Welton Aggregates Limited
Registered name: WELTON AGGREGATES LIMITED
Part of The Welton Group Ltd groupWelton Aggregates Limited made £13.7m revenue and £163k profit in the year to 31 Oct 2024.
Welton Aggregates Limited’s revenue grew 1% to £13.7m in the year to 31 Oct 2024, with £163k profit and 73 employees. The company is classified under “quarrying of ornamental and building stone, limestone, gypsum, chalk and slate” and is based in Spilsby; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Spilsby, East of England
- Age
- 23 yrs · since 2003
- 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.
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Oct 2022 | 31 Oct 2023 | 31 Oct 2024 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | |||
| Revenue (turnover) | £12.7m | £13.5m | £13.7m |
| Cost of sales | £10.8m | £11.6m | £12.1m |
| Gross profit | £1.9m | £1.9m | £1.6m |
| Operating profit | £821k | £593k | £198k |
| Profit before tax | £685k | £417k | −£147k |
| Profit after tax | £715k | £2.7k | £163k |
| Profit (best available) | £715k | £2.7k | £163k |
| Staff costs | £2.3m | £2.6m | £2.5m |
| Employees (average) | 71 | 90 | 73 |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | 5.6% | 0% | 1.2% |
| Gross margin | 15.3% | 14.3% | 11.9% |
| Revenue per employee | £179k | £150k | £188k |
| Profit per employee | £10.1k | £30 | £2.2k |
| Cash conversion | −257.5% | −241.4% | −888% |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲6.3% | ▲1.4% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼99.6% | ▲5928% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲26.8% | ▼18.9% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Cash at bank | £53.8k | £48.8k | £222k |
| Net assets | £8.1m | £8.1m | £8.3m |
| Fixed assets | £12.9m | £12m | £11.3m |
| Current assets | £7m | £8.1m | £9.8m |
| Debtors | £2.3m | £2.1m | £2.7m |
| Deferred income | £146k | £161k | £273k |
| Cash from operations | −£2.1m | −£1.4m | −£1.8m |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Oct 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Oct 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Oct 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 1.2%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 11.9%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £188k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £2.2k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- −888%
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 82.3%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 2%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 20%
- 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
- ▲2%
- Now £8.3m
- Cash at bank
- ▲354%
- Now £222k
- Headcount
- ▼19%
- Now 73
- Deferred income
- ▲70%
- Now £273k
- Fixed assets
- ▼6%
- Now £11.3m
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
- The Welton Group Ltdultimate parent75–100%
- Welton Aggregates Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Sister companies (3)
- Blacksmith Arms Welton LtdFigures not disclosed
- J F Smith & Son Farms LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Welton Homes LtdFigures 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 31 Oct 2024 (profit £163k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Oct 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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