WILLIAMS & HILL LIMITED

Company number 04484125 ·

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Executive summary

Williams & Hill occupies a strong position as a specialist fine art logistics provider, delivering margins (65% gross, 14.5% net) that dramatically exceed general freight sector norms and sit at the top end of even premium niche operators. While FY2025 revenue contracted 6.4% in line with broader art market softening, management's focus on margin improvement yielded a 155 basis point net margin expansion, with net assets growing 24.5% even after a £1.09M dividend payment. The company's balance sheet strength, multimodal capability, and two-decade track record provide a durable competitive moat, though revenue recovery and market ceiling constraints remain the key watchpoints for sustained growth.

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Shareholders' funds

£4,600,221

Balance sheet as at 2025-06-30

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What it does

The principal activity of the company continued to be that of

The company's own description, from its latest filed accounts.

Overview

Company type
Private Limited Company
Incorporated
2002-07-12
Employees
70 (2025 accounts · was 77 in 2024)
Registered office
Unit 9 Space Waye, Feltham, Middlesex, TW14 0TH
Postcode
TW14 0TH
Capital
12,307 GBP
Accounts category
Full
Charges
1 outstanding

Accounts

Last made up to
2025-06-30
Next due by
2027-03-31
Financial year end
30 June

Confirmation statement

Last statement dated
2026-07-12
Next due by
2027-07-26
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Nature of business (SIC)

  • 49410 Freight transport by road
  • 50200 Sea and coastal freight water transport
  • 51210 Freight air transport

Officers 5 current · 9 resigned

Martin EDWARDS Director
Appointed 2022-11-17
Appointed 2017-05-01
Appointed 2017-05-01
Appointed 2017-05-01
MR KERRY JOHN HILL Secretary
DIRECTOR Appointed 2002-07-12

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Group structure

Controlled by WILLIAMS AND HILL GROUP LTD — since 2016-07-26

From persons-with-significant-control filings on the public register.

Data protection registration

Registered with the ICO as a data protection fee payer — ZB162563 (Tier 2), registered since 2021.

Information Commissioner's Office register of fee payers, licensed under the Open Government Licence.

Previous company names

NameDate changed
WILLIAMS & HILL FORWARDING LIMITED2025-04-15

Previous registered addresses 3

AddressChanged on
WESTGATE 2 AVIA PARK, STAINES ROAD, BEDFONT, MIDDLESEX, TW14 8RS2011-08-31
LANGWOOD HOUSE, 63-81 HIGH STREET, RICKMANSWORTH, HERTFORDSHIRE WD3 1EQ2004-01-22
1ST FLOOR, 14-18 CITY ROAD, CARDIFF, CF24 3DL2002-08-01

Among its peers

Top 5%

by shareholders' funds, of 525 similar companies in TW

Among the biggest employers among its local peers (70 staff).

Among the oldest 25% of its local peers, trading since 2002.

No.6 of the largest freight transport by road companies in Hounslow →

Competitors Hounslow

This company ranks 6 among freight transport by road in Hounslow.

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The class of 2002

37%

of the 1,042 companies in this sector incorporated in 2002 are still active today; 60% have since been dissolved.

A fact about the year, not a forecast for this company.

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Property in England & Wales 7 titles

Leasehold
7
Most recent registration
2022-07-06
Where
Greater London (7)
Title numberCounty Tenure RegisteredPrice paid
AGL569765 Greater London Leasehold 2022-07-06
AGL430275 Greater London Leasehold 2017-12-08
AGL430228 Greater London Leasehold 2017-12-07
AGL353595 Greater London Leasehold 2015-09-03
AGL353596 Greater London Leasehold 2015-09-03
AGL296193 Greater London Leasehold 2013-11-01
AGL240609 Greater London Leasehold 2011-09-22

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