Sherwood Stainless and Aluminium Ltd
Registered name: SHERWOOD STAINLESS AND ALUMINIUM LTD
Sherwood Stainless and Aluminium Ltd made £35m revenue and £133k profit in the year to 31 Mar 2026.
Sherwood Stainless and Aluminium Ltd’s revenue fell 2% to £35m in the year to 31 Mar 2026, with £133k profit and 186 employees. The company is classified under “machining” and is based in Wolverhampton; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Wolverhampton, West Midlands
- Age
- 37 yrs · since 1989
- 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 Mar 2023 | 31 Mar 2024 | 31 Mar 2025 | 31 Mar 2026 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £42.3m | £37.6m | £35.7m | £35m |
| Cost of sales | £33.1m | £27.6m | £27.2m | £25.4m |
| Gross profit | £9.2m | £10m | £8.4m | £9.6m |
| Operating profit | £1.6m | £2m | −£509k | £727k |
| Profit before tax | £1.3m | £1.7m | −£800k | £486k |
| Profit after tax | £1.3m | £1.1m | −£1.2m | £133k |
| Profit (best available) | £1.3m | £1.1m | −£1.2m | £133k |
| Staff costs | £7m | £7.8m | £8.7m | £9m |
| Employees (average) | 193 | 203 | 229 | 186 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 3% | 2.8% | −3.4% | 0.4% |
| Gross margin | 21.8% | 26.6% | 23.6% | 27.3% |
| Revenue per employee | £219k | £185k | £156k | £188k |
| Profit per employee | £6.6k | £5.2k | −£5.3k | £715 |
| Cash conversion | 122.4% | 142.8% | — | 330.4% |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▼11.1% | ▼5.2% | ▼1.8% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼16.8% | ▼214% | — |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲5.2% | ▲12.8% | ▼18.8% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £14.2k | £246k | £128k | £174k |
| Net assets | £8.8m | £9.4m | £8.2m | £8.1m |
| Fixed assets | £6.6m | £8.2m | £8.3m | £7.7m |
| Current assets | £11.6m | £9.9m | £10.7m | £8.3m |
| Debtors | £4.8m | £4.9m | £5.2m | £4m |
| Cash from operations | £1.9m | £2.8m | −£1m | £2.4m |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Aug 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Aug 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 0.4%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 27.3%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £188k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £715
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- 330.4%
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 22.1%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 11.5%
- 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 £8.1m
- Cash at bank
- ▲35%
- Now £174k
- Headcount
- ▼19%
- Now 186
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- ▼7%
- Now £7.7m
Group structure
Subsidiaries (4)
- A&s Holdings Burton LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Alupanel LtdFigures not disclosed
- Hypa Aluminium Extrusions LtdFigures not disclosed
- Neville Precision Engineering 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 Mar 2026 (profit £133k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Sep 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Updated from Companies House on 24 Oct 2026
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