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Company Number

00621757

Next Accounts

Sep 2025

Industry

Other business support service activities n.e.c.

Directors

William Rigger

Paul Hollands

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Shareholders

trinity acquisition plc

Group Structure

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Contact

Registered Address

51 lime street, london, EC3M 7DQ

Website

https://www.wtwco.com/en-in

willis group limited Estimated Valuation

£13.9b

Pomanda estimates the enterprise value of WILLIS GROUP LIMITED at £13.9b based on Net Assets of £5.9b and 2.37x industry multiple (adjusted for liquidity).

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Willis Group Limited is a live company located in london, EC3M 7DQ with a Companies House number of 00621757. It operates in the other business support service activities n.e.c. sector, SIC Code 82990. Founded in February 1959, it's largest shareholder is trinity acquisition plc with a 100% stake. Willis Group Limited is a mature, mega sized company, Pomanda has estimated its turnover at £151.2m with declining growth in recent years.

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Pomanda's financial health check has awarded Willis Group Limited a 3 rating. We use a traffic light system to show it exceeds the industry average on 3 measures and has 2 areas for improvement. Company Health Check FAQs

Health Rating3out of 5

3 Strong

2 Regular

2 Weak

Size

annual sales of £151.2m, make it larger than the average company (£4.8m)

Growth

3 year (CAGR) sales growth of -3%, show it is growing at a slower rate (6.6%)

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Willis Group Limited's latest turnover from December 2023 is £151.2 million and the company has net assets of £5.9 billion. According to their latest financial statements, we estimate that Willis Group Limited has 882 employees and maintains cash reserves of 0 as reported in the balance sheet.

Data source: Companies House, Pomanda Estimates

	Dec 2023	Dec 2022	Dec 2021	Dec 2020	Dec 2019	Dec 2018	Dec 2017	Dec 2016	Dec 2015	Dec 2014	Dec 2013	Dec 2012	Dec 2011	Dec 2010	Dec 2009
Turnover	151,154,761	142,714,647	170,216,135	164,919,977	141,019,118	135,878,102	116,240,725	126,115,042	221,660,220	351,247,456	206,468,971	455,050,594	107,526,882	309,015,610	82,803,774
Other Income Or Grants	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Cost Of Sales	93,456,217	87,898,359	106,549,035	103,857,383	88,188,541	85,278,524	72,494,220	78,110,473	140,899,886	226,545,933	134,233,615	291,182,552	67,352,003	188,918,812	0
Gross Profit	57,698,544	54,816,288	63,667,100	61,062,594	52,830,577	50,599,578	43,746,506	48,004,569	80,760,335	124,701,523	72,235,356	163,868,042	40,174,879	120,096,798	82,803,774
Admin Expenses	104,502,810	77,834,780	-157,218,024	73,248,799	1,947,390	52,170,423	89,913,035	110,293,096	-26,350,644	-157,200,942	-89,196,474	-242,636,023	-86,600,642	-271,143,335	-25,069,360
Operating Profit	-46,804,266	-23,018,492	220,885,124	-12,186,205	50,883,187	-1,570,845	-46,166,529	-62,288,527	107,110,979	281,902,465	161,431,830	406,504,065	126,775,521	391,240,133	107,873,134
Interest Payable	13,043,812	0	791,703	5,686,896	10,176,637	11,781,338	8,244,023	3,844,971	1,487,652	0	0	0	0	0	0
Interest Receivable	12,276,528	32,993,171	24,542,791	24,372,410	10,903,540	0	3,297,609	2,306,982	1,487,652	0	0	0	0	0	0
Pre-Tax Profit	814,087,317	1,312,821,300	1,333,227,773	419,205,459	690,557,534	109,173,735	44,517,725	-26,145,801	107,110,979	94,218,738	173,714,687	173,714,687	126,775,521	301,369,863	109,763,143
Tax	4,603,698	-3,069,132	-4,750,218	-9,748,964	-9,449,735	-2,356,268	9,068,425	9,227,930	743,826	-1,507,500	-9,943,265	-7,018,775	-23,231,116	-19,751,513	-32,094,486
Profit After Tax	818,691,015	1,309,752,168	1,328,477,555	409,456,495	681,107,800	106,817,468	53,586,150	-16,917,871	107,854,805	92,711,238	163,771,422	166,695,912	103,544,405	281,618,350	77,668,657
Dividends Paid	974,449,474	1,374,203,944	1,054,548,333	412,706,150	185,360,180	117,813,384	47,815,334	124,577,053	0	116,831,235	459,729,777	387,787,331	31,196,071	73,271,743	0
Retained Profit	-155,758,459	-64,451,776	273,929,222	-3,249,655	495,747,619	-10,995,916	5,770,816	-141,494,925	107,854,805	-24,119,997	-295,958,355	-221,091,420	72,348,334	208,346,607	77,668,657
Employee Costs	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	29,642,654	0	0
Number Of Employees	882	881	1,164	1,135	937	921	817	885	1,483	2,356	1,388	3,076	749	2,250	0
EBITDA*	-37,596,870	-13,043,813	229,593,856	-7,311,723	55,244,603	3,141,690	-29,678,483	-57,674,563	111,573,936	287,932,463	163,186,524	407,088,963	126,775,521	391,240,133	107,873,134

