Southern Electrical Services Limited
Registered name: SOUTHERN ELECTRICAL SERVICES LIMITED
Southern Electrical Services Limited made £889k revenue and £93k profit in the year to 31 Mar 2025.
Southern Electrical Services Limited’s revenue grew 6% to £889k in the year to 31 Mar 2025, with £93k profit and 12 employees. The company is classified under “electrical installation” and is based in Gerrards Cross; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Gerrards Cross, South East
- Age
- 29 yrs · since 1996
- 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 2022 | 31 Mar 2023 | 31 Mar 2024 | 31 Mar 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £739k | £846k | £837k | £889k |
| Cost of sales | £204k | £211k | £220k | £238k |
| Gross profit | £535k | £635k | £617k | £651k |
| Profit before tax | −£17.5k | £84.6k | £96.7k | £115k |
| Profit after tax | −£14.2k | £68.6k | £68.6k | £93k |
| Profit (best available) | −£14.2k | £68.6k | £68.6k | £93k |
| Employees (average) | 12 | 13 | 12 | 12 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | −1.9% | 8.1% | 8.2% | 10.5% |
| Gross margin | 72.4% | 75.1% | 73.7% | 73.3% |
| Revenue per employee | £61.6k | £65.1k | £69.8k | £74k |
| Profit per employee | −£1.2k | £5.3k | £5.7k | £7.8k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲14.5% | ▼1.1% | ▲6.2% |
| Profit growth | — | — | ▼0.1% | ▲35.6% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲8.3% | ▼7.7% | 0% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £58k | £93.9k | £115k | £132k |
| Net assets | £89k | £91.6k | £90.2k | £103k |
| Fixed assets | £134k | £109k | £90.6k | £70k |
| Current assets | £251k | £273k | £264k | £279k |
| Debtors | £118k | £117k | £73.8k | £83.6k |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Nov 2023 | Accounts · bulk data Nov 2023 | FilletedAccounts · bulk data Dec 2024 | FilletedAccounts · bulk data Dec 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 10.5%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 73.3%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £74k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £7.8k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 7.9%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 9.4%
- 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
- ▲14%
- Now £103k
- Cash at bank
- ▲15%
- Now £132k
- Headcount
- 0%
- Now 12
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- ▼23%
- Now £70k
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Sources
Latest figures from FilletedAccounts for the year to 31 Mar 2025 (profit £93k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Dec 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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