Richard Stewart Williams Limited
Registered name: RICHARD STEWART WILLIAMS LIMITED
Richard Stewart Williams Limited made £17.9m revenue and £795k profit in the year to 30 Apr 2025. read from filing text
Richard Stewart Williams Limited’s revenue grew 28% to £17.9m in the year to 30 Apr 2025, with £795k profit and 33 employees. The company is classified under “sale of used cars and light motor vehicles” and is based in Hoddesdon; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Hoddesdon, East of England
- Age
- 49 yrs · since 1977
- 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 | 30 Apr 2023 | 30 Apr 2024 | 30 Apr 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text |
| Profit & loss | |||
| Revenue (turnover) | £13m | £14m | £17.9m |
| Cost of sales | £11.2m | £11.4m | £15m |
| Gross profit | £1.8m | £2.7m | £2.9m |
| Operating profit | £586k | £1m | £1.1m |
| Profit before tax | £587k | £1m | £1.1m |
| Profit after tax | £460k | £777k | £795k |
| Profit (best available) | £460k | £777k | £795k |
| Staff costs | £1.7m | £2m | £2.3m |
| Employees (average) | 30 | 29 | 33 |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | 3.5% | 5.5% | 4.4% |
| Gross margin | 14.1% | 19% | 16.4% |
| Revenue per employee | £434k | £484k | £543k |
| Profit per employee | £15.3k | £26.8k | £24.1k |
| Cash conversion | 60.6% | −46.7% | −33.7% |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲7.8% | ▲27.7% |
| Profit growth | — | ▲69% | ▲2.4% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▼3.3% | ▲13.8% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Cash at bank | £617k | £618k | £458k |
| Net assets | £7m | £7.4m | £7.9m |
| Fixed assets | £251k | £218k | £177k |
| Current assets | £8.4m | £8.7m | £9.5m |
| Debtors | £2.3m | £2.9m | £3.1m |
| Deferred income | £175k | £695k | £853k |
| Cash from operations | £355k | −£487k | −£361k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Jan 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jan 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jan 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 4.4%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 16.4%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £543k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £24.1k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- −33.7%
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 1%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 4.8%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 17.3%
- 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
- ▲7%
- Now £7.9m
- Cash at bank
- ▼26%
- Now £458k
- Headcount
- ▲14%
- Now 33
- Deferred income
- ▲23%
- Now £853k
- Fixed assets
- ▼19%
- Now £177k
Deferred income is reported together with accruals in this filing (“accruals and deferred income”), so it is an approximate signal only.
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 30 Apr 2025 (profit £795k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Jan 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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