Shotley Holdings Limited
Registered name: SHOTLEY HOLDINGS LIMITED
Shotley Holdings Limited made £11.8m revenue and £676k profit in the year to 31 Dec 2024. read from filing text
Shotley Holdings Limited’s revenue grew 5% to £11.8m in the year to 31 Dec 2024, with £676k profit and 58 employees. The company is classified under “renting and leasing of other machinery, equipment and tangible goods” and is based in Ipswich; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Ipswich, East of England
- Age
- 34 yrs · since 1992
- 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 Dec 2021 | 31 Dec 2022 | 31 Dec 2023 | 31 Dec 2024 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £10.8m | £11m | £11.2m | £11.8m |
| Cost of sales | £7.7m | £7.7m | £7.9m | £8.9m |
| Gross profit | £3.1m | £3.2m | £3.3m | £2.9m |
| Operating profit | £1.3m | £1.2m | £957k | £680k |
| Profit before tax | £1.3m | £1.3m | £1.3m | £939k |
| Profit after tax | £970k | £1m | £1.1m | £676k |
| Profit (best available) | £970k | £1m | £1.1m | £676k |
| Employees (average) | 52 | 53 | 56 | 58 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 9% | 9.1% | 9.4% | 5.7% |
| Gross margin | 29% | 29.4% | 29.4% | 24.8% |
| Revenue per employee | £208k | £207k | £200k | £204k |
| Profit per employee | £18.7k | £18.9k | £18.9k | £11.6k |
| Cash conversion | −193.9% | −184% | −194.6% | −334% |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲1.4% | ▲2.4% | ▲5.3% |
| Profit growth | — | ▲3.2% | ▲5.4% | ▼36% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲1.9% | ▲5.7% | ▲3.6% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £6m | £7.4m | £6.5m | £5.7m |
| Net assets | £9.3m | £10.1m | £10.6m | £10.6m |
| Fixed assets | £6.2m | £5.9m | £6.2m | £8.8m |
| Current assets | £7.4m | £8.7m | £8.9m | £7.1m |
| Debtors | £1.2m | £1.2m | £1.2m | £1.2m |
| Deferred income | £458k | £477k | £510k | £533k |
| Cash from operations | −£2.6m | −£2.3m | −£1.9m | −£2.3m |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2023 | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2023 | FullAccounts · bulk data Oct 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 5.7%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 24.8%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £204k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £11.6k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- −334%
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 74.6%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 4.5%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 9.8%
- 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
- ▼1%
- Now £10.6m
- Cash at bank
- ▼12%
- Now £5.7m
- Headcount
- ▲4%
- Now 58
- Deferred income
- ▲5%
- Now £533k
- Fixed assets
- ▲42%
- Now £8.8m
Deferred income is reported together with accruals in this filing (“accruals and deferred income”), so it is an approximate signal only.
Group structure
Subsidiaries (1)
- Tip-Top (Waste) 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 2024 (profit £676k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Dec 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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