Lister Shearing Equipment Limited
Registered name: LISTER SHEARING EQUIPMENT LIMITED
Part of Lister Quadrant Ltd groupLister Shearing Equipment Limited made £3.9m revenue and a £1.3m loss in the year to 31 Dec 2024.
Lister Shearing Equipment Limited’s revenue fell 24% to £3.9m in the year to 31 Dec 2024, with a loss of £1.3m and 55 employees. The company is classified under “manufacture of agricultural and forestry machinery other than tractors” and is based in Cheltenham; we hold 2 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Cheltenham, South West
- Age
- 28 yrs · since 1998
- 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. From the filing: “Wahl Clipper International Holding BV”
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Dec 2023 | 31 Dec 2024 |
|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||
| Revenue (turnover) | £5.2m | £3.9m |
| Cost of sales | £4.1m | £4.1m |
| Gross profit | £1m | −£120k |
| Operating profit | −£579k | −£1.6m |
| Profit before tax | −£666k | −£1.7m |
| Profit after tax | −£535k | −£1.3m |
| Profit (best available) | −£535k | −£1.3m |
| Staff costs | £2.1m | £2m |
| Employees (average) | 57 | 55 |
| Ratios | ||
| Profit margin | −10.3% | −32.6% |
| Gross margin | 20% | −3% |
| Revenue per employee | £90.8k | £71.5k |
| Profit per employee | −£9.4k | −£23.3k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||
| Revenue growth | — | ▼24% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▼3.5% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||
| Cash at bank | £618k | £154k |
| Net assets | £2.2m | £955k |
| Fixed assets | £2.9m | £2.4m |
| Current assets | £3.6m | £2.8m |
| Debtors | £482k | £341k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- −32.6%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- −3%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £71.5k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- −£23.3k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 62.1%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 8.7%
- 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
- ▼57%
- Now £955k
- Cash at bank
- ▼75%
- Now £154k
- Headcount
- ▼4%
- Now 55
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- ▼15%
- Now £2.4m
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Lister Quadrant Ltdultimate parent75–100%
- Lister Shearing Equipment Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Subsidiaries (1)
- Lister Shearing 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 −£1.3m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Sep 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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