Shaunaks Limited
Registered name: SHAUNAKS LIMITED
Part of Shaunaks Holdings Limited groupShaunaks Limited made £22.9m revenue and a £461k loss in the year to 28 Feb 2025.
Shaunaks Limited’s revenue grew 2% to £22.9m in the year to 28 Feb 2025, with a loss of £461k and 136 employees. The company is classified under “dispensing chemist in specialised stores” and is based in Bristol; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Bristol, South West
- Age
- 47 yrs · since 1979
- 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: “Shaunaks Holdings Limited”
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 28 Feb 2023 | 29 Feb 2024 | 28 Feb 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | |||
| Revenue (turnover) | £20.9m | £22.5m | £22.9m |
| Cost of sales | £13.1m | £15.3m | £15.2m |
| Gross profit | £7.8m | £7.2m | £7.7m |
| Profit before tax | £2.3m | £176k | £292k |
| Profit after tax | £1.4m | −£489k | −£461k |
| Profit (best available) | £1.4m | −£489k | −£461k |
| Staff costs | £2.7m | £3m | £3.4m |
| Employees (average) | 135 | 130 | 136 |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | 6.7% | −2.2% | −2% |
| Gross margin | 37.5% | 31.9% | 33.6% |
| Revenue per employee | £155k | £173k | £169k |
| Profit per employee | £10.4k | −£3.8k | −£3.4k |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲7.4% | ▲2% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼134.9% | — |
| Headcount growth | — | ▼3.7% | ▲4.6% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Cash at bank | £1.3m | £2.1m | £1.5m |
| Net assets | £5.4m | £4.9m | £4.4m |
| Fixed assets | £730k | £599k | £1.7m |
| Current assets | £7m | £6.7m | £5.7m |
| Debtors | £1.9m | £1.7m | £1.8m |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Nov 2024 | Accounts · bulk data Nov 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Nov 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- −2%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 33.6%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £169k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- −£3.4k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 7.3%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 8%
- 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
- ▼9%
- Now £4.4m
- Cash at bank
- ▼29%
- Now £1.5m
- Headcount
- ▲5%
- Now 136
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- ▲181%
- Now £1.7m
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Shaunaks Holdings Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- Shaunaks Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Subsidiaries (1)
- Frampton Pharmacy LimitedFigures not disclosed
Sister companies (1)
- Shaunaks Investments 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 28 Feb 2025 (profit −£461k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Nov 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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