Westshield Limited
Registered name: WESTSHIELD LIMITED
Westshield Limited made £14.2m revenue and £488k profit in the year to 30 Jun 2024. read from filing text
Westshield Limited’s revenue fell 17% to £14.2m in the year to 30 Jun 2024, with £488k profit and 28 employees. The company is classified under “construction of other civil engineering projects” and is based in Greater Manchester; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Greater Manchester, North West
- Age
- 49 yrs · since 1977
- 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. From the filing: “The ultimate controlling party is PJ Waldron who owns 100% of all the issued share capital.”
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 30 Jun 2022 | 30 Jun 2023 | 30 Jun 2024 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&Lread from filing text |
| Profit & loss | |||
| Revenue (turnover) | £21.8m | £17.1m | £14.2m |
| Cost of sales | £18.9m | £15.8m | £12m |
| Gross profit | £2.9m | £1.3m | £2.3m |
| Operating profit | £962k | −£656k | £254k |
| Profit before tax | £933k | −£686k | £224k |
| Profit after tax | £2m | −£1.4m | £488k |
| Profit (best available) | £2m | −£1.4m | £488k |
| Staff costs | £2m | £1.7m | £1.6m |
| Employees (average) | 54 | 37 | 28 |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | 9.1% | −8.2% | 3.4% |
| Gross margin | 13.1% | 7.6% | 15.9% |
| Revenue per employee | £403k | £462k | £508k |
| Profit per employee | £36.6k | −£37.9k | £17.4k |
| Cash conversion | −69.8% | — | 70.4% |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Revenue growth | — | ▼21.5% | ▼16.9% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼171% | — |
| Headcount growth | — | ▼31.5% | ▼24.3% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Cash at bank | £682k | £1.1m | £742k |
| Net assets | £2.5m | £1.1m | £1.6m |
| Fixed assets | £975k | £954k | £941k |
| Current assets | £6.7m | £4.2m | £4.2m |
| Debtors | £6m | £0 | £1 |
| Deferred income | £20.4k | £30.9k | £264k |
| Cash from operations | −£672k | −£647k | £179k |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Mar 2024 | Accounts · bulk data Mar 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jan 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 3.4%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 15.9%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £508k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £17.4k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- 70.4%
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 6.6%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 1.9%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 0%
- 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
- ▲43%
- Now £1.6m
- Cash at bank
- ▼32%
- Now £742k
- Headcount
- ▼24%
- Now 28
- Deferred income
- ▲754%
- Now £264k
- Fixed assets
- ▼1%
- Now £941k
Deferred income is reported together with accruals in this filing (“accruals and deferred income”), so it is an approximate signal only.
Group structure
Subsidiaries (1)
- Celwest 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 Jun 2024 (profit £488k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Jan 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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