Charles M.willie & Co.(Shipping)limited
Registered name: CHARLES M.WILLIE & CO.(SHIPPING)LIMITED
Charles M.willie & Co.(Shipping)limited made £47.5m revenue and £1m profit in the year to 30 Nov 2025.
Charles M.willie & Co.(Shipping)limited’s revenue grew 9% to £47.5m in the year to 30 Nov 2025, with £1m profit and 138 employees. The company is classified under “sea and coastal freight water transport” and is based in Cardiff; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Cardiff, Wales
- Age
- 88 yrs · since 1938
- 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 Nov 2023 | 30 Nov 2024 | 30 Nov 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | |||
| Revenue (turnover) | £50.5m | £43.5m | £47.5m |
| Cost of sales | −£36.2m | −£34.8m | −£39m |
| Gross profit | £14.3m | £8.7m | £8.5m |
| Operating profit | £12.1m | £6.3m | £6.3m |
| Profit before tax | £8.4m | £3m | £1.8m |
| Profit after tax | £6.4m | £1.9m | £1m |
| Profit (best available) | £6.4m | £1.9m | £1m |
| Employees (average) | 138 | 131 | 138 |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | 12.6% | 4.4% | 2.1% |
| Gross margin | 28.4% | 19.9% | 17.8% |
| Revenue per employee | £366k | £332k | £344k |
| Profit per employee | £46.1k | £14.7k | £7.3k |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Revenue growth | — | ▼13.9% | ▲9.3% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼69.8% | ▼47.6% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▼5.1% | ▲5.3% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Net assets | — | — | — |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data May 2025 | Accounts · bulk data May 2025 | Accounts · bulk data Jun 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 2.1%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 17.8%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £344k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £7.3k
- 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
- ▲5%
- Now 138
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now —
Group structure
Subsidiaries (1)
- Charles M Willie & Co. (Property) LimitedFigures not disclosed
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
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Sources
Latest figures from accounts for the year to 30 Nov 2025 (profit £1m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Jun 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Updated from Companies House on 22 Oct 2026
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