W H Bond & Sons Limited
Registered name: W H BOND & SONS LIMITED
Part of Bond-Trerule Limited groupW H Bond & Sons Limited made £18.1m revenue and £1m profit in the year to 30 Apr 2025.
W H Bond & Sons Limited’s revenue grew 13% to £18.1m in the year to 30 Apr 2025, with £1m profit and 48 employees. The company is classified under “growing of cereals (except rice), leguminous crops and oil seeds” and is based in Saltash; we hold 2 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Saltash, South West
- Age
- 30 yrs · since 1996
- 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: “Bond-Trerule Limited”
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 30 Apr 2024 | 30 Apr 2025 |
|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||
| Revenue (turnover) | £16.1m | £18.1m |
| Profit before tax | £569k | £1.2m |
| Profit after tax | £309k | £1m |
| Profit (best available) | £309k | £1m |
| Staff costs | £2.1m | £2.2m |
| Employees (average) | 51 | 48 |
| Ratios | ||
| Profit margin | 1.9% | 5.7% |
| Revenue per employee | £315k | £377k |
| Profit per employee | £6.1k | £21.5k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲12.7% |
| Profit growth | — | ▲233.7% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▼5.9% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||
| Cash at bank | £213k | £194k |
| Net assets | £26.2m | £26.9m |
| Fixed assets | £31.3m | £30.3m |
| Current assets | £5.4m | £6m |
| Debtors | £2.6m | £3.7m |
| Deferred income | — | £746k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Oct 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Oct 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 5.7%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- —
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £377k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £21.5k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 167.3%
- 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
- 20.7%
- 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 £26.9m
- Cash at bank
- ▼9%
- Now £194k
- Headcount
- ▼6%
- Now 48
- Deferred income
- —
- Now £746k
- Fixed assets
- ▼3%
- Now £30.3m
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Bond-Trerule Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- W H Bond & Sons Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 30 Apr 2025 (profit £1m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Oct 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Updated from Companies House on 23 Oct 2026
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