Stancold PLC
Registered name: STANCOLD PLC
Part of Infinite Future Holdings Limited groupStancold PLC made £8.5m revenue and a £565k loss in the year to 31 Dec 2024.
Stancold PLC’s revenue fell 30% to £8.5m in the year to 31 Dec 2024, with a loss of £565k and 38 employees. The company is classified under “other construction installation” and is based in Bristol; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Bristol
- Age
- 79 yrs · since 1946
- Type
- Public Limited Company
Key figures
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Dec 2022 | 31 Dec 2023 | 31 Dec 2024 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | |||
| Revenue (turnover) | £17.1m | £12.1m | £8.5m |
| Cost of sales | −£14.2m | −£9.4m | −£6.7m |
| Gross profit | £2.9m | £2.7m | £1.8m |
| Operating profit | £894k | £397k | −£673k |
| Profit before tax | £893k | £392k | −£685k |
| Profit after tax | £707k | £277k | −£565k |
| Profit (best available) | £707k | £277k | −£565k |
| Employees (average) | 40 | 40 | 38 |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | 4.1% | 2.3% | −6.7% |
| Gross margin | 16.9% | 22.5% | 21.3% |
| Revenue per employee | £428k | £303k | £223k |
| Profit per employee | £17.7k | £6.9k | −£14.9k |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Revenue growth | — | ▼29.2% | ▼30% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼60.9% | ▼303.9% |
| Headcount growth | — | 0% | ▼5% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Net assets | — | — | — |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Jan 2025 | Accounts · bulk data Jan 2025 | Accounts · bulk data Oct 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- −6.7%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 21.3%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £223k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- −£14.9k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- —
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- —
- 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
- —
- Now —
- Cash at bank
- —
- Now —
- Headcount
- ▼5%
- Now 38
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now —
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Infinite Future Holdings Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- Stancold PLCthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Subsidiaries (1)
- Crest Cleanroom Environments LtdFigures not disclosed
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
Sources
Latest figures from accounts for the year to 31 Dec 2024 (profit −£565k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Oct 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Updated from Companies House on 20 Oct 2026
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