DOUGLAS WILLIS LIMITED
Company number 05638730 · Monitor this company
Executive summary
Douglas Willis Limited demonstrates the classic profile of a conservatively-managed, family-owned Welsh meat processor: strong balance sheet fundamentals with minimal leverage and consistent profitability, but modest growth and declining cash reserves that suggest margin pressure from sector-wide cost inflation. The business occupies a defensible niche as a vertically-integrated online butcher with direct-to-consumer capability, though its limited capital expenditure and declining asset base raise questions about long-term competitive positioning against better-funded operators. The primary strategic challenge is balancing the family's prudent financial approach against the investment required to capitalise on the structural shift toward online premium meat purchasing.
Shareholders' funds
£1,900,914
Balance sheet as at 2025-03-31
Overview
- Company type
- Private Limited Company
- Incorporated
- 2005-11-29
- Employees
- 41 (2025 accounts · was 39 in 2024)
- Registered office
- 5 Grange Industrial Estate, Cwmbran, Gwent, NP44 8HQ
- Postcode
- NP44 8HQ
- Capital
- 100 GBP
- Accounts category
- Total Exemption Full
- Charges
- 1 outstanding
Accounts
- Last made up to
- 2025-03-31
- Next due by
- 2026-12-31
- Financial year end
- 31 March
Confirmation statement
- Last statement dated
- 2026-07-05
- Next due by
- 2027-07-19
Nature of business (SIC)
- 10130 Production of meat and poultry meat products
Officers 4 current · 3 resigned
Data protection registration
Registered with the ICO as a data protection fee payer — ZA530781 (Tier 2), registered since 2019.
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Contact details
- Website
- douglaswillis.co.uk
- Phone
- 01633877777
Douglas Willis is a family owned online butchers and fresh meat supplier. We deliver premium meat products to homes and businesses throughout the UK.
Previous company names
| Name | Date changed |
|---|---|
| CROESLLAN CATERING LIMITED | 2008-02-18 |
| B & A 0527 LIMITED | 2005-12-16 |
Previous registered addresses 2
| Address | Changed on |
|---|---|
| UNIT 5, GRANGE INDUSTRIAL ESTATE, LLANFRECHFA WAY, CWMBRAN NP44 BHQ | 2012-12-03 |
| PENDRAGON HOUSE, CAXTON PLACE, PENTWYN, CARDIFF CF23 8XE | 2006-01-18 |
Among its peers
Top 10%
by shareholders' funds, of 71 similar companies in NP — measured against the wider sector
Among the biggest employers among its local peers (41 staff).
Among the oldest 25% of its local peers, trading since 2005.
The class of 2005
34%
of the 154,486 companies incorporated in 2005 are still active today; 63% have since been dissolved.
A fact about the year, not a forecast for this company.
Property in England & Wales 1 title
- Leasehold
- 1
- Most recent registration
- 2018-10-19
- Where
- Torfaen
| Title number | County | Tenure | Registered | Price paid |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CYM754957 | Torfaen | Leasehold | 2018-10-19 | — |
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