H G Walter Limited
Registered name: H G WALTER LIMITED
H G Walter Limited made £55.6m revenue and £3m profit in the year to 30 Sep 2025.
H G Walter Limited’s revenue grew 15% to £55.6m in the year to 30 Sep 2025, with £3m profit and 206 employees. The company is classified under “processing and preserving of meat” and is based in London; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- London, London
- Age
- 15 yrs · since 2011
- 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: “Heanen family”
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 30 Sep 2022 | 30 Sep 2023 | 30 Sep 2024 | 30 Sep 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £34.9m | £42.9m | £48.3m | £55.6m |
| Cost of sales | £22.3m | £26.6m | £30.6m | £41.2m |
| Gross profit | £12.6m | £16.3m | £17.8m | £14.4m |
| Operating profit | £3.6m | £5.1m | £4m | £4.1m |
| Profit before tax | £3.6m | £5.1m | £4.2m | £4.1m |
| Profit after tax | £2.9m | £3.9m | £3m | £3m |
| Profit (best available) | £2.9m | £3.9m | £3m | £3m |
| Staff costs | £5.7m | £7.5m | £8.5m | £10.1m |
| Employees (average) | 138 | 161 | 177 | 206 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 8.3% | 9.2% | 6.2% | 5.4% |
| Gross margin | 36% | 37.9% | 36.8% | 25.9% |
| Revenue per employee | £253k | £266k | £273k | £270k |
| Profit per employee | £20.9k | £24.4k | £16.9k | £14.6k |
| Cash conversion | −88% | −102.9% | 86.7% | 197.5% |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲22.8% | ▲12.8% | ▲15.1% |
| Profit growth | — | ▲35.9% | ▼23.9% | ▲0.4% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲16.7% | ▲9.9% | ▲16.4% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £3.5m | £6.1m | £4.4m | £1m |
| Net assets | £5.2m | £7.7m | £9.8m | £11.6m |
| Fixed assets | £2.3m | £2.4m | £5.2m | £16.6m |
| Current assets | £8.3m | £11.4m | £12m | £11m |
| Debtors | £3.7m | £4m | £4.9m | £5.4m |
| Deferred income | £245k | £162k | £539k | £835k |
| Cash from operations | −£3.2m | −£5.3m | £3.5m | £8.2m |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Mar 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Mar 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Feb 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data May 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 5.4%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 25.9%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £270k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £14.6k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- 197.5%
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 29.9%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 1.5%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 9.8%
- 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
- ▲19%
- Now £11.6m
- Cash at bank
- ▼77%
- Now £1m
- Headcount
- ▲16%
- Now 206
- Deferred income
- ▲55%
- Now £835k
- Fixed assets
- ▲217%
- Now £16.6m
Deferred income is reported together with accruals in this filing (“accruals and deferred income”), so it is an approximate signal only.
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 30 Sep 2025 (profit £3m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published May 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Updated from Companies House on 15 Oct 2026
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