Stuart Canvas Limited
Registered name: STUART CANVAS LIMITED
Part of Stuart Canvas Group Limited groupStuart Canvas Limited made £200k profit in the year to 31 Jul 2025 (revenue not disclosed).
Stuart Canvas Limited reported £200k profit in the year to 31 Jul 2025, down 11% on the year before; its revenue was not disclosed. It had 48 employees. The company is classified under “manufacture of other technical and industrial textiles” and is based in Warrington; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Warrington, North West
- Age
- 54 yrs · since 1971
- 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
This company published its profit but not its turnover, so revenue and margins are not disclosed. We never estimate them.
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Jul 2022 | 31 Jul 2023 | 31 Jul 2024 | 31 Jul 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | No P&L | No P&L | Profit only | Profit only |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | — | — | — | — |
| Profit after tax | — | — | £225k | £200k |
| Profit (best available) | — | — | £225k | £200k |
| Employees (average) | 43 | 43 | 48 | 48 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | — | — | — | — |
| Profit per employee | — | — | £4.7k | £4.2k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Profit growth | — | — | — | ▼11.4% |
| Headcount growth | — | 0% | ▲11.6% | 0% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £421k | £322k | £504k | £805k |
| Net assets | £1m | £1.1m | £1.4m | £1.6m |
| Fixed assets | £122k | £148k | £218k | £215k |
| Current assets | £2.8m | £2.9m | £2.6m | £3m |
| Debtors | £1.1m | £1.1m | £1.1m | £1.1m |
| Deferred income | £152k | £174k | £158k | £132k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Apr 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Apr 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Feb 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Apr 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- —
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- —
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- —
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £4.2k
- 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
- ▲15%
- Now £1.6m
- Cash at bank
- ▲60%
- Now £805k
- Headcount
- 0%
- Now 48
- Deferred income
- ▼16%
- Now £132k
- Fixed assets
- ▼2%
- Now £215k
Deferred income is reported together with accruals in this filing (“accruals and deferred income”), so it is an approximate signal only.
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Stuart Canvas Group Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- Stuart Canvas Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Sister companies (2)
- Bennett Covers LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Mudfords 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 Jul 2025 (profit £200k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Apr 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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