* Earnings Before Interest, Tax, Depreciation and Amortisation

	Dec 2023	Dec 2022	Dec 2021	Dec 2020	Dec 2019	Dec 2018	Dec 2017	Dec 2016	Dec 2015	Dec 2014	Dec 2013	Dec 2012	Dec 2011	Dec 2010	Dec 2009
Tangible Assets	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	8,773,469	6,433,877	2,654,984	0	0
Intangible Assets	51,407,964	55,244,380	60,169,424	56,868,958	52,336,992	57,335,847	69,249,794	74,592,433	17,108,004	15,074,998	0	0	0	0	0
Investments & Other	5,590,424,308	5,608,071,818	5,557,754,731	5,954,179,869	5,276,586,466	5,701,382,345	5,985,160,759	5,383,728,084	1,387,979,769	1,063,541,118	963,911,797	825,290,987	1,200,716,846	1,152,596,368	1,150,266,384
Debtors (Due After 1 year)	2,301,849	767,283	3,958,514	549,191,648	471,032,928	10,995,915	16,488,046	3,844,970	5,950,609	1,507,499	0	0	0	0	0
Total Fixed Assets	5,644,134,121	5,664,083,480	5,621,882,670	6,560,240,474	5,799,956,386	5,769,714,106	6,070,898,599	5,462,165,488	1,411,038,381	1,080,123,615	972,685,266	831,724,864	1,203,371,831	1,152,596,368	1,150,266,384
Stock & work in progress	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Trade Debtors	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Group Debtors	514,846,927	606,920,893	690,364,975	13,811,032	40,706,549	63,619,227	56,059,356	10,765,918	81,077,060	114,569,985	63,753,874	435,748,961	458,648,612	368,907,295	389,627,062
Misc Debtors	0	0	3,166,811	13,811,032	7,269,026	15,708,451	32,976,092	93,817,286	58,762,273	19,597,497	1,169,795	584,897	1,327,492	2,548,582	3,209,448
Cash	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
misc current assets	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
total current assets	514,846,927	606,920,893	693,531,787	27,622,065	47,975,576	79,327,678	89,035,449	104,583,205	139,839,334	134,167,483	64,923,671	436,333,860	459,976,105	371,455,878	392,836,511
total assets	6,158,981,048	6,271,004,374	6,315,414,456	6,587,862,540	5,847,931,962	5,849,041,784	6,159,934,048	5,566,748,693	1,550,877,715	1,214,291,098	1,037,608,937	1,268,058,724	1,663,347,936	1,524,052,246	1,543,102,895
Bank overdraft	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Bank loan	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Trade Creditors	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Group/Directors Accounts	30,691,322	5,370,981	23,751,089	397,270,290	312,568,147	401,350,927	403,132,729	250,692,095	97,441,238	20,351,247	100,602,445	39,773,060	0	0	207,330,381
other short term finances	2,301,849	4,603,698	3,166,811	13,811,032	10,176,637	12,566,760	37,098,103	59,981,544	36,447,485	0	0	0	0	0	0
hp & lease commitments	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
other current liabilities	19,182,076	3,836,415	3,958,514	7,311,723	3,634,513	1,570,845	4,122,011	11,534,912	11,157,393	21,104,997	12,867,754	5,848,979	25,222,354	21,025,804	34,662,045
total current liabilities	52,175,247	13,811,095	30,876,415	418,393,046	326,379,298	415,488,533	444,352,844	322,208,551	145,046,117	41,456,245	113,470,199	45,622,039	25,222,355	21,025,804	241,992,426
loans	236,323,179	230,952,198	0	1,624,827	0	3,141,690	4,122,011	36,911,719	14,876,524	0	0	0	0	3,185,727	0
hp & lease commitments	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Accruals and Deferred Income	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
other liabilities	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6,783,749	584,897	2,924,489	3,318,730	0	0
provisions	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
total long term liabilities	236,323,180	230,952,198	0	1,624,827	0	3,141,690	4,122,012	36,911,719	14,876,525	6,783,749	584,898	2,924,490	3,318,731	3,185,728	0
total liabilities	288,498,427	244,763,293	30,876,415	420,017,873	326,379,298	418,630,223	448,474,856	359,120,271	159,922,642	48,239,994	114,055,097	48,546,529	28,541,086	24,211,532	241,992,426
net assets	5,870,482,621	6,026,241,080	6,284,538,041	6,167,844,667	5,521,552,664	5,430,411,561	5,711,459,192	5,207,628,422	1,390,955,073	1,166,051,104	923,553,840	1,219,512,195	1,634,806,850	1,499,840,714	1,301,110,469
total shareholders funds	5,870,482,621	6,026,241,080	6,284,538,041	6,167,844,667	5,521,552,664	5,430,411,561	5,711,459,192	5,207,628,422	1,390,955,073	1,166,051,104	923,553,840	1,219,512,195	1,634,806,850	1,499,840,714	1,301,110,469

