Shire Training Workshops Limited
Registered name: SHIRE TRAINING WORKSHOPS LIMITED
Shire Training Workshops Limited made £444k revenue and a £15.4k loss in the year to 31 Mar 2023.
Shire Training Workshops Limited’s revenue fell 8% to £444k in the year to 31 Mar 2023, with a loss of £15.4k and 12 employees. The company is classified under “other accommodation” and is based in Stroud; we hold 2 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Stroud, South West
- Age
- 47 yrs · since 1979
- Type
- PRI/LTD BY GUAR/NSC (Private, limited by guarantee, no share capital)
Non-profit. It is limited by guarantee (typically an association, club or management company), so it isn't run for profit. It is excluded from our opportunity lists.
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Mar 2022 | 31 Mar 2023 |
|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||
| Revenue (turnover) | £481k | £444k |
| Gross profit | £481k | £444k |
| Operating profit | £14.1k | −£15.4k |
| Profit before tax | £14.1k | −£15.4k |
| Profit after tax | £14.1k | −£15.4k |
| Profit (best available) | £14.1k | −£15.4k |
| Employees (average) | 12 | 12 |
| Ratios | ||
| Profit margin | 2.9% | −3.5% |
| Gross margin | 100% | 100% |
| Revenue per employee | £40.1k | £37k |
| Profit per employee | £1.2k | −£1.3k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||
| Revenue growth | — | ▼7.6% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼209.5% |
| Headcount growth | — | 0% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||
| Cash at bank | £272k | £138k |
| Net assets | £1.6m | £1.6m |
| Fixed assets | £1.5m | £1.5m |
| Current assets | £316k | £160k |
| Debtors | £22.6k | £21.8k |
| Deferred income | £31.7k | £4.5k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2023 | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2023 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- −3.5%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 100%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £37k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- −£1.3k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 343.4%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 1%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 4.9%
- 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
- ▼1%
- Now £1.6m
- Cash at bank
- ▼49%
- Now £138k
- Headcount
- 0%
- Now 12
- Deferred income
- ▼86%
- Now £4.5k
- Fixed assets
- 0%
- Now £1.5m
Deferred income is reported together with accruals in this filing (“accruals and deferred income”), so it is an approximate signal only.
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Mar 2023 (profit −£15.4k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Dec 2023. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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