Willan UK Limited
Registered name: WILLAN UK LIMITED
Part of Willan Group Limited groupWillan UK Limited made £841k revenue and £515k profit in the year to 31 Mar 2025.
Willan UK Limited’s revenue grew 7% to £841k in the year to 31 Mar 2025, with £515k profit and 4 employees. The company is classified under “activities of head offices” and is based in Stockport; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Stockport, North West
- Age
- 31 yrs · since 1994
- Type
- Private Limited Company
Pass-through vehicle. This looks like a holding, staffing or umbrella company. Its revenue and profit may largely pass through to or from other entities, so the figures may not reflect a standalone operating business. It is excluded from our opportunity lists.
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) | £858k | £789k | £841k |
| Cost of sales | £93.7k | £193k | £136k |
| Gross profit | £765k | £596k | £706k |
| Operating profit | £413k | £1.5m | £393k |
| Profit before tax | £1.1m | £1.9m | £594k |
| Profit after tax | £1m | £1.4m | £515k |
| Profit (best available) | £1m | £1.4m | £515k |
| Employees (average) | 4 | 4 | 4 |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | 120.1% | 176.7% | 61.3% |
| Gross margin | 89.1% | 75.5% | 83.9% |
| Revenue per employee | £215k | £197k | £210k |
| Profit per employee | £258k | £349k | £129k |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Revenue growth | — | ▼8.1% | ▲6.6% |
| Profit growth | — | ▲35.3% | ▼63% |
| Headcount growth | — | 0% | 0% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Cash at bank | £659k | £438k | £701k |
| Net assets | £11.9m | £13.1m | £13.5m |
| Fixed assets | £13.7m | £15m | £15.1m |
| Current assets | £5.4m | £5.8m | £6.1m |
| Debtors | £112k | £144k | £94.9k |
| Deferred income | £264k | £352k | £321k |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Jun 2024 | Accounts · bulk data Jun 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jul 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 61.3%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 83.9%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £210k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £129k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 1800%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 38.2%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 11.3%
- 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
- ▲3%
- Now £13.5m
- Cash at bank
- ▲60%
- Now £701k
- Headcount
- 0%
- Now 4
- Deferred income
- ▼9%
- Now £321k
- Fixed assets
- ▲1%
- Now £15.1m
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
- Willan Group Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- Willan UK Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Subsidiaries (3)
- Willan Investments LimitedRev. £1.8m · Profit £1.4m
- Willan Developments LimitedRev. £69.4k · Profit £171k
- Chaincourt LimitedFigures not disclosed
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Mar 2025 (profit £515k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Jul 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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