Joseph Walls Ltd
Registered name: JOSEPH WALLS LTD
Joseph Walls Ltd made £32.3m revenue and £807k profit in the year to 30 Sep 2025.
Joseph Walls Ltd’s revenue grew 39% to £32.3m in the year to 30 Sep 2025, with £807k profit and 54 employees. The company is classified under “wholesale of grain, unmanufactured tobacco, seeds and animal feeds” and is based in Co Down; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Co Down, Northern Ireland
- Age
- 24 yrs · since 2002
- Type
- Private Limited Company
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 30 Sep 2023 | 30 Sep 2024 | 30 Sep 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | |||
| Revenue (turnover) | £19.4m | £23.3m | £32.3m |
| Cost of sales | −£16.4m | −£19.4m | −£27.7m |
| Gross profit | £3m | £3.9m | £4.6m |
| Operating profit | £689k | £682k | £1.1m |
| Profit before tax | £601k | £578k | £1m |
| Profit after tax | £420k | £457k | £807k |
| Profit (best available) | £420k | £457k | £807k |
| Employees (average) | 54 | 58 | 54 |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | 2.2% | 2% | 2.5% |
| Gross margin | 15.5% | 16.9% | 14.2% |
| Revenue per employee | £359k | £402k | £598k |
| Profit per employee | £7.8k | £7.9k | £14.9k |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲20.1% | ▲38.6% |
| Profit growth | — | ▲8.9% | ▲76.6% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲7.4% | ▼6.9% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Net assets | — | — | — |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Jul 2025 | Accounts · bulk data Jul 2025 | Accounts · bulk data Jul 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 2.5%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 14.2%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £598k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £14.9k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- —
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- —
- 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
- —
- Now —
- Cash at bank
- —
- Now —
- Headcount
- ▼7%
- Now 54
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now —
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Sources
Latest figures from accounts for the year to 30 Sep 2025 (profit £807k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Jul 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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