Shirley Technologies Limited
Registered name: SHIRLEY TECHNOLOGIES LIMITED
Part of BTTG Holdings Limited groupShirley Technologies Limited made £9.8m revenue and £282k profit in the year to 30 Sep 2025.
Shirley Technologies Limited