Robert Scott & Sons Limited
Registered name: ROBERT SCOTT & SONS LIMITED
Robert Scott & Sons Limited made £58.3m revenue and £3.3m profit in the year to 30 Sep 2025. read from filing text
Robert Scott & Sons Limited’s revenue grew 9% to £58.3m in the year to 30 Sep 2025, with £3.3m profit and 209 employees. The company is classified under “manufacture of other textiles” and is based in NR. Oldham, Lancs.; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- NR. Oldham, Lancs., North West
- Age
- 53 yrs · since 1973
- 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 Sep 2023 | 30 Sep 2024 | 30 Sep 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text |
| Profit & loss | |||
| Revenue (turnover) | £54m | £53.4m | £58.3m |
| Cost of sales | £37.8m | £34.5m | £37.9m |
| Gross profit | £16.2m | £18.9m | £20.5m |
| Operating profit | £1.8m | £3m | £4.2m |
| Profit before tax | £3.6m | £6.2m | £4.8m |
| Profit after tax | £2.8m | £4.8m | £3.3m |
| Profit (best available) | £2.8m | £4.8m | £3.3m |
| Staff costs | £13m | £13.8m | £13.8m |
| Employees (average) | 219 | 207 | 209 |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | 5.3% | 9% | 5.7% |
| Gross margin | 29.9% | 35.3% | 35.1% |
| Revenue per employee | £247k | £258k | £279k |
| Profit per employee | £13k | £23.1k | £15.9k |
| Cash conversion | −573.3% | −101.1% | −79.2% |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Revenue growth | — | ▼1.2% | ▲9.3% |
| Profit growth | — | ▲68.6% | ▼30.5% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▼5.5% | ▲1% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Cash at bank | £24.7m | £19.5m | £16.6m |
| Net assets | £72.3m | £77.1m | £86.6m |
| Fixed assets | £13.4m | £16.1m | £22m |
| Current assets | £69.9m | £72.1m | £78.5m |
| Debtors | £10.9m | £11.2m | £11.6m |
| Deferred income | £1.5m | £1.6m | £1.7m |
| Cash from operations | −£10.5m | −£3m | −£3.4m |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Jun 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jun 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jun 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 5.7%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 35.1%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £279k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £15.9k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- −79.2%
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 37.7%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 3%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 19.9%
- 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
- ▲12%
- Now £86.6m
- Cash at bank
- ▼15%
- Now £16.6m
- Headcount
- ▲1%
- Now 209
- Deferred income
- ▲9%
- Now £1.7m
- Fixed assets
- ▲36%
- Now £22m
Deferred income is reported together with accruals in this filing (“accruals and deferred income”), so it is an approximate signal only.
Group structure
Subsidiaries (2)
- P-Wave Distributors LimitedFigures not disclosed
- P-Wave LtdFigures 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 Sep 2025 (profit £3.3m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Jun 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Updated from Companies House on 15 Oct 2026
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