Walker Humphrey Limited
Registered name: WALKER HUMPHREY LIMITED
Walker Humphrey Limited made £21.2m revenue and £81.1k profit in the year to 31 Dec 2024.
Walker Humphrey Limited’s revenue grew 3% to £21.2m in the year to 31 Dec 2024, with £81.1k profit and 43 employees. The company is classified under “non-specialised wholesale of food, beverages and tobacco” and is based in Leeds; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Leeds, Yorkshire and The Humber
- Age
- 61 yrs · since 1964
- 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 | No P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | |||
| Revenue (turnover) | — | £20.5m | £21.2m |
| Cost of sales | — | £17m | £17.6m |
| Gross profit | — | £3.5m | £3.6m |
| Operating profit | — | £694k | £203k |
| Profit before tax | — | £617k | £130k |
| Profit after tax | — | £470k | £81.1k |
| Profit (best available) | — | £470k | £81.1k |
| Staff costs | — | £1.4m | £1.7m |
| Employees (average) | 32 | 35 | 43 |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | — | 2.3% | 0.4% |
| Gross margin | — | 17.3% | 17% |
| Revenue per employee | — | £586k | £493k |
| Profit per employee | — | £13.4k | £1.9k |
| Cash conversion | — | −80.8% | 236.3% |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Revenue growth | — | — | ▲3.4% |
| Profit growth | — | — | ▼82.8% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲9.4% | ▲22.9% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Cash at bank | £305k | £405k | £324k |
| Net assets | £1.6m | £1.8m | £1.7m |
| Fixed assets | £1.5m | £1.8m | £1.5m |
| Current assets | £3.5m | £5.4m | £5.2m |
| Debtors | £1.5m | £2.3m | £2m |
| Cash from operations | — | −£561k | £479k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Nov 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Nov 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 0.4%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 17%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £493k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £1.9k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- 236.3%
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 6.9%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 9.6%
- 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 £1.7m
- Cash at bank
- ▼20%
- Now £324k
- Headcount
- ▲23%
- Now 43
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- ▼17%
- Now £1.5m
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Dec 2024 (profit £81.1k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Sep 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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