Williams Homes (Bala) Limited
Registered name: WILLIAMS HOMES (BALA) LIMITED
Part of Solw Cyf groupWilliams Homes (Bala) Limited made £45.4m revenue and £11.5m profit in the year to 30 Nov 2025. read from filing text
Williams Homes (Bala) Limited’s revenue was £45.4m in the year to 30 Nov 2025, with £11.5m profit and 60 employees. The company is classified under “manufacture of veneer sheets and wood-based panels” and is based in Bala; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Bala, Wales
- Age
- 23 yrs · since 2003
- Type
- Private Limited Company
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 ultimate parent undertaking of the company is SOLW CYF. Registered office is Unit 18 - 19 Bala Industrial Estate, Bala, Gwynedd LL23 7NL and was incorporated in the UK on 12th June 2025. The full ”
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 31 May 2022 | 31 May 2023 | 31 May 2024 | 30 Nov 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) | £22.6m | £24.2m | £20m | £45.4m |
| Cost of sales | £19.3m | £21.6m | £16.9m | £28.5m |
| Gross profit | £3.3m | £2.6m | £3.1m | £16.9m |
| Operating profit | £2m | £1.3m | £2m | £15.1m |
| Profit before tax | £2.1m | £1.3m | £2m | £15.3m |
| Profit after tax | £1.6m | £1.1m | £1.5m | £11.5m |
| Profit (best available) | £1.6m | £1.1m | £1.5m | £11.5m |
| Employees (average) | 82 | 68 | 68 | 60 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 7.1% | 4.7% | 7.5% | 25.3% |
| Gross margin | 14.7% | 10.6% | 15.4% | 37.1% |
| Revenue per employee | £276k | £356k | £294k | £756k |
| Profit per employee | £19.6k | £16.6k | £22.2k | £192k |
| Cash conversion | −288.7% | −11.6% | −94.3% | — |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲7% | ▼17.2% | — |
| Profit growth | — | ▼29.9% | ▲33.7% | — |
| Headcount growth | — | ▼17.1% | 0% | — |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £5.3m | £2.1m | £3m | £2.6m |
| Net assets | £5.5m | £2m | £3.2m | £15.3m |
| Fixed assets | £4.6m | £2.1m | £2.3m | £2.5m |
| Current assets | £9.9m | £6.4m | £7m | £19.9m |
| Debtors | £2.2m | £1.5m | £1.3m | £2m |
| Deferred income | £3.1m | £2.5m | £1.3m | £464k |
| Cash from operations | −£5.6m | −£155k | −£1.9m | — |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Feb 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Feb 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Feb 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Aug 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 25.3%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 37.1%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £756k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £192k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 5.4%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 1%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 4.3%
- 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 £15.3m
- Cash at bank
- —
- Now £2.6m
- Headcount
- —
- Now 60
- Deferred income
- —
- Now £464k
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now £2.5m
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Solw Cyfultimate parent75–100%
- Williams Homes (Bala) Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Sister companies (2)
- FPW (Bala) CyfFigures not disclosed
- PW (Bala) CyfFigures not disclosed
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 30 Nov 2025 (profit £11.5m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Aug 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Updated from Companies House on 13 Oct 2026
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