Shield Environmental Services Limited
Registered name: SHIELD ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES LIMITED
Part of Shield Environmental Holdings Limited groupShield Environmental Services Limited made £28.2m revenue and £366k profit in the year to 31 Jul 2025.
Shield Environmental Services Limited’s revenue grew 2% to £28.2m in the year to 31 Jul 2025, with £366k profit and 240 employees. The company is classified under “repair and maintenance of ships and boats” and is based in Bristol; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Bristol, South West
- Age
- 41 yrs · since 1985
- 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 Jul 2022 | 31 Jul 2023 | 31 Jul 2024 | 31 Jul 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £27.6m | £27.6m | £27.6m | £28.2m |
| Cost of sales | £17.5m | £16.5m | £16.4m | −£17.3m |
| Gross profit | £10.1m | £11.2m | £11.2m | £10.9m |
| Operating profit | — | £2m | £1.7m | £342k |
| Profit before tax | £991k | £1.9m | £1.7m | £330k |
| Profit after tax | £660k | £1.4m | £1.2m | £366k |
| Profit (best available) | £660k | £1.4m | £1.2m | £366k |
| Staff costs | £10m | £10.9m | £11.5m | — |
| Employees (average) | 226 | 242 | 253 | 240 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 2.4% | 5% | 4.2% | 1.3% |
| Gross margin | 36.6% | 40.4% | 40.6% | 38.7% |
| Revenue per employee | £122k | £114k | £109k | £118k |
| Profit per employee | £2.9k | £5.7k | £4.6k | £1.5k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲0.2% | ▼0.2% | ▲2.3% |
| Profit growth | — | ▲110.5% | ▼17% | ▼68.3% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲7.1% | ▲4.5% | ▼5.1% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £1.3m | £1.1m | £3.5m | — |
| Net assets | £16.5m | £17.4m | £17.2m | — |
| Fixed assets | £6.8m | £7.9m | £8.6m | — |
| Current assets | £14.4m | £13.9m | £16.3m | — |
| Debtors | £4.8m | £4.2m | £4.2m | — |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Apr 2024 | Accounts · bulk data Apr 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Apr 2025 | Accounts · bulk data May 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 1.3%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 38.7%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £118k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £1.5k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- —
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- —
- 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
- —
- Now —
- Cash at bank
- —
- Now —
- Headcount
- ▼5%
- Now 240
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now —
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Shield Environmental Holdings Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- Shield Environmental Services Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Sister companies (4)
- Shield Mechanical Electrical & Facilities Services LtdRev. £17.7m · Profit £216k
- Shield Demolition LtdFigures not disclosed
- Shield Flooring Services LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Shield Pro-Solutions LtdFigures not disclosed
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
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Sources
Latest figures from accounts for the year to 31 Jul 2025 (profit £366k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published May 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Updated from Companies House on 13 Oct 2026
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