W.a. Truelove & Son Limited
Registered name: W.A. TRUELOVE & SON LIMITED
W.a. Truelove & Son Limited made £6.4m revenue and £359k profit in the year to 31 Mar 2025.
W.a. Truelove & Son Limited’s revenue fell 6% to £6.4m in the year to 31 Mar 2025, with £359k profit and 74 employees. The company is classified under “funeral and related activities” and is based in Surrey; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Surrey, London
- Age
- 92 yrs · since 1934
- 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 Mar 2022 | 31 Mar 2023 | 31 Mar 2024 | 31 Mar 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £6m | £6.9m | £6.9m | £6.4m |
| Cost of sales | £4.1m | £4.6m | £4.5m | £4.5m |
| Gross profit | £1.9m | £2.3m | £2.3m | £1.9m |
| Operating profit | £591k | £898k | £590k | £475k |
| Profit before tax | £502k | £825k | £555k | £438k |
| Profit after tax | £195k | £644k | £454k | £359k |
| Profit (best available) | £195k | £644k | £454k | £359k |
| Staff costs | £2.7m | £2.8m | £2.8m | £2.9m |
| Employees (average) | 73 | 74 | 74 | 74 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 3.2% | 9.4% | 6.6% | 5.6% |
| Gross margin | 31.8% | 33.2% | 34.1% | 29.8% |
| Revenue per employee | £82.8k | £92.9k | £92.6k | £86.6k |
| Profit per employee | £2.7k | £8.7k | £6.1k | £4.8k |
| Cash conversion | −53.6% | −84.8% | −92% | −108.3% |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲13.8% | ▼0.3% | ▼6.5% |
| Profit growth | — | ▲230% | ▼29.6% | ▼20.9% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲1.4% | 0% | 0% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £195k | £307k | £1.1m | £782k |
| Net assets | £6.6m | £7.9m | £7.8m | £7.9m |
| Fixed assets | £9.3m | £9.4m | £9.3m | £9.9m |
| Current assets | £2m | £2.1m | £2m | £1.5m |
| Debtors | £452k | £424k | £452k | £459k |
| Cash from operations | −£317k | −£761k | −£543k | −£515k |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Dec 2023 | Accounts · bulk data Dec 2023 | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 5.6%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 29.8%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £86.6k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £4.8k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- −108.3%
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 154.8%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 7.2%
- 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 £7.9m
- Cash at bank
- ▼32%
- Now £782k
- Headcount
- 0%
- Now 74
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- ▲7%
- Now £9.9m
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Mar 2025 (profit £359k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Dec 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Updated from Companies House on 11 Oct 2026
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