Walkersteel Limited
Registered name: WALKERSTEEL LIMITED
Part of Walkerbridge Limited groupWalkersteel Limited made £15.9m revenue and £16.9k profit in the year to 30 Apr 2025.
Walkersteel Limited’s revenue fell 14% to £15.9m in the year to 30 Apr 2025, with £16.9k profit and 24 employees. The company is classified under “wholesale of metals and metal ores” and is based in Church, Accrington; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Church, Accrington, North West
- Age
- 27 yrs · since 1999
- 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: “Walkerbridge 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 2022 | 30 Apr 2023 | 30 Apr 2024 | 30 Apr 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £25.6m | £18.5m | £18.5m | £15.9m |
| Cost of sales | £20m | £16.3m | £16.5m | £14.1m |
| Gross profit | £5.6m | £2.2m | £2m | £1.8m |
| Profit before tax | £2.8m | −£38.4k | £6.7k | £16.9k |
| Profit after tax | £2.8m | −£34k | £6.7k | £16.9k |
| Profit (best available) | £2.8m | −£34k | £6.7k | £16.9k |
| Staff costs | £830k | £695k | £778k | £709k |
| Employees (average) | 27 | 23 | 24 | 24 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 11% | −0.2% | 0% | 0.1% |
| Gross margin | 21.8% | 11.9% | 10.9% | 11.4% |
| Revenue per employee | £949k | £804k | £772k | £664k |
| Profit per employee | £105k | −£1.5k | £281 | £706 |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▼27.8% | ▲0.3% | ▼14.1% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼101.2% | — | ▲151.4% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▼14.8% | ▲4.3% | 0% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £221k | £202k | £24.4k | £31.2k |
| Net assets | £3.2m | £3.1m | £3m | £3m |
| Fixed assets | £951k | £640k | £493k | £430k |
| Current assets | £12m | £9.8m | £9.2m | £9.6m |
| Debtors | £7.3m | £5.1m | £4m | £4.2m |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Oct 2023 | Accounts · bulk data Oct 2023 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jan 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jan 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 0.1%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 11.4%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £664k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £706
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 2.7%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 26.1%
- 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
- ▲1%
- Now £3m
- Cash at bank
- ▲28%
- Now £31.2k
- Headcount
- 0%
- Now 24
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- ▼13%
- Now £430k
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Walkerbridge Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- Walkersteel Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Sister companies (1)
- Walkersteel Engineering Services 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 30 Apr 2025 (profit £16.9k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Jan 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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