WILLIAM LEE LIMITED
ActiveKey figures
† WILLIAM LEE LIMITED filed these accounts on paper, so Companies House publishes them only as a scanned image. The figures for the years marked † were read automatically from the scan and kept only where the statements add up (for example net assets equal total equity), but a reading error is still possible — check the original accounts at Companies House.
Like most small UK companies, WILLIAM LEE LIMITED does not publish a profit and loss account in its latest accounts. The figures below come from the balance sheet.
Ratios
2025/26Sector comparison
SIC 24510Where the company stands among the 106 active companies whose first SIC code is 24510 (Casting of iron).
- CASTINGS PUBLIC LIMITED COMPANY£127.3m
- PROGRESS RAIL SERVICES UK LIMITED£68.8m
- DOVER FUELING SOLUTIONS UK LIMITED£57m
- WILLIAM LEE LIMITED£35.5m
- JOSEPH AND JESSE SIDDONS LIMITED£19.2m
- MEIGHS & WESTLEYS LIMITED£11.8m
- ATRITOR LIMITED£6.8m
- WESTLEY GROUP LIMITED£6.4m
- BROCKMOOR FOUNDRY COMPANY LIMITED(THE)£6m
- STOCKTON CASTING COMPANY LIMITED(THE)£4.6m
Positions are approximate. Figures come from each company's latest accounts; money and employee figures are compared only with companies that filed accounts in pounds for a period ending in the last two and a half years and are not dormant, so those groups are smaller than 106. The line on each bar marks the median.
Summary: WILLIAM LEE LIMITED
What kind of company is it?
WILLIAM LEE LIMITED is a private limited company registered with Companies House under company number 02575974. It was incorporated on 23 Jan 1991. Its status is active. The registered office is in Derbyshire (S18). Its nature of business (SIC 2007) is casting of iron (24510).
How is the company doing financially?
The latest accounts in the database are for 2025/26 (period ending 31 Mar 2026); the company files full accounts. Net assets were £35,498,378, up 0.3% on the previous year. Cash at bank and in hand was £3,931,964. Total assets were £57,341,845 and total liabilities £15,759,524. The company had an average of 387 employees. Figures are available for 2 financial years (2024/25–2025/26).
How does it compare with similar companies?
Compared with 106 active companies whose first SIC code is 24510: By net assets it ranks higher than 96% of them (median £324,096). By total assets it ranks higher than 93% of them (median £671,139). By cash it ranks higher than 95% of them (median £109,645). By number of employees it ranks higher than 98% of them (median 3). It is older than 61% of them (median age 23.4 years).
Has it received government grants?
It is recorded as the recipient of 2 central government grants worth £2,000, from Department for Education.
What do public registers and reports show?
HMRC lists it as an importer of goods, mainly machinery, plastics, iron and steel articles. HMRC lists it as an exporter of goods, mainly iron and steel articles, machinery, vehicles. In its latest payment practices report it took an average of 42 days to pay suppliers, and 0% of invoices were not paid within agreed terms. Its gender pay gap report for 2025/26 shows median hourly pay for women 0.9% lower than for men. It has modern slavery statements on the government registry for 5 years.
Who runs and controls the company?
One person with significant control is registered.
When are its next filings due?
The next accounts are due by 31 Dec 2027. The next confirmation statement is due by 10 Nov 2027.
Filed accounts2024/25–2025/26
| 2024/25 † | 2025/26 † | |
|---|---|---|
| Turnover | 66,829,675 | — |
| Profit for the year | 44,017 | — |
| Cash at bank and in hand | 5,188,565 | 3,931,964 |
| Total assets | 51,749,463 | 57,341,845 |
| Total liabilities | 14,053,675 | 15,759,524 |
| Net assets / total equity | 35,386,175 | 35,498,378 |
| Average number of employees | 422 | 387 |
A dash (—) means no accounts were filed for that year or the item is not in the accounts; 0 is a zero stated in the accounts. Small companies usually file only a balance sheet, so the profit and loss account is often missing.
