Wilkinson Star Limited
Registered name: WILKINSON STAR LIMITED
Part of The Wilkinson Corporation Limited groupWilkinson Star Limited made £24.4m revenue and £431k profit in the year to 30 Nov 2025.
Wilkinson Star Limited’s revenue fell 4% to £24.4m in the year to 30 Nov 2025, with £431k profit and 78 employees. The company is classified under “wholesale of mining, construction and civil engineering machinery” and is based in Worsley Manchester; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Worsley Manchester, North West
- Age
- 42 yrs · since 1983
- 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.
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 30 Nov 2022 | 30 Nov 2023 | 30 Nov 2024 | 30 Nov 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £24.4m | £24.6m | £25.3m | £24.4m |
| Cost of sales | £17.2m | £17.2m | £17m | £16.1m |
| Gross profit | £7.2m | £7.4m | £8.2m | £8.2m |
| Operating profit | £1m | £1.1m | £1.1m | £838k |
| Profit before tax | £852k | £849k | £872k | £620k |
| Profit after tax | £729k | £768k | £621k | £431k |
| Profit (best available) | £729k | £768k | £621k | £431k |
| Staff costs | £3.5m | £3.7m | £3.9m | £4m |
| Employees (average) | 82 | 84 | 80 | 78 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 3% | 3.1% | 2.5% | 1.8% |
| Gross margin | 29.4% | 29.9% | 32.6% | 33.8% |
| Revenue per employee | £297k | £293k | £316k | £312k |
| Profit per employee | £8.9k | £9.1k | £7.8k | £5.5k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲0.9% | ▲2.7% | ▼3.6% |
| Profit growth | — | ▲5.3% | ▼19.1% | ▼30.6% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲2.4% | ▼4.8% | ▼2.5% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £1.2m | £1.8m | £1m | £714k |
| Net assets | £4.4m | £5.2m | £5.3m | £5.4m |
| Fixed assets | £1.1m | £806k | £850k | £860k |
| Current assets | £14.4m | £15.6m | £15m | £14.1m |
| Debtors | £6m | £6m | £6.7m | £6.5m |
| Deferred income | £869k | £919k | £1.1m | £994k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data May 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data May 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Aug 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Aug 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 1.8%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 33.8%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £312k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £5.5k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 3.5%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 4.1%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 26.6%
- 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
- ▲2%
- Now £5.4m
- Cash at bank
- ▼32%
- Now £714k
- Headcount
- ▼3%
- Now 78
- Deferred income
- ▼7%
- Now £994k
- Fixed assets
- ▲1%
- Now £860k
Deferred income is reported together with accruals in this filing (“accruals and deferred income”), so it is an approximate signal only.
Group structure
Ownership chain
- The Wilkinson Corporation Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- Wilkinson Star Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Subsidiaries (1)
- Jasic Welding LimitedFigures not disclosed
Sister companies (1)
- Fiac UK LimitedFigures not disclosed
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 30 Nov 2025 (profit £431k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Aug 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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