South Staffordshire Limited
Registered name: SOUTH STAFFORDSHIRE LIMITED
Part of Arjun Infrastructure Renewables LLP groupSouth Staffordshire Limited made £385m revenue and a £9.5m loss in the year to 31 Mar 2025.
South Staffordshire Limited’s revenue was £385m in the year to 31 Mar 2025, with a loss of £9.5m and 2,954 employees. The company is classified under “activities of head offices” and is based in Walsall; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Walsall
- Age
- 25 yrs · since 2001
- Type
- Private Limited Company
Key figures
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Mar 2023 | 31 Mar 2024 | 31 Mar 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | |||
| Revenue (turnover) | £354m | £385m | £385m |
| Cost of sales | −£342m | −£365m | −£365m |
| Operating profit | £23.8m | £29m | £29m |
| Profit before tax | −£23.1m | −£10.8m | −£10.8m |
| Profit after tax | −£16.4m | −£9.5m | −£9.5m |
| Profit (best available) | −£16.4m | −£9.5m | −£9.5m |
| Employees (average) | 2,600 | 2,941 | 2,954 |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | −4.6% | −2.5% | −2.5% |
| Revenue per employee | £136k | £131k | £130k |
| Profit per employee | −£6.3k | −£3.2k | −£3.2k |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲8.9% | 0% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲13.1% | ▲0.4% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Net assets | — | — | — |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Apr 2025 | Accounts · bulk data Apr 2025 | Accounts · bulk data Jan 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- −2.5%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- —
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £130k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- −£3.2k
- 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 2,954
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now —
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Arjun Infrastructure Renewables LLPultimate parent75–100%
- Symbiotic (Investments) LP75–100%
- Aip V Limited75–100%
- Aip VI Limited75–100%
- Hydriades IV Limited75–100%
- Hydriades V Limited75–100%
- Hydriades Limited75–100%
- Aquainvest Ventures Limited75–100%
- Aquainvest Holding Company Limited75–100%
- Aquainvest Acquisitions Limited75–100%
- South Staffordshire Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Subsidiaries (11)
- Aqua Direct LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Cambridge Water PLCFigures not disclosed
- Echo Managed Services LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Inter-Credit International LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Office Watercoolers LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Omega Red Holdings LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Perco Engineering Services LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Rapid Systems LtdFigures not disclosed
- Ssi Services (UK) LimitedFigures not disclosed
- SSW Holdings LimitedFigures not disclosed
- The Gateway Group of Companies Holdings LimitedFigures not disclosed
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
Sources
Latest figures from accounts for the year to 31 Mar 2025 (profit −£9.5m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Jan 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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