	Dec 2023	Dec 2022	Dec 2021	Dec 2020	Dec 2019	Dec 2018	Dec 2017	Dec 2016	Dec 2015	Dec 2014	Dec 2013	Dec 2012	Dec 2011	Dec 2010	Dec 2009
Operating Activities
Operating Profit	-46,804,266	-23,018,492	220,885,124	-12,186,205	50,883,187	-1,570,845	-46,166,529	-62,288,527	107,110,979	281,902,465	161,431,830	406,504,065	126,775,521	391,240,133	107,873,134
Depreciation	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3,015,000	1,754,694	584,898	0	0	0
Amortisation	9,207,396	9,974,679	8,708,732	4,874,482	4,361,416	4,712,535	16,488,046	4,613,964	4,462,957	3,014,999	0	0	0	0	0
Tax	4,603,698	-3,069,132	-4,750,218	-9,748,964	-9,449,735	-2,356,268	9,068,425	9,227,930	743,826	-1,507,500	-9,943,265	-7,018,775	-23,231,116	-19,751,513	-32,094,486
Stock	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Debtors	-90,539,400	-89,802,124	120,676,587	57,805,209	428,684,911	-15,199,902	-2,904,680	-37,361,767	10,114,960	70,751,312	-371,410,189	-23,642,246	88,520,228	-21,380,633	392,836,510
Creditors	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Accruals and Deferred Income	15,345,661	-122,099	-3,353,209	3,677,210	2,063,668	-2,551,166	-7,412,901	377,519	-9,947,604	8,237,243	7,018,775	-19,373,375	4,196,550	-13,636,241	34,662,045
Deferred Taxes & Provisions	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Cash flow from operations	72,891,889	73,567,080	100,813,842	-71,188,686	-380,826,375	13,434,158	-25,118,279	-10,707,347	92,255,198	223,910,895	531,672,223	404,339,059	19,220,727	379,233,012	-282,395,817
Investing Activities
capital expenditure	-5,370,981	-5,049,634	-12,009,199	-9,406,448	637,439	7,201,412	-11,145,407	-62,098,394	-6,495,962	-12,331,528	-4,094,286	-4,363,791	-2,654,984	0	0
Change in Investments	-17,647,510	50,317,087	-396,425,138	677,593,403	-424,795,879	-283,778,414	601,432,674	3,995,748,316	324,438,651	99,629,320	138,620,811	-375,425,859	48,120,478	2,329,984	1,150,266,384
cash flow from investments	12,276,529	-55,366,721	384,415,939	-686,999,851	425,433,318	290,979,826	-612,578,081	-4,057,846,710	-330,934,613	-111,960,848	-142,715,097	371,062,068	-50,775,462	-2,329,984	-1,150,266,384
Financing Activities
Bank loans	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Group/Directors Accounts	25,320,341	-18,380,107	-373,519,201	84,702,143	-88,782,780	-1,781,802	152,440,634	153,250,857	77,089,990	-80,251,197	60,829,385	39,773,060	0	-207,330,381	207,330,381
Other Short Term Loans	-2,301,849	1,436,887	-10,644,221	3,634,395	-2,390,123	-24,531,343	-22,883,441	23,534,059	36,447,485	0	0	0	0	0	0
Long term loans	5,370,981	230,952,198	-1,624,827	1,624,827	-3,141,690	-980,321	-32,789,708	22,035,195	14,876,524	0	0	0	-3,185,727	3,185,727	0
Hire Purchase and Lease Commitments	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
other long term liabilities	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-6,783,749	6,198,852	-2,339,592	-394,241	3,318,730	0	0
share issue	0	-193,845,185	-157,235,847	649,541,657	-404,606,516	-270,051,715	498,059,954	3,958,168,274	117,049,164	266,617,261	0	-194,203,235	62,617,802	-9,616,363	1,223,441,812
interest	-767,284	32,993,171	23,751,088	18,685,514	726,903	-11,781,338	-4,946,414	-1,537,989	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
cash flow from financing	27,622,189	53,156,964	-519,273,008	758,188,536	-498,194,206	-309,126,519	589,881,025	4,155,450,396	238,679,414	192,564,916	58,489,793	-154,824,416	62,750,805	-213,761,017	1,430,772,193
cash and cash equivalents
cash	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
overdraft	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
change in cash	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

