Ovalseal Limited
Registered name: OVALSEAL LIMITED
Ovalseal Limited made £23.5m revenue and £1.6m profit in the year to 31 Mar 2025. read from filing text
Ovalseal Limited’s revenue grew 13% to £23.5m in the year to 31 Mar 2025, with £1.6m profit and 489 employees. The company is classified under “activities of head offices” and is based in Cheshire; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Cheshire, North West
- Age
- 37 yrs · since 1989
- Type
- Private Limited Company
Pass-through vehicle. This looks like a holding, staffing or umbrella company. Its revenue and profit may largely pass through to or from other entities, so the figures may not reflect a standalone operating business. 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 | 31 Mar 2024 | 31 Mar 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Profit only | Profit only | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | — | — | £20.9m | £23.5m |
| Cost of sales | — | — | £17.9m | £20m |
| Gross profit | — | — | £2.9m | £3.5m |
| Operating profit | — | — | £2.4m | £3m |
| Profit before tax | — | — | £1.6m | £2.2m |
| Profit after tax | £1.7m | £1.3m | £1.2m | £1.6m |
| Profit (best available) | £1.7m | £1.3m | £1.2m | £1.6m |
| Employees (average) | 488 | 457 | 467 | 489 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | — | — | 5.6% | 7% |
| Gross margin | — | — | 14% | 15% |
| Revenue per employee | — | — | £44.7k | £48.1k |
| Profit per employee | £3.5k | £2.9k | £2.5k | £3.3k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | — | — | ▲12.8% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼22.1% | ▼12.3% | ▲39.8% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▼6.3% | ▲2.2% | ▲4.7% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Net assets | £185k | £185k | £185k | £185k |
| Fixed assets | £30k | £30k | £30k | £30k |
| Debtors | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 |
| Deferred income | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Dec 2023 | Accounts · bulk data Dec 2023 | FullAccounts · bulk data Oct 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 7%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 15%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £48.1k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £3.3k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 0.1%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 0%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 0%
- 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
- 0%
- Now £185k
- Cash at bank
- —
- Now —
- Headcount
- ▲5%
- Now 489
- Deferred income
- —
- Now £0
- Fixed assets
- 0%
- Now £30k
Deferred income is reported together with accruals in this filing (“accruals and deferred income”), so it is an approximate signal only.
Group structure
Subsidiaries (3)
- Randomlight LimitedRev. £8.9m · Profit £74.5k
- Shogun LimitedRev. £0 · Profit £0
- Woodhead Hall LimitedFigures not disclosed
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Mar 2025 (profit £1.6m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Dec 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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