Woollard & Henry Limited
Registered name: WOOLLARD & HENRY LIMITED
Part of Woollard & Henry Employees Trustees Limited groupWoollard & Henry Limited made £6.1m revenue and £49.6k profit in the year to 30 Sep 2024.
Woollard & Henry Limited’s revenue grew 15% to £6.1m in the year to 30 Sep 2024, with £49.6k profit and 48 employees. The company is classified under “manufacture of machinery for paper and paperboard production” and is based in Aberdeen; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Aberdeen, Scotland
- Age
- 65 yrs · since 1961
- 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.
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 30 Sep 2022 | 30 Sep 2023 | 30 Sep 2024 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | |||
| Revenue (turnover) | £8.5m | £5.4m | £6.1m |
| Cost of sales | £6.5m | £3.8m | £4.6m |
| Gross profit | £2m | £1.5m | £1.6m |
| Operating profit | £74.3k | £18.9k | £75.2k |
| Profit before tax | £62.5k | £9.6k | £66.1k |
| Profit after tax | £119k | £22.2k | £49.6k |
| Profit (best available) | £119k | £22.2k | £49.6k |
| Employees (average) | 51 | 50 | 48 |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | 1.4% | 0.4% | 0.8% |
| Gross margin | 23.4% | 28.6% | 25.8% |
| Revenue per employee | £166k | £107k | £128k |
| Profit per employee | £2.3k | £444 | £1k |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Revenue growth | — | ▼36.7% | ▲14.6% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼81.4% | ▲123.7% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▼2% | ▼4% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Cash at bank | £1.1m | £460k | £116k |
| Net assets | £5.7m | £5.7m | £5.7m |
| Fixed assets | £1.3m | £1.5m | £1.7m |
| Current assets | £7.1m | £5.9m | £5.8m |
| Debtors | £1.7m | £999k | £964k |
| Deferred income | — | £0 | £170k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Jun 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jun 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jun 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 0.8%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 25.8%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £128k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £1k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 28.4%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 2.8%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 15.7%
- 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 £5.7m
- Cash at bank
- ▼75%
- Now £116k
- Headcount
- ▼4%
- Now 48
- Deferred income
- —
- Now £170k
- Fixed assets
- ▲20%
- Now £1.7m
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
- Woollard & Henry Employees Trustees Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- Woollard & Henry Holdings Limited75–100%
- Woollard & Henry Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Sister companies (1)
- WH Lipex LimitedFigures 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 Sep 2024 (profit £49.6k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Jun 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Updated from Companies House on 24 Oct 2026
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