Company No. 01069525 · Incorporated 4 Sep 1972
W.crowder & Sons Limited
Registered name: W.CROWDER & SONS LIMITED
Part of RSK Group Limited groupW.crowder & Sons Limited made £13.5m revenue and £1.8m profit in the year to 31 Mar 2025.
W.crowder & Sons Limited’s revenue grew 81% to £13.5m in the year to 31 Mar 2025, with £1.8m profit and 61 employees. The company is classified under “wholesale of flowers and plants” and is based in Helsby; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
Full P&L filedSection G · Wholesale and retail trade; repair of motor vehiclesSIC 46220Wholesale of flowers and plants
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Helsby, North West
- Age
- 54 yrs · since 1972
- 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: “RSK Environment Limited”
Latest accounts · year to 31 Mar 2025
Key figures
Operating leverage
Revenue
£13.5m
Growth ▲80.7%
Profit
£1.8m
Growth ▲373.5%
Profit margin
13.1%
Gross 36.3%
Employees
61
Change 0%
Profit / employee
£29k
Revenue/employee £221k
Profitable streak
2yrs
Consecutive profitable years in our data
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
4 filed years
Financial history
| Year to | 30 Sep 2022 | 31 Mar 2023 | 31 Mar 2024 | 31 Mar 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | No P&L | No P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | — | — | £7.5m | £13.5m |
| Cost of sales | — | — | £4.8m | £8.6m |
| Gross profit | — | — | £2.6m | £4.9m |
| Profit before tax | — | — | £221k | £2.4m |
| Profit after tax | — | — | £374k | £1.8m |
| Profit (best available) | — | — | £374k | £1.8m |
| Staff costs | — | — | £2.1m | £2.5m |
| Employees (average) | 51 | 52 | 61 | 61 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | — | — | 5% | 13.1% |
| Gross margin | — | — | 35.3% | 36.3% |
| Revenue per employee | — | — | £123k | £221k |
| Profit per employee | — | — | £6.1k | £29k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | — | — | ▲80.7% |
| Profit growth | — | — | — | ▲373.5% |
| Headcount growth | — | — | — | 0% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £61.2k | £1m | £649k | £744k |
| Net assets | £2.7m | £3.2m | £3.5m | £4.6m |
| Fixed assets | £1.9m | £2.1m | £2.4m | £2.6m |
| Current assets | £2.9m | £5.6m | £5.7m | £7.4m |
| Debtors | £591k | £2.6m | £1.6m | £3.3m |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Apr 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Apr 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2025 |
Derived from the latest filing
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 13.1%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 36.3%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £221k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £29k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 19.2%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 24.5%
- Money owed by customers. Low = customers pay quickly.
Indirect — not revenue
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
- ▲29%
- Now £4.6m
- Cash at bank
- ▲15%
- Now £744k
- Headcount
- 0%
- Now 61
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- ▲10%
- Now £2.6m
Corporate ownership
Group structure
Ownership chain
- RSK Group Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- RSK Environment Limited75–100%
- W.crowder & Sons Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Mar 2025 (profit £1.8m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Sep 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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