Ifor Williams Trailers Limited
Registered name: IFOR WILLIAMS TRAILERS LIMITED
Ifor Williams Trailers Limited made £83.5m revenue and £6m profit in the year to 31 Mar 2025.
Ifor Williams Trailers Limited’s revenue fell 16% to £83.5m in the year to 31 Mar 2025, with £6m profit and 450 employees. The company is classified under “treatment and coating of metals” and is based in Manchester; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Manchester, North West
- Age
- 51 yrs · since 1975
- 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 Mar 2022 | 31 Mar 2023 | 31 Mar 2024 | 31 Mar 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £87m | £93.8m | £99.5m | £83.5m |
| Operating profit | £8.4m | £11.6m | £13.2m | £7.4m |
| Profit before tax | £8.2m | £11.3m | £12.9m | £7.7m |
| Profit after tax | £6.7m | £9.2m | £9.9m | £6m |
| Profit (best available) | £6.7m | £9.2m | £9.9m | £6m |
| Staff costs | £12.9m | £14.2m | £19m | £16.4m |
| Employees (average) | 416 | 498 | 545 | 450 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 7.7% | 9.8% | 9.9% | 7.2% |
| Revenue per employee | £209k | £188k | £183k | £186k |
| Profit per employee | £16.2k | £18.5k | £18.1k | £13.4k |
| Cash conversion | −108.7% | −124.7% | −137.6% | −206.7% |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲7.8% | ▲6.1% | ▼16.1% |
| Profit growth | — | ▲37.4% | ▲6.8% | ▼39% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲19.7% | ▲9.4% | ▼17.4% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £4.7m | £8.4m | £17m | £24.9m |
| Net assets | £38.6m | £41.9m | £46.5m | £48.7m |
| Fixed assets | £7.9m | £7.4m | £7.8m | £7.4m |
| Current assets | £65.6m | £67.4m | £73.1m | £69.3m |
| Debtors | £9.5m | £9.9m | £13.4m | £9.2m |
| Cash from operations | −£9.1m | −£14.5m | −£18.1m | −£15.4m |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Dec 2023 | Accounts · bulk data Dec 2023 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jan 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 7.2%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- —
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £186k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £13.4k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- −206.7%
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 8.8%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 11%
- 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 £48.7m
- Cash at bank
- ▲46%
- Now £24.9m
- Headcount
- ▼17%
- Now 450
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- ▼5%
- Now £7.4m
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Mar 2025 (profit £6m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Dec 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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