William Grant and Company Limited,
Registered name: WILLIAM GRANT AND COMPANY LIMITED,
William Grant and Company Limited, made £13.7m revenue and £633k profit in the year to 6 Jun 2025.
William Grant and Company Limited,’s revenue grew 1% to £13.7m in the year to 6 Jun 2025, with £633k profit and 53 employees. The company is classified under “processing and preserving of meat” and is based in Londonderry; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Londonderry, Northern Ireland
- Age
- 98 yrs · since 1928
- 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 | 6 Jun 2022 | 6 Jun 2023 | 6 Jun 2024 | 6 Jun 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £10.8m | £12.7m | £13.5m | £13.7m |
| Cost of sales | £8.6m | £11.1m | £11.4m | £11.5m |
| Gross profit | £2.2m | £1.6m | £2.2m | £2.2m |
| Operating profit | £704k | £119k | £750k | £775k |
| Profit before tax | £700k | £122k | £811k | £840k |
| Profit after tax | £386k | £131k | £612k | £633k |
| Profit (best available) | £386k | £131k | £612k | £633k |
| Staff costs | £1.3m | £1.4m | £1.5m | £1.6m |
| Employees (average) | 51 | 49 | 52 | 53 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 3.6% | 1% | 4.5% | 4.6% |
| Gross margin | 20% | 12.5% | 16.2% | 16.3% |
| Revenue per employee | £212k | £260k | £261k | £258k |
| Profit per employee | £7.6k | £2.7k | £11.8k | £11.9k |
| Cash conversion | 82.3% | 91.9% | 113.3% | 104.1% |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲17.8% | ▲6.4% | ▲1% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼66% | ▲365.4% | ▲3.5% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▼3.9% | ▲6.1% | ▲1.9% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £1.2m | £1.2m | £2m | £2.5m |
| Net assets | £5.9m | £6m | £6.6m | £7.2m |
| Fixed assets | £2.8m | £2.7m | £2.8m | £2.8m |
| Current assets | £4.2m | £4.5m | £5m | £5.7m |
| Debtors | £1.5m | £1.7m | £2m | £2.1m |
| Deferred income | £472k | £470k | £263k | £231k |
| Cash from operations | £579k | £110k | £850k | £807k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Mar 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Mar 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 4.6%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 16.3%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £258k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £11.9k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- 104.1%
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 20.1%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 1.7%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 15%
- 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
- ▲10%
- Now £7.2m
- Cash at bank
- ▲29%
- Now £2.5m
- Headcount
- ▲2%
- Now 53
- Deferred income
- ▼12%
- Now £231k
- Fixed assets
- ▼1%
- 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 6 Jun 2025 (profit £633k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Mar 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Updated from Companies House on 24 Oct 2026
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