The Williamson Group Limited
Registered name: THE WILLIAMSON GROUP LIMITED
The Williamson Group Limited made £19.3m revenue and £10.1k profit in the year to 31 Dec 2025. read from filing text
The Williamson Group Limited’s revenue grew 1% to £19.3m in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with £10.1k profit and 120 employees. The company is classified under “wholesale of fruit and vegetables”; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Scotland
- Age
- 69 yrs · since 1957
- 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 | 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) | £16.4m | £18.5m | £19m | £19.3m |
| Cost of sales | £14.7m | £16.9m | £17.1m | £17.5m |
| Gross profit | £1.7m | £1.6m | £1.8m | £1.7m |
| Operating profit | £337k | £112k | £92.2k | £82.2k |
| Profit before tax | £287k | £56.2k | £221k | £32.3k |
| Profit after tax | £248k | £109k | £192k | £10.1k |
| Profit (best available) | £248k | £109k | £192k | £10.1k |
| Staff costs | £3.2m | £3.4m | £3.9m | £4.1m |
| Employees (average) | 112 | 115 | 123 | 120 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 1.5% | 0.6% | 1% | 0.1% |
| Gross margin | 10.4% | 8.7% | 9.7% | 9% |
| Revenue per employee | £147k | £161k | £154k | £161k |
| Profit per employee | £2.2k | £950 | £1.6k | £85 |
| Cash conversion | −176.5% | −262.3% | −320.7% | −718.6% |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲12.4% | ▲2.8% | ▲1.5% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼56% | ▲75.7% | ▼94.7% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲2.7% | ▲7% | ▼2.4% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £1.1m | £663k | £447k | £584k |
| Net assets | £2.7m | £2.8m | £3m | £3m |
| Fixed assets | £2.3m | £2.5m | £2.7m | £2.8m |
| Current assets | £3m | £2.5m | £2.4m | £2.5m |
| Debtors | £940k | £996k | £1m | £1m |
| Deferred income | £120k | £147k | £144k | £207k |
| Cash from operations | −£594k | −£294k | −£296k | −£591k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 0.1%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 9%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £161k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £85
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- −718.6%
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 14.7%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 1.1%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 5.4%
- 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
- ▲0%
- Now £3m
- Cash at bank
- ▲31%
- Now £584k
- Headcount
- ▼2%
- Now 120
- Deferred income
- ▲44%
- Now £207k
- Fixed assets
- ▲5%
- Now £2.8m
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 31 Dec 2025 (profit £10.1k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Sep 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Updated from Companies House on 15 Oct 2026
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