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Low Risk50 - 70

Moderate Risk30 - 50

High Risk20 - 30

Very High Risk0 - 20

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WILLIS GROUP LIMITED group structure

Willis Group Limited has 10 subsidiary companies.

Ultimate parent company

CEDE & CO

#0149427

TRINITY ACQUISITION PLC

03588435

2 parents

WILLIS GROUP LIMITED

00621757

10 subsidiaries

SPECIAL CONTINGENCY RISKS LIMITED

00617667

WILLIS FABER LIMITED

01386469

WILLIS PENSION TRUSTEES LIMITED

00543828

WILLIS UK INVESTMENTS

05146638

COYLE HAMILTON HOLDINGS (UK) LIMITED

02701073

TOWERS WATSON SOFTWARE LIMITED

03318544

SOVEREIGN MARINE & GENERAL INSURANCE COMPANY LIMITED

00013855

G360 UND LIMITED

10742200

ACAPPELLA TRANSACTIONAL REAL ESTATE LIMITED

09254125

ACCLIMATISE GROUP LTD

05290210

WILLIS GROUP LIMITED Shareholders

trinity acquisition plc

100%

Willis Group Limited currently has 3 directors. The longest serving directors include Mr William Rigger (Feb 2021) and Mr Paul Hollands (Feb 2022).

officer	country	age	start	end	role
Mr William Rigger	United Kingdom	65 years	Feb 2021	-	Director
Mr Paul Hollands	United Kingdom	51 years	Feb 2022	-	Director
Mr Thomas Webb	England	53 years	Apr 2022	-	Director

P&L

December 2023

turnover

151.2m

+6%

operating profit

-46.8m

+103%

gross margin

38.2%

-0.62%

turnover

Turnover, or revenue, is the amount of sales generated by a company within the financial year.

Balance Sheet

December 2023

net assets

5.9b

-0.03%

total assets

6.2b

-0.02%

cash

net assets

Total assets minus all liabilities

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company number

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Type

Private limited with Share Capital

industry

82990 - Other business support service activities n.e.c.

incorporation date

February 1959

ultimate parent company

CEDE & CO

previous names

willis corroon group limited (October 1999)

willis corroon plc (October 1991)

address

51 lime street, london, EC3M 7DQ

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