Salts Estates Limited
Registered name: SALTS ESTATES LIMITED
Salts Estates Limited made £4m revenue and a £168k loss in the year to 31 Dec 2025.
Salts Estates Limited’s revenue grew 10% to £4m in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with a loss of £168k and 112 employees. The company is classified under “retail sale of books in specialised stores” and is based in Saltaire, Shipley; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Saltaire, Shipley, Yorkshire and The Humber
- Age
- 39 yrs · since 1987
- Type
- Private Limited Company
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 | 31 Dec 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £3.4m | £3.4m | £3.6m | £4m |
| Cost of sales | £1.5m | £1.5m | £1.4m | £1.6m |
| Gross profit | £2m | £1.9m | £2.2m | £2.4m |
| Operating profit | £245k | −£121k | £264k | −£176k |
| Profit before tax | £245k | −£109k | £291k | −£135k |
| Profit after tax | £68.9k | −£130k | £175k | −£168k |
| Profit (best available) | £68.9k | −£130k | £175k | −£168k |
| Staff costs | £1.5m | £1.5m | £1.7m | £2.1m |
| Employees (average) | 91 | 98 | 104 | 112 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 2% | −3.8% | 4.8% | −4.2% |
| Gross margin | 57.2% | 57.1% | 60.4% | 59.7% |
| Revenue per employee | £37.9k | £34.7k | £35k | £35.8k |
| Profit per employee | £757 | −£1.3k | £1.7k | −£1.5k |
| Cash conversion | −109.6% | — | −411.7% | — |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▼1.3% | ▲7% | ▲10% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼289.1% | — | ▼196.1% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲7.7% | ▲6.1% | ▲7.7% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £1.6m | £1.1m | £2.2m | £1.9m |
| Net assets | £7.9m | £7.7m | £7.9m | £7.5m |
| Fixed assets | £6.2m | £6m | £5.7m | £5.7m |
| Current assets | £2.8m | £2.8m | £3.4m | £3.1m |
| Debtors | £171k | £197k | £147k | £207k |
| Deferred income | £202k | £191k | — | — |
| Cash from operations | −£268k | £357k | −£1.1m | −£115k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- −4.2%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 59.7%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £35.8k
- 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
- 141.8%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 5.2%
- 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
- ▼5%
- Now £7.5m
- Cash at bank
- ▼16%
- Now £1.9m
- Headcount
- ▲8%
- Now 112
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- ▼1%
- Now £5.7m
Group structure
Subsidiaries (1)
- Jonathan Silver 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 31 Dec 2025 (profit −£168k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Sep 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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