James Walker Townson Limited
Registered name: JAMES WALKER TOWNSON LIMITED
Part of James Walker Group Limited groupJames Walker Townson Limited made £3.9m revenue and £443k profit in the year to 31 Mar 2025.
James Walker Townson Limited’s revenue grew 29% to £3.9m in the year to 31 Mar 2025, with £443k profit and 18 employees. The company is classified under “machining” and is based in Surrey; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Surrey, South East
- Age
- 37 yrs · since 1989
- 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 | 31 Mar 2023 | 31 Mar 2024 | 31 Mar 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | |||
| Revenue (turnover) | £2.7m | £3m | £3.9m |
| Operating profit | £444k | £519k | £656k |
| Profit before tax | £452k | £538k | £675k |
| Profit after tax | £445k | £516k | £443k |
| Profit (best available) | £445k | £516k | £443k |
| Staff costs | £815k | £1m | £1.3m |
| Employees (average) | 18 | 18 | 18 |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | 16.5% | 17.2% | 11.5% |
| Revenue per employee | £150k | £166k | £215k |
| Profit per employee | £24.7k | £28.7k | £24.6k |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲11.3% | ▲28.9% |
| Profit growth | — | ▲16.1% | ▼14.1% |
| Headcount growth | — | 0% | 0% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Cash at bank | £10.6k | £23.2k | £38.3k |
| Net assets | £1.5m | £1.5m | £1.5m |
| Fixed assets | £35.3k | £268k | £222k |
| Current assets | £1.9m | £1.8m | £2m |
| Debtors | £293k | £244k | £294k |
| Deferred income | £148k | £159k | £184k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Oct 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Oct 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Oct 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 11.5%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- —
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £215k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £24.6k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 5.8%
- 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
- 7.6%
- 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
- ▼0%
- Now £1.5m
- Cash at bank
- ▲65%
- Now £38.3k
- Headcount
- 0%
- Now 18
- Deferred income
- ▲16%
- Now £184k
- Fixed assets
- ▼17%
- Now £222k
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
- James Walker Group Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- James Walker Townson Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Sister companies (18)
- James Walker & Co. LimitedRev. £41.7m · Profit −£634k
- James Walker UK LimitedRev. £23.2m · Profit £1m
- Tiflex LimitedRev. £15.7m · Profit £2m
- Devol Engineering LimitedRev. £10.8m · Profit −£1k
- James Walker Moorflex LimitedRev. £8.9m · Profit −£1.8m
- Kea-Flex Mouldings LimitedRev. £2.7m · Profit −£222k
- James Walker Engineering Services LimitedFigures not disclosed
- James Walker Metaflex LimitedFigures not disclosed
- James Walker Nominees LimitedFigures not disclosed
- James Walker Rotabolt LimitedFigures not disclosed
- James Walker Sealing Products & Services LimitedFigures not disclosed
- James Walker Seals LimitedFigures not disclosed
- James Walker Trustees LimitedFigures not disclosed
- James Walker Viceroy LimitedFigures not disclosed
- JWPS Trustees LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Jwsempp Trustees LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Phoenix Rollers(Otley)limitedFigures not disclosed
- Tico Manufacturing 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 31 Mar 2025 (profit £443k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Oct 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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