Walstead United Kingdom Limited
Registered name: WALSTEAD UNITED KINGDOM LIMITED
Part of Rutland Partners LLP groupWalstead United Kingdom Limited made £1.9m revenue and a £258k loss in the year to 31 Dec 2025.
Walstead United Kingdom Limited’s revenue fell 36% to £1.9m in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with a loss of £258k and 5 employees. The company is classified under “activities of head offices” and is based in Colchester; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Colchester, East of England
- Age
- 17 yrs · since 2008
- Type
- Private Limited Company
Pass-through vehicle. This looks like a holding, staffing or umbrella company. Its revenue and profit may largely pass through to or from other entities, so the figures may not reflect a standalone operating business. It is excluded from our opportunity lists.
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.
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&L | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £2.1m | £2.3m | £3m | £1.9m |
| Cost of sales | £2.1m | £2.3m | £3m | £1.9m |
| Gross profit | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 |
| Operating profit | −£529k | −£1.5m | £174k | −£229k |
| Profit before tax | −£424k | −£1.6m | £89k | −£286k |
| Profit after tax | −£428k | −£1.6m | £112k | −£258k |
| Profit (best available) | −£428k | −£1.6m | £112k | −£258k |
| Employees (average) | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | −20.6% | −66.5% | 3.7% | −13.4% |
| Gross margin | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| Revenue per employee | £415k | £468k | £606k | £387k |
| Profit per employee | −£85.6k | −£311k | £22.4k | −£51.6k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲12.8% | ▲29.4% | ▼36.2% |
| Profit growth | — | — | — | ▼330.4% |
| Headcount growth | — | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £5k | £16k | £36k | £7k |
| Net assets | −£23.5m | −£25m | £5.9m | £5.7m |
| Current assets | £29.4m | £28.7m | £29.9m | £26.5m |
| Debtors | £29.4m | £28.7m | £29.9m | £26.5m |
| Deferred income | — | — | £0 | £5k |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Sep 2024 | Accounts · bulk data Sep 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- −13.4%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 0%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £387k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- −£51.6k
- 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
- 0.3%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 1372%
- 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
- ▼4%
- Now £5.7m
- Cash at bank
- ▼81%
- Now £7k
- Headcount
- 0%
- Now 5
- Deferred income
- —
- Now £5k
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now —
Deferred income is reported together with accruals in this filing (“accruals and deferred income”), so it is an approximate signal only.
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Rutland Partners LLPultimate parent50–75%
- Walstead Holdings Limited75–100%
- Walstead Group Limited75–100%
- Walstead United Kingdom Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Subsidiaries (6)
- Walstead Bicester LimitedRev. £44.5m · Profit £13.1m
- Walstead Press Group LimitedRev. £1.9m · Profit −£2.3m
- Walstead York LimitedRev. £594k · Profit −£1.9m
- Rhapsody LimitedRev. — · Profit −£547k
- Walstead Newco C LimitedActive - Proposal to Strike offFigures not disclosed
- Walstead UK Holdings LimitedFigures not disclosed
Sister companies (3)
- Walstead Iberia LimitedRev. — · Profit −£122k
- Walstead Leykam LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Walstead Treasury LimitedFigures not disclosed
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Dec 2025 (profit −£258k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Sep 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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