Walraven Ltd
Registered name: WALRAVEN LTD
Walraven Ltd made £10.6m revenue and £245k profit in the year to 31 Dec 2025. read from filing text
Walraven Ltd’s revenue was £10.6m in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with £245k profit and 55 employees. The company is classified under “manufacture of other fabricated metal products” and is based in Banbury; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Banbury, South East
- Age
- 48 yrs · since 1978
- 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: “Walraven Limited is a 100% subsidiary of Walraven Europe B.V, a company registered in the Netherlands. The ultimate parent company is Walraven Mijdrecht Holding B.V. a company registered in the Nether”
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 | 31 Dec 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £11m | £11.2m | £10.6m | £10.6m |
| Cost of sales | £7.3m | £7.1m | £6.4m | £6.4m |
| Gross profit | £3.7m | £4.1m | £4.2m | £4.2m |
| Operating profit | £407k | £381k | £250k | £264k |
| Profit before tax | £404k | £358k | £237k | £328k |
| Profit after tax | £344k | £269k | £130k | £245k |
| Profit (best available) | £344k | £269k | £130k | £245k |
| Staff costs | £2m | £2.1m | £2.4m | £2.2m |
| Employees (average) | 0 | 57 | 58 | 55 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 3.1% | 2.4% | 1.2% | 2.3% |
| Gross margin | 33.6% | 36.8% | 40% | 39.4% |
| Revenue per employee | — | £197k | £183k | £193k |
| Profit per employee | — | £4.7k | £2.2k | £4.5k |
| Cash conversion | −62.8% | −194.5% | 183.5% | 8.6% |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲2.2% | ▼5.1% | ▼0.1% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼21.9% | ▼51.6% | ▲88.3% |
| Headcount growth | — | — | ▲1.8% | ▼5.2% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £474k | £616k | £10.1k | £9.6k |
| Net assets | £3.1m | £3.4m | £3.5m | £3.7m |
| Fixed assets | £656k | £1m | £893k | £693k |
| Current assets | £4.5m | £5.2m | £7.1m | £6.3m |
| Debtors | £2.1m | £2m | £2.2m | £2m |
| Deferred income | £567k | £547k | £1.1m | £553k |
| Cash from operations | −£256k | −£741k | £459k | £22.9k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 2.3%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 39.4%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £193k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £4.5k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- 8.6%
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 6.5%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 5.2%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 19%
- 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 £3.7m
- Cash at bank
- ▼5%
- Now £9.6k
- Headcount
- ▼5%
- Now 55
- Deferred income
- ▼49%
- Now £553k
- Fixed assets
- ▼22%
- Now £693k
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 31 Dec 2025 (profit £245k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Sep 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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