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Company No. 02432592 · Incorporated 16 Oct 1989

James Walker & Co. Limited

Registered name: JAMES WALKER & CO. LIMITED

Part of James Walker Group Limited group

James Walker & Co. Limited made £41.7m revenue and a £634k loss in the year to 31 Mar 2025.

James Walker & Co. Limited’s revenue fell 7% to £41.7m in the year to 31 Mar 2025, with a loss of £634k and 413 employees. The company is classified under “manufacture of other rubber products” and is based in Woking; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.

Full P&L filedSection C · ManufacturingSIC 22190Manufacture of other rubber productsSIC 32990Other manufacturing n.e.c.
Status
Active
Location
Woking, 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.

Latest accounts · year to 31 Mar 2025

Key figures

Revenue
£41.7m
Growth ▼7%
Profit
−£634k
Growth ▼143.9%
Profit margin
−1.5%
 
Employees
413
Change ▼1.4%
Profit / employee
−£1.5k
Revenue/employee £101k
Profitable streak
0yrs
Consecutive profitable years in our data

Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.

3 filed years

Financial history

Multi-year financials, oldest to newest
Year to31 Mar 202331 Mar 202431 Mar 2025
DisclosureFull P&LFull P&LFull P&L
Profit & loss
Revenue (turnover)£42.3m£44.9m£41.7m
Operating profit£2.2m£2.3m−£1.2m
Profit before tax£2.3m£2.5m−£970k
Profit after tax£2.2m£1.4m−£634k
Profit (best available)£2.2m£1.4m−£634k
Staff costs£16.2m£17.4m£18.5m
Employees (average)408419413
Ratios
Profit margin5.2%3.2%−1.5%
Revenue per employee£104k£107k£101k
Profit per employee£5.3k£3.4k−£1.5k
Growth (year on year)
Revenue growth—▲6.2%▼7%
Profit growth—▼33.7%▼143.9%
Headcount growth—▲2.7%▼1.4%
Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue
Cash at bank£145k£57k£57k
Net assets£26.5m£28m£27.3m
Fixed assets£8.7m£10.6m£10.6m
Current assets£25.7m£25.2m£23.7m
Debtors£1.2m£1.7m£1.3m
Deferred income£2.2m£2.1m£1.7m
SourceFullAccounts · bulk data Oct 2024FullAccounts · bulk data Oct 2024FullAccounts · bulk data Oct 2025
Derived from the latest filing

How the business works

Profit margin
−1.5%
Profit ÷ revenue.
Gross margin
—
Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
Revenue per employee
£101k
Revenue ÷ average employees.
Profit per employee
−£1.5k
Profit ÷ average employees.
Cash conversion
—
Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
Fixed assets ÷ revenue
25.3%
Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
Deferred income ÷ revenue
4%
Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
Debtors ÷ revenue
3.2%
Money owed by customers. Low = customers pay quickly.
Indirect — not revenue

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 £27.3m
Cash at bank
0%
Now £57k
Headcount
▼1%
Now 413
Deferred income
▼19%
Now £1.7m
Fixed assets
▼1%
Now £10.6m

Deferred income is reported together with accruals in this filing (“accruals and deferred income”), so it is an approximate signal only.

Corporate ownership

Group structure

Ownership chain

  1. James Walker Group Limitedultimate parent75–100%
  2. James Walker & Co. Limitedthis company

Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.

Sister companies (18)

From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).

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Sources

Companies House profile Filing history & original accounts

Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Mar 2025 (profit −£634k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Oct 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.

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