Reliance Scrap Metal Merchants (Parkstone) Limited
Registered name: RELIANCE SCRAP METAL MERCHANTS (PARKSTONE) LIMITED
Reliance Scrap Metal Merchants (Parkstone) Limited made £24.9m revenue and a £1.2m loss in the year to 30 Apr 2025.
Reliance Scrap Metal Merchants (Parkstone) Limited’s revenue grew 6% to £24.9m in the year to 30 Apr 2025, with a loss of £1.2m and 28 employees. The company is classified under “wholesale of waste and scrap” and is based in Exeter; we hold 2 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Exeter, South West
- Age
- 72 yrs · since 1954
- Type
- Private Limited Company
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 30 Apr 2024 | 30 Apr 2025 |
|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||
| Revenue (turnover) | £23.5m | £24.9m |
| Cost of sales | £22.4m | £24.2m |
| Gross profit | £1.1m | £699k |
| Profit before tax | −£126k | −£1.3m |
| Profit after tax | −£157k | −£1.2m |
| Profit (best available) | −£157k | −£1.2m |
| Staff costs | £1.4m | £1.3m |
| Employees (average) | 29 | 28 |
| Ratios | ||
| Profit margin | −0.7% | −5% |
| Gross margin | 4.8% | 2.8% |
| Revenue per employee | £810k | £890k |
| Profit per employee | −£5.4k | −£44.2k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲6% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▼3.5% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||
| Cash at bank | £292k | £747 |
| Net assets | £3.5m | £2.3m |
| Fixed assets | £4m | £3.6m |
| Current assets | £3.6m | £2.9m |
| Debtors | £686k | £675k |
| Cash from operations | £971k | −£547k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Apr 2026 | FullAccounts · bulk data Apr 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- −5%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 2.8%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £890k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- −£44.2k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 14.2%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 2.7%
- 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
- ▼35%
- Now £2.3m
- Cash at bank
- ▼100%
- Now £747
- Headcount
- ▼3%
- Now 28
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- ▼10%
- Now £3.6m
Group structure
Subsidiaries (1)
- Walter Shaw & Son 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 30 Apr 2025 (profit −£1.2m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Apr 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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