McCarthy Shanks Limited
Registered name: MCCARTHY SHANKS LIMITED
Part of Supertune Automotive Holdings Limited groupMcCarthy Shanks Limited made £0 revenue and £251k profit in the year to 31 Jul 2025. read from filing text
McCarthy Shanks Limited’s revenue was £0 in the year to 31 Jul 2025, with £251k profit and 1 employee. The company is classified under “non-trading company” and is based in Oldham; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Oldham, North West
- Age
- 26 yrs · since 2000
- 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.
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
Unusual figures. Profit is higher than revenue in this filing. That usually means investment income, dividends from subsidiaries or one-off gains — or a mis-tagged figure. Check the original filing before drawing conclusions.
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Jul 2022 | 31 Jul 2023 | 31 Jul 2024 | 31 Jul 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Profit only | Profit only | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | — | — | £0 | £0 |
| Cost of sales | £13.1m | £15.4m | £17.4m | — |
| Profit before tax | — | — | £150k | £251k |
| Profit after tax | £178k | £612k | £150k | £251k |
| Profit (best available) | £178k | £612k | £150k | £251k |
| Staff costs | £0 | £0 | £0 | — |
| Employees (average) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | — | — | — | — |
| Revenue per employee | — | — | — | £0 |
| Profit per employee | — | — | — | £251k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Profit growth | — | ▲244.3% | ▼75.5% | ▲67.4% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £81 | £81 | £81 | £81 |
| Net assets | £4.1m | £247k | £247k | £247k |
| Fixed assets | £727k | £992k | £968k | — |
| Current assets | £7.5m | £9.2m | £10.8m | — |
| Debtors | £0 | £0 | £0 | — |
| Deferred income | £500 | £500 | £500 | £500 |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Feb 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Feb 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Apr 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Apr 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- —
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- —
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £0
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £251k
- 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
- 0%
- Now £247k
- Cash at bank
- 0%
- Now £81
- Headcount
- —
- Now 1
- Deferred income
- 0%
- Now £500
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now —
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
- Supertune Automotive Holdings Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- McCarthy Shanks Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Subsidiaries (1)
- Supertune Automotive Ltd.Rev. £25.7m · Profit £2m
Sister companies (1)
- Antons UK LimitedFigures not disclosed
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Jul 2025 (profit £251k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Apr 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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