Stocks Ag Limited
Registered name: STOCKS AG LIMITED
Part of Driftview Holdings Limited groupStocks Ag Limited made £3.9m revenue and £186k profit in the year to 31 Dec 2024.
Stocks Ag Limited’s revenue grew 3% to £3.9m in the year to 31 Dec 2024, with £186k profit and 27 employees. The company is classified under “other manufacturing” and is based in Bourne; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Bourne, East of England
- Age
- 48 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.
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Dec 2022 | 31 Dec 2023 | 31 Dec 2024 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | |||
| Revenue (turnover) | £4.1m | £3.8m | £3.9m |
| Cost of sales | £2.3m | £2.2m | £2.3m |
| Gross profit | £1.8m | £1.6m | £1.7m |
| Operating profit | — | £80.4k | £134k |
| Profit before tax | £288k | £80.4k | £135k |
| Profit after tax | £234k | £62.5k | £186k |
| Profit (best available) | £234k | £62.5k | £186k |
| Employees (average) | 29 | 29 | 27 |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | 5.7% | 1.6% | 4.7% |
| Gross margin | 43.5% | 42% | 42.1% |
| Revenue per employee | £142k | £131k | £145k |
| Profit per employee | £8.1k | £2.2k | £6.9k |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Revenue growth | — | ▼7.8% | ▲3.4% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼73.3% | ▲197.1% |
| Headcount growth | — | 0% | ▼6.9% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Cash at bank | £225k | £187k | £395k |
| Net assets | £1.6m | £1.6m | £1.8m |
| Fixed assets | £315k | £347k | £455k |
| Current assets | £2.2m | £2.2m | £2m |
| Debtors | £284k | £413k | £270k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jun 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 4.7%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 42.1%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £145k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £6.9k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 11.6%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 6.9%
- 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
- ▲11%
- Now £1.8m
- Cash at bank
- ▲111%
- Now £395k
- Headcount
- ▼7%
- Now 27
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- ▲31%
- Now £455k
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Driftview Holdings Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- Stocks Ag Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Subsidiaries (1)
- Stocks Wheel LimitedFigures not disclosed
Sister companies (1)
- Opico LimitedRev. £10.1m · Profit −£124k
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Dec 2024 (profit £186k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Jun 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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