{"name":"HERBERT WALKERS LIMITED","company_number":"00405322","status":"Active","type":"Private Limited Company","incorporated":"1946-03-01","dissolved":null,"registered_office":"115 Dockfield Road, Shipley, West Yorkshire, England, BD17 7AR","postcode":"BD17 7AR","sic_codes":[{"code":18129,"description":"Printing not elsewhere classified"}],"principal_activity":"The principal activity of the company in the year under review was that of the design and printing of commercial print.","previous_names":[{"name":"HERBERT WALKER & SON (PRINTERS) LIMITED","changed_on":"2010-08-11"}],"warnings":[],"accounts":{"category":"Medium","year_end":"31 March","last_made_up_to":"2025-03-31","next_due":"2026-12-31"},"employees":{"count":103,"accounts_date":"2025-03-31"},"financials":[{"financial_date":"2025-03-31","turnover":13562489,"profit_loss":627795,"net_assets":6495870,"cash":807970,"average_employees":103},{"financial_date":"2024-03-31","turnover":13500171,"profit_loss":77174,"net_assets":5868075,"cash":2914220,"average_employees":116},{"financial_date":"2023-03-31","turnover":14883346,"net_assets":5790901,"cash":1772042},{"financial_date":"2022-03-31","turnover":14555516,"net_assets":5478972,"cash":2889250},{"financial_date":"2021-03-31","turnover":12376446,"net_assets":5039635,"cash":3592341}],"officers":{"current":7,"resigned":11,"complete":true,"note":"Names and details of individual officers are on the People page (subscriber-only on this site) and free at Companies House."},"charges":{"total":0,"outstanding":0},"gazette_notices":[],"insolvency_outcome":null,"ai_summary":"Herbert Walkers Limited demonstrates financial performance that positions it firmly in the upper echelon of UK independent sheet-fed printers, with a decade-long trajectory of balance sheet strengthening and a notable margin improvement in FY2025. The company's strategic pivot towards packaging and greeting card production provides meaningful insulation from digital substitution headwinds affecting broader commercial print, while its reinvestment-oriented ownership structure (evidenced by dividend abstention and apparent capital investment) positions it well to capture market share as smaller, under-capitalised competitors exit the market. The primary risks centre on scale limitations relative to consolidated competitors and the execution risk inherent in capital-intensive investment cycles within a structurally challenging industry.","website":"https://www.herbertwalkers.co.uk/","links":{"page":"https://www.companiesintheuk.co.uk/ltd/herbert-walkers","people":"https://www.companiesintheuk.co.uk/company/herbert-walkers/people","filing_history":"https://www.companiesintheuk.co.uk/company/herbert-walkers/filing-history","companies_house":"https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/00405322","financials":"https://www.companiesintheuk.co.uk/company/herbert-walkers/financial","control":"https://www.companiesintheuk.co.uk/company/herbert-walkers/control","charges":"https://www.companiesintheuk.co.uk/company/herbert-walkers/charges","ai_analysis":"https://www.companiesintheuk.co.uk/company/herbert-walkers/analysis"},"source":"CompaniesInTheUK, from Companies House, The Gazette and other public registers (see /support/about). Cite as: CompaniesInTheUK, https://www.companiesintheuk.co.uk/ltd/herbert-walkers"}