Oliver Walton Ltd
Registered name: OLIVER WALTON LTD
Part of Sun & Zhou Limited groupOliver Walton Ltd made £19.9m revenue and £595k profit in the year to 31 Aug 2025. read from filing text
Oliver Walton Ltd’s revenue grew 10% to £19.9m in the year to 31 Aug 2025, with £595k profit and 77 employees. The company is classified under “other letting and operating of own or leased real estate” and is based in London; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- London, London
- Age
- 16 yrs · since 2009
- 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: “The parent company is Sun & Zhou Limited, a company registered in England and Wales, whose registered office is situated at First Floor, 3-5 Globe Road, London, E1 4DT.”
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Aug 2022 | 31 Aug 2023 | 31 Aug 2024 | 31 Aug 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £14.6m | £16.2m | £18.1m | £19.9m |
| Cost of sales | £11.5m | £12.5m | £15.1m | £16.5m |
| Gross profit | £3.2m | £3.7m | £3.1m | £3.4m |
| Operating profit | £1.1m | £1.2m | £537k | £795k |
| Profit before tax | £1.1m | £1.2m | £544k | £796k |
| Profit after tax | £901k | £975k | £398k | £595k |
| Profit (best available) | £901k | £975k | £398k | £595k |
| Staff costs | £2.5m | £2.8m | £3.3m | £3.2m |
| Employees (average) | 68 | 73 | 81 | 77 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 6.2% | 6% | 2.2% | 3% |
| Gross margin | 21.6% | 22.7% | 16.9% | 17.1% |
| Revenue per employee | £215k | £222k | £224k | £259k |
| Profit per employee | £13.2k | £13.4k | £4.9k | £7.7k |
| Cash conversion | −41.6% | −115.9% | −54.6% | −116.2% |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲10.9% | ▲11.9% | ▲9.9% |
| Profit growth | — | ▲8.2% | ▼59.2% | ▲49.6% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲7.3% | ▲11% | ▼4.9% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £882k | £823k | £296k | £536k |
| Net assets | £1.3m | £1.3m | £1.4m | £1.4m |
| Fixed assets | £476k | £606k | £538k | £282k |
| Current assets | £2.7m | £2.6m | £2.6m | £3m |
| Debtors | £302k | £179k | £316k | £221k |
| Deferred income | £74.4k | £98.3k | £44.4k | £74.5k |
| Cash from operations | −£469k | −£1.4m | −£293k | −£924k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data May 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data May 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Aug 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data May 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 3%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 17.1%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £259k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £7.7k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- −116.2%
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 1.4%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 0.4%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 1.1%
- 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 £1.4m
- Cash at bank
- ▲81%
- Now £536k
- Headcount
- ▼5%
- Now 77
- Deferred income
- ▲68%
- Now £74.5k
- Fixed assets
- ▼48%
- Now £282k
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
- Sun & Zhou Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- Oliver Walton Ltdthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Sister companies (2)
- Focus 2025 LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Ow Property Services 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 Aug 2025 (profit £595k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published May 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Updated from Companies House on 12 Oct 2026
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