Beatson Clark Limited
Registered name: BEATSON CLARK LIMITED
Part of Newship Group Limited groupBeatson Clark Limited made £77.7m revenue and £6.6m profit in the year to 31 Dec 2025.
Beatson Clark Limited’s revenue fell 6% to £77.7m in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with £6.6m profit and 261 employees. The company is classified under “manufacture of hollow glass” and is based in Rotherham; we hold 2 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Rotherham, Yorkshire and The Humber
- Age
- 116 yrs · since 1910
- Type
- Private Limited Company
Part of a group. The filing indicates this company sits within a group structure, so its results may depend on intra-group trading and it may be hard to replicate independently. From the filing: “Newship Group Limited”
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Dec 2024 | 31 Dec 2025 |
|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||
| Revenue (turnover) | £82.6m | £77.7m |
| Cost of sales | £63.7m | £62m |
| Gross profit | £19m | £15.7m |
| Profit before tax | £9.5m | £8.3m |
| Profit after tax | £6.4m | £6.6m |
| Profit (best available) | £6.4m | £6.6m |
| Staff costs | £10.8m | £11.2m |
| Employees (average) | 259 | 261 |
| Ratios | ||
| Profit margin | 7.7% | 8.5% |
| Gross margin | 22.9% | 20.2% |
| Revenue per employee | £319k | £298k |
| Profit per employee | £24.6k | £25.3k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||
| Revenue growth | — | ▼6% |
| Profit growth | — | ▲3.7% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲0.8% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||
| Cash at bank | £35.8m | £26.4m |
| Net assets | £65.6m | £72.2m |
| Fixed assets | £23.6m | £21.8m |
| Current assets | £70m | £82.5m |
| Debtors | £12.1m | £8.3m |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2026 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 8.5%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 20.2%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £298k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £25.3k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 28.1%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 10.7%
- Money owed by customers. Low = customers pay quickly.
Balance-sheet signals
Year-on-year changes in filed balance-sheet items. They can hint at momentum (or investment) but are not revenue or profit and must not be read as such.
- Net assets
- ▲10%
- Now £72.2m
- Cash at bank
- ▼26%
- Now £26.4m
- Headcount
- ▲1%
- Now 261
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- ▼7%
- Now £21.8m
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Newship Group Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- Newship Limited75–100%
- Beatson Clark Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Subsidiaries (2)
- Glass Container Decorating Services UK LimitedRev. £2.4m · Profit £322k
- Beatson Clark (Trustees) LimitedFigures not disclosed
Sister companies (8)
- Lewis & Towers LimitedRev. £42.6m · Profit £627k
- James Gibbons Format LimitedRev. £2.6m · Profit £4k
- Newship Developments LimitedRev. £1.3m · Profit −£376k
- Campbell & Tate LtdRev. £199k · Profit £222k
- Pont Europe LimitedRev. — · Profit £9.4m
- Qdos Location Facilities LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Ringwood Homes LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Rollalong Holdings LimitedFigures not disclosed
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Dec 2025 (profit £6.6m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Sep 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Updated from Companies House on 11 Oct 2026
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