Stairways (Midlands) Limited
Registered name: STAIRWAYS (MIDLANDS) LIMITED
Part of Stairways (Holdings) Limited groupStairways (Midlands) Limited made £9.5m revenue and £63.5k profit in the year to 31 Dec 2025.
Stairways (Midlands) Limited’s revenue grew 10% to £9.5m in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with £63.5k profit and 82 employees. The company is classified under “manufacture of other builders' carpentry and joinery” and is based in Southam; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Southam, West Midlands
- Age
- 30 yrs · since 1996
- 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 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) | £11.6m | £11.1m | £8.6m | £9.5m |
| Cost of sales | £8.4m | £8m | £6.3m | £7.1m |
| Gross profit | £3.2m | £3.1m | £2.3m | £2.4m |
| Operating profit | £569k | £253k | −£178k | −£142k |
| Profit before tax | £530k | £419k | £106k | £70.4k |
| Profit after tax | £465k | £319k | £65.2k | £63.5k |
| Profit (best available) | £465k | £319k | £65.2k | £63.5k |
| Staff costs | £3.2m | £3.3m | £2.7m | £2.7m |
| Employees (average) | 106 | 108 | 101 | 82 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 4% | 2.9% | 0.8% | 0.7% |
| Gross margin | 27.7% | 27.8% | 27% | 25.5% |
| Revenue per employee | £110k | £103k | £85k | £115k |
| Profit per employee | £4.4k | £3k | £646 | £775 |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▼4.5% | ▼22.5% | ▲10.2% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼31.2% | ▼79.6% | ▼2.6% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲1.9% | ▼6.5% | ▼18.8% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £2.9m | £4.2m | £4m | £4.3m |
| Net assets | £5.6m | £5.9m | £6m | £6m |
| Fixed assets | — | £0 | £41.8k | £69.5k |
| Current assets | £7.4m | £7.4m | £7.2m | £7.9m |
| Debtors | £1.5m | £1.3m | £901k | £1.2m |
| Deferred income | £363k | £466k | £209k | £165k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Jul 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jul 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jun 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jul 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 0.7%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 25.5%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £115k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £775
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 0.7%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 1.7%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 12.6%
- 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 £6m
- Cash at bank
- ▲7%
- Now £4.3m
- Headcount
- ▼19%
- Now 82
- Deferred income
- ▼21%
- Now £165k
- Fixed assets
- ▲66%
- Now £69.5k
Deferred income is reported together with accruals in this filing (“accruals and deferred income”), so it is an approximate signal only.
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Stairways (Holdings) Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- Stairways (Midlands) Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Sister companies (3)
- Brankbrook LimitedFigures not disclosed
- MDF Profiles LimitedFigures not disclosed
- TPP (Coventry) Ltd.Figures 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 £63.5k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Jul 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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