The Big Shed Limited
Registered name: THE BIG SHED LIMITED
Part of The Big White Shed Limited groupThe Big Shed Limited does not publish its revenue or profit. Its accounts to 31 Jul 2025 show net assets of £14.6m and 3 employees.
The Big Shed Limited did not publish its revenue or profit — small companies aren’t required to file a profit & loss account. Its accounts for the year to 31 Jul 2025 showed net assets of £14.6m and 3 employees. The company is classified under “treatment and disposal of non-hazardous waste” and is based in Manchester; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Manchester, North West
- Age
- 24 yrs · since 2002
- 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. From the filing: “The Big White Shed Limited is the company’s parent undertaking and ultimate controlling party. The company is registered in England and Wales, and its registered office is Moss Lane Off Sharp Street, ”
Key figures
Revenue not disclosed
The Big Shed Limited’s accounts for the year to 31 Jul 2025 contain a balance sheet but no profit & loss account, so its revenue and profit are not public. UK small and micro-entity companies are not required to publish a P&L — this is normal and says nothing about how the business is performing.
We never estimate revenue. Below you’ll find the balance-sheet figures that were filed — useful as indirect signals of momentum, but they are not revenue or profit.
- Employees
- 3
- Net assets
- £14.6m
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 | No P&L | No P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | — | — | — | — |
| Cost of sales | £10.4m | £10.7m | — | — |
| Profit after tax | £3.3m | £4.8m | — | — |
| Profit (best available) | £3.3m | £4.8m | — | — |
| Staff costs | £433k | £122k | — | — |
| Employees (average) | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | — | — | — | — |
| Profit per employee | £1.1m | £1.6m | — | — |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Profit growth | — | ▲43.9% | — | — |
| Headcount growth | — | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £5m | £4.3m | £5.8m | £3.1m |
| Net assets | £16.6m | £21.4m | £22.2m | £14.6m |
| Fixed assets | £11.3m | £13m | £13.6m | £13.3m |
| Current assets | £6.7m | £9.9m | £10.1m | £6.3m |
| Debtors | £0 | £0 | £32.2k | £2.4k |
| Deferred income | £7.3k | £7.9k | — | — |
| Cash from operations | −£5.6m | −£6.7m | — | — |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Mar 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Mar 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Mar 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Mar 2026 |
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
- ▼34%
- Now £14.6m
- Cash at bank
- ▼47%
- Now £3.1m
- Headcount
- 0%
- Now 3
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- ▼3%
- Now £13.3m
Group structure
Ownership chain
- The Big White Shed Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- The Big Shed Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Subsidiaries (2)
- Ubu Environmental LtdRev. £17m · Profit £2.2m
- T.J. Murphy 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 Jul 2025, from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Mar 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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