H.V. Skan Limited
Registered name: H.V. SKAN LIMITED
Part of Skan Group Holdings Limited groupH.V. Skan Limited made £6.1m revenue and £153k profit in the year to 30 Sep 2024.
H.V. Skan Limited’s revenue fell 7% to £6.1m in the year to 30 Sep 2024, with £153k profit and 26 employees. The company is classified under “wholesale of other intermediate products” and is based in West Midlands; we hold 2 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- West Midlands, West Midlands
- Age
- 55 yrs · since 1970
- 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.
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 30 Sep 2023 | 30 Sep 2024 |
|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||
| Revenue (turnover) | £6.6m | £6.1m |
| Cost of sales | £4.9m | £4.4m |
| Gross profit | £1.6m | £1.7m |
| Operating profit | £244k | £205k |
| Profit before tax | £245k | £205k |
| Profit after tax | £190k | £153k |
| Profit (best available) | £190k | £153k |
| Employees (average) | 20 | 26 |
| Ratios | ||
| Profit margin | 2.9% | 2.5% |
| Gross margin | 25% | 28.1% |
| Revenue per employee | £328k | £233k |
| Profit per employee | £9.5k | £5.9k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||
| Revenue growth | — | ▼7.3% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼19.1% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲30% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||
| Net assets | — | — |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Jun 2025 | Accounts · bulk data Jun 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 2.5%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 28.1%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £233k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £5.9k
- 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
- ▲30%
- Now 26
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now —
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Skan Group Holdings Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- H.V. Skan Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Sister companies (5)
- Boughton Engineering LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Oldbury UK LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Polcrocan LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Skantag LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Xtralec Marketing LimitedFigures not disclosed
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
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Sources
Latest figures from accounts for the year to 30 Sep 2024 (profit £153k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Jun 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Updated from Companies House on 13 Oct 2026
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