William Cook Holdings Limited
Registered name: WILLIAM COOK HOLDINGS LIMITED
Part of Froggatt Trustee Limited groupWilliam Cook Holdings Limited made £19.8m profit in the year to 28 Jun 2025 (revenue not disclosed).
William Cook Holdings Limited reported £19.8m profit in the year to 28 Jun 2025, up 43% on the year before; its revenue was not disclosed. It had 0 employees. The company is classified under “activities of production holding companies”; we hold 2 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Yorkshire and The Humber
- Age
- 29 yrs · since 1996
- 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. From the filing: “The ultimate controlling party of the group and company is considered to be Sir Andrew Cook CBE.”
Key figures
This company published its profit but not its turnover, so revenue and margins are not disclosed. We never estimate them.
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 29 Jun 2024 | 28 Jun 2025 |
|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Profit only | Profit only |
| Profit & loss | ||
| Revenue (turnover) | — | — |
| Profit after tax | £13.8m | £19.8m |
| Profit (best available) | £13.8m | £19.8m |
| Employees (average) | 0 | 0 |
| Ratios | ||
| Profit margin | — | — |
| Growth (year on year) | ||
| Profit growth | — | ▲42.8% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||
| Cash at bank | £18.3m | £7.5m |
| Net assets | £51.2m | £58.5m |
| Fixed assets | £36.1m | £36m |
| Current assets | £35.5m | £46m |
| Debtors | £1k | £2k |
| Deferred income | £216k | £428k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Mar 2026 | FullAccounts · bulk data Mar 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- —
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- —
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- —
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- —
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
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- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- —
- 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
- ▲14%
- Now £58.5m
- Cash at bank
- ▼59%
- Now £7.5m
- Headcount
- —
- Now 0
- Deferred income
- ▲98%
- Now £428k
- Fixed assets
- ▼0%
- Now £36m
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
- Froggatt Trustee Limitedultimate parent50–75%
- William Cook Holdings Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Subsidiaries (10)
- William Cook Cast Products LimitedRev. £26.6m · Profit −£1.7m
- William Cook Rail LimitedRev. £13.9m · Profit £390k
- Weardale Investments LimitedActive - Proposal to Strike offFigures not disclosed
- William Cook Aviation LimitedFigures not disclosed
- William Cook Estates LimitedFigures not disclosed
- William Cook Leaseholds LimitedFigures not disclosed
- William Cook LimitedFigures not disclosed
- William Cook Machining LimitedFigures not disclosed
- William Cook Properties LimitedFigures not disclosed
- William Cook Publishing LimitedFigures not disclosed
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 28 Jun 2025 (profit £19.8m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Mar 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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