Willis & Company (Insurance Brokers) Limited
Registered name: WILLIS & COMPANY (INSURANCE BROKERS) LIMITED
Part of WF Risk Group (Holdings) Ltd groupWillis & Company (Insurance Brokers) Limited made £11.4m revenue and £3.4m profit in the year to 31 Dec 2025. read from filing text
Willis & Company (Insurance Brokers) Limited’s revenue grew 1% to £11.4m in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with £3.4m profit and 97 employees. The company is classified under “activities auxiliary to financial intermediation”; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Northern Ireland
- Age
- 29 yrs · since 1997
- Type
- Private Limited Company
Pass-through vehicle. This looks like a holding, staffing or umbrella company. Its revenue and profit may largely pass through to or from other entities, so the figures may not reflect a standalone operating business. It is excluded from our opportunity lists.
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 company's immediate parent company is WF Risk Group Limited, a company incorporated in Northern Ireland.”
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Dec 2022 | 31 Dec 2023 | 31 Dec 2024 | 31 Dec 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) | £8.8m | £10.4m | £11.3m | £11.4m |
| Operating profit | £3.5m | £4.3m | £4.8m | £4.6m |
| Profit before tax | £3.2m | £4.8m | £5.2m | £4.8m |
| Profit after tax | £2.4m | £3.9m | £4m | £3.4m |
| Profit (best available) | £2.4m | £3.9m | £4m | £3.4m |
| Staff costs | £3.7m | £4.2m | £4.5m | £4.7m |
| Employees (average) | 90 | 94 | 98 | 97 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 27.5% | 37.3% | 35.3% | 30.1% |
| Revenue per employee | £97.8k | £111k | £115k | £117k |
| Profit per employee | £26.9k | £41.4k | £40.5k | £35.3k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲18.4% | ▲8.1% | ▲1.2% |
| Profit growth | — | ▲60.8% | ▲2.2% | ▼13.7% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲4.4% | ▲4.3% | ▼1% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £3.4m | £4.3m | £7.5m | £5.8m |
| Net assets | £7.1m | £9.8m | £12m | £9.2m |
| Fixed assets | £2.5m | £3.9m | £2.7m | £4.1m |
| Current assets | £13.3m | £15.4m | £21.2m | £16.3m |
| Debtors | £5.2m | £4.6m | £5.7m | £5.1m |
| Deferred income | £630k | £761k | £731k | £658k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jul 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 30.1%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- —
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £117k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £35.3k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 35.7%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 5.8%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 44.8%
- 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
- ▼24%
- Now £9.2m
- Cash at bank
- ▼22%
- Now £5.8m
- Headcount
- ▼1%
- Now 97
- Deferred income
- ▼10%
- Now £658k
- Fixed assets
- ▲50%
- Now £4.1m
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
- WF Risk Group (Holdings) Ltdultimate parent75–100%
- WF Risk Group Limited75–100%
- Willis & Company (Insurance Brokers) Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Sister companies (3)
- Kennett Holdings LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Willis & Company (Financial Services) LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Willis Employment Services LimitedFigures not disclosed
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Dec 2025 (profit £3.4m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Sep 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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