Government grants
2 grantsWILLIAM LEE LIMITED is recorded as the recipient of 2 central government grants since 2020, together worth £2,000.
- Apprenticeships Participation 16 - 18Department for Education · £1,000
- Apprenticeships Participation 18+Department for Education · £1,000
From the Government Grants Register published by the Cabinet Office (financial years 2016/17 onwards, Open Government Licence v3.0). It covers grants from central government departments and their agencies where the register states the recipient's company number and the recipient name matches this company; grants from local authorities, lottery distributors and devolved governments are not included.
Statutory reporting
- Average time taken to pay invoices
- 42 days
- Invoices not paid within agreed terms
- 0%
- Member of a payment code
- No
- Within 30 days 7%
- 31 to 60 days 73%
- After 60 days 20%
Earlier periods (1)
- Period ending
- Days to pay
- Within 30 days
- Late
- 30 Sep 2018
- 42
- 5%
- 0%
- Median hourly pay
- women 0.9% lower
- Mean hourly pay
- women 12.6% lower
- Median bonus pay
- women 5.5% higher
- Employer size
- 250 to 499 employees
Earlier years (7)
- Year
- Median hourly pay
- Mean hourly pay
- 2024/25
- women 11% lower
- women 5.8% lower
- 2023/24
- women 15.6% lower
- women 5.1% lower
- 2022/23
- women 13.9% lower
- women 8.6% lower
- 2021/22
- women 14.2% lower
- women 6.2% lower
- 2020/21
- women 7% lower
- women 3.3% lower
- 2018/19
- women 7.6% lower
- women 6.5% lower
- 2017/18
- women 10.6% lower
- women 9.5% lower
A positive gap means women's average hourly pay is lower than men's across the whole employer; it is not a comparison of pay for the same work. View on the Gender pay gap service
- 2026
- Statement · summary on GOV.UK · group statement (CASTINGS PUBLIC LIMITED COMPANY)
- 2025
- Statement · summary on GOV.UK · group statement (CASTINGS PUBLIC LIMITED COMPANY)
- 2024
- Statement · summary on GOV.UK · group statement (CASTINGS PUBLIC LIMITED COMPANY)
Earlier years (2)
- 2021
- Statement · summary on GOV.UK · group statement (CASTINGS PUBLIC LIMITED COMPANY)
- 2020
- Statement · summary on GOV.UK · group statement (CASTINGS PUBLIC LIMITED COMPANY)
Figures the company reported itself to the government's Check payment practices service, Gender pay gap service and Modern slavery statement registry (Open Government Licence v3.0). Only large companies and employers with 250 or more staff have to report, so most companies have nothing here.
Registers and licences
Listed by HMRC as an importer of goods in 12 of the last 12 months on record, most recently August 2026. Main goods: machinery, plastics, iron and steel articles, wood and tools and cutlery.
Listed by HMRC as an exporter of goods in 12 of the last 12 months on record, most recently August 2026. Main goods: iron and steel articles, machinery and vehicles.
From HMRC's monthly lists of importers and exporters. Traders can ask to be left off the lists, so absence does not mean a company does not trade.
Sources: Charity Commission for England and Wales, Care Quality Commission, Home Office and HM Revenue & Customs, under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Entries marked ‡ come from lists that do not state a company number and were linked by an exact match on the registered name.
History
4 events- Financial year 2025/26 endedAccounts: net assets £35.5m, 387 employees
- Financial year 2024/25 endedAccounts: turnover £66.8m, net assets £35.4m, 422 employees
- Castings Plc registered as a person with significant control
- Company incorporatedPrivate limited company
Dates as recorded at Companies House: incorporation, name changes, officer appointments and resignations, current persons with significant control, and the end of each financial year with figures in the database. Former persons with significant control are not listed.