Arthur Smith (Grimsby) Limited
Registered name: ARTHUR SMITH (GRIMSBY) LIMITED
Part of John Good & Sons Limited groupArthur Smith (Grimsby) Limited made £360k revenue and £41k profit in the year to 31 Oct 2025.
Arthur Smith (Grimsby) Limited’s revenue grew 6% to £360k in the year to 31 Oct 2025, with £41k profit and 4 employees. The company is classified under “service activities incidental to water transportation” and is based in Hessle; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Hessle, Yorkshire and The Humber
- Age
- 31 yrs · since 1995
- 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 Oct 2022 | 31 Oct 2023 | 31 Oct 2024 | 31 Oct 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | No P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | — | £363k | £339k | £360k |
| Gross profit | — | £363k | £339k | £360k |
| Operating profit | — | £153k | £101k | £50k |
| Profit after tax | — | £113k | £74k | £41k |
| Profit (best available) | — | £113k | £74k | £41k |
| Employees (average) | 5 | 4 | 4 | 4 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | — | 31.1% | 21.8% | 11.4% |
| Gross margin | — | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| Revenue per employee | — | £90.8k | £84.8k | £90k |
| Profit per employee | — | £28.3k | £18.5k | £10.3k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | — | ▼6.6% | ▲6.2% |
| Profit growth | — | — | ▼34.5% | ▼44.6% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▼20% | 0% | 0% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £185k | £164k | — | — |
| Net assets | £251k | £325k | — | — |
| Fixed assets | £20.1k | £8.5k | — | — |
| Current assets | £728k | £1m | — | — |
| Debtors | £518k | £856k | — | — |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Jul 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jul 2024 | Accounts · bulk data Aug 2025 | Accounts · bulk data Jul 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 11.4%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 100%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £90k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £10.3k
- 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
- 0%
- Now 4
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now —
Group structure
Ownership chain
- John Good & Sons Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- Dan Shipping and Chartering Limited75–100%
- Arthur Smith (Grimsby) Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Sister companies (1)
- Bay Shipping LimitedRev. £1.3m · Profit £543k
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
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Sources
Latest figures from accounts for the year to 31 Oct 2025 (profit £41k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Jul 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Updated from Companies House on 13 Oct 2026
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