W.a. Styles Limited
Registered name: W.A. STYLES LIMITED
Part of Kraken21 Holding Ltd groupW.a. Styles Limited made £2.5m revenue and £175k profit in the year to 31 May 2025.
W.a. Styles Limited’s revenue fell 20% to £2.5m in the year to 31 May 2025, with £175k profit and 6 employees. The company is classified under “plumbing, heat and air-conditioning installation” and is based in Waltham Cross; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Waltham Cross, East of England
- Age
- 21 yrs · since 2005
- 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 May 2023 | 31 May 2024 | 31 May 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | No P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | |||
| Revenue (turnover) | — | £3.2m | £2.5m |
| Cost of sales | — | £2.2m | £1.9m |
| Gross profit | — | £1m | £602k |
| Operating profit | — | £445k | £223k |
| Profit before tax | — | £469k | £236k |
| Profit after tax | — | £349k | £175k |
| Profit (best available) | — | £349k | £175k |
| Employees (average) | 6 | 6 | 6 |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | — | 11% | 6.9% |
| Gross margin | — | 32.1% | 23.6% |
| Revenue per employee | — | £529k | £424k |
| Profit per employee | — | £58.1k | £29.2k |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Revenue growth | — | — | ▼19.8% |
| Profit growth | — | — | ▼49.8% |
| Headcount growth | — | 0% | 0% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Cash at bank | £1.4m | £1.6m | £218k |
| Net assets | £1.4m | £1.6m | £130k |
| Fixed assets | £90.9k | £113k | £87k |
| Current assets | £1.7m | £1.8m | £331k |
| Debtors | £263k | £197k | £95.7k |
| Deferred income | £7.1k | £7.1k | — |
| Source | FilletedAccounts · bulk data Aug 2024 | FilletedAccounts · bulk data Aug 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Feb 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 6.9%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 23.6%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £424k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £29.2k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 3.4%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 3.8%
- 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
- ▼92%
- Now £130k
- Cash at bank
- ▼86%
- Now £218k
- Headcount
- 0%
- Now 6
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- ▼23%
- Now £87k
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Kraken21 Holding Ltdultimate parent75–100%
- W.a. Styles 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 31 May 2025 (profit £175k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Feb 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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