesale of perfume and cosmetics” and is based in Bradford; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Bradford, Yorkshire and The Humber
- Age
- 70 yrs · since 1955
- 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 Dec 2022 | 31 Dec 2023 | 31 Dec 2024 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | |||
| Revenue (turnover) | £20.9m | £23.5m | £26.9m |
| Cost of sales | £14.1m | £16m | £18.2m |
| Gross profit | £6.9m | £7.5m | £8.8m |
| Profit before tax | £536k | £623k | £268k |
| Profit after tax | £467k | £456k | £147k |
| Profit (best available) | £467k | £456k | £147k |
| Staff costs | £4.8m | £5.3m | £6.6m |
| Employees (average) | 151 | 155 | 164 |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | 2.2% | 1.9% | 0.5% |
| Gross margin | 32.8% | 31.9% | 32.6% |
| Revenue per employee | £139k | £151k | £164k |
| Profit per employee | £3.1k | £2.9k | £899 |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲12.1% | ▲14.8% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼2.4% | ▼67.7% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲2.6% | ▲5.8% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Cash at bank | £1.9k | £649k | £714k |
| Net assets | £5.5m | £5.7m | £6m |
| Fixed assets | £3.5m | £3.6m | £4.6m |
| Current assets | £9m | £10.6m | £8.8m |
| Debtors | £3.5m | £4m | £1.9m |
| Cash from operations | −£493k | £1.3m | £739k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 0.5%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 32.6%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £164k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £899
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 17%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 7.1%
- 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
- ▲5%
- Now £6m
- Cash at bank
- ▲10%
- Now £714k
- Headcount
- ▲6%
- Now 164
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- ▲27%
- Now £4.6m
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Dec 2024 (profit £147k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Sep 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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