Samuel Wilkes (Engineering) Limited
Registered name: SAMUEL WILKES (ENGINEERING) LIMITED
Part of Trimselter Holdings Limited groupSamuel Wilkes (Engineering) Limited made £110k profit in the year to 30 Sep 2025 (revenue not disclosed).
Samuel Wilkes (Engineering) Limited reported £110k profit in the year to 30 Sep 2025, up 0% on the year before; its revenue was not disclosed. It had 15 employees. The company is classified under “manufacture of locks and hinges” and is based in Walsall; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Walsall, West Midlands
- Age
- 47 yrs · since 1979
- 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: “The parent company of Samuel Wilkes (Engineering) Limited is Trimselter Limited and its registered office is PO Box 1, Newfield Close, Walsall WS2 7PW.”
Key figures
This company published its profit but not its turnover, so revenue and margins are not disclosed. We never estimate them.
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 30 Sep 2022 | 30 Sep 2023 | 30 Sep 2024 | 30 Sep 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Profit only | Profit only | Profit only | Profit only |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | — | — | — | — |
| Profit after tax | £223k | £120k | £109k | £110k |
| Profit (best available) | £223k | £120k | £109k | £110k |
| Employees (average) | 14 | 13 | 14 | 15 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | — | — | — | — |
| Profit per employee | £15.9k | £9.2k | £7.8k | £7.3k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Profit growth | — | ▼46.4% | ▼8.5% | ▲0.4% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▼7.1% | ▲7.7% | ▲7.1% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £202k | £202k | £155k | £98.8k |
| Net assets | £382k | £401k | £511k | £621k |
| Fixed assets | £17k | £7.8k | £16.3k | £24.5k |
| Current assets | £668k | £659k | £733k | £890k |
| Debtors | £244k | £211k | £70.5k | £262k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data May 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data May 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data May 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jun 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- —
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- —
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- —
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £7.3k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- —
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- —
- 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
- ▲22%
- Now £621k
- Cash at bank
- ▼36%
- Now £98.8k
- Headcount
- ▲7%
- Now 15
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- ▲50%
- Now £24.5k
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Trimselter Holdings Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- Trimselter Limited75–100%
- Samuel Wilkes (Engineering) Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Sister companies (1)
- Wilkes Security Products LimitedRev. — · Profit −£26.8k
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 30 Sep 2025 (profit £110k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Jun 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Updated from Companies House on 17 Oct 2026
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