Walsall Pressings Company Limited
Registered name: WALSALL PRESSINGS COMPANY LIMITED
Part of Ricor Global Limited groupWalsall Pressings Company Limited made £30.8m revenue and £4.2m profit in the year to 31 Mar 2026.
Walsall Pressings Company Limited’s revenue fell 35% to £30.8m in the year to 31 Mar 2026, with £4.2m profit and 158 employees. The company is classified under “manufacture of other parts and accessories for motor vehicles” and is based in Walsall; we hold 5 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Walsall, West Midlands
- Age
- 60 yrs · since 1966
- 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.
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Mar 2022 | 31 Mar 2023 | 31 Mar 2024 | 31 Mar 2025 | 31 Mar 2026 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | |||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £37.6m | £44.3m | £49.1m | £47.3m | £30.8m |
| Cost of sales | £32.5m | £37m | £44.1m | £36.8m | £25.8m |
| Gross profit | £5.1m | £7.3m | £5m | £10.5m | £5.1m |
| Operating profit | £3.4m | £4m | £2m | £6.6m | £4m |
| Profit before tax | £3.4m | £3.9m | £2m | £6.5m | £4.2m |
| Profit after tax | £3.4m | £3.9m | £2m | £6.5m | £4.2m |
| Profit (best available) | £3.4m | £3.9m | £2m | £6.5m | £4.2m |
| Staff costs | £5m | £6.3m | £8.2m | £7.9m | £5.8m |
| Employees (average) | 153 | 171 | 177 | 179 | 158 |
| Ratios | |||||
| Profit margin | 9% | 8.9% | 4% | 13.7% | 13.5% |
| Gross margin | 13.6% | 16.5% | 10.2% | 22.3% | 16.5% |
| Revenue per employee | £246k | £259k | £277k | £264k | £195k |
| Profit per employee | £22.1k | £23k | £11.2k | £36.2k | £26.4k |
| Growth (year on year) | |||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲17.9% | ▲10.8% | ▼3.6% | ▼34.8% |
| Profit growth | — | ▲15.9% | ▼49.7% | ▲227.8% | ▼35.6% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲11.8% | ▲3.5% | ▲1.1% | ▼11.7% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||||
| Cash at bank | £1.1m | £385k | £911k | £484k | £298k |
| Net assets | £12.7m | £16.6m | £18.6m | £25m | £29.2m |
| Fixed assets | £834k | £766k | £788k | £815k | £539k |
| Current assets | £23.5m | £27.4m | £31m | £32.5m | £34.7m |
| Debtors | £9.1m | £2.3m | £3.2m | £2.6m | £1.7m |
| Deferred income | £2.1m | £2.9m | £4m | £1.1m | £762k |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Mar 2024 | Accounts · bulk data Mar 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Mar 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Oct 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Oct 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 13.5%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 16.5%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £195k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £26.4k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 1.8%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 2.5%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 5.4%
- 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
- ▲17%
- Now £29.2m
- Cash at bank
- ▼38%
- Now £298k
- Headcount
- ▼12%
- Now 158
- Deferred income
- ▼30%
- Now £762k
- Fixed assets
- ▼34%
- Now £539k
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
- Ricor Global Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- Walsall Pressings Company Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Sister companies (2)
- Ricor North East LimitedRev. £15.8m · Profit £685k
- Ricor Group 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 Mar 2026 (profit £4.2m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Oct 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Updated from Companies House on 24 Oct 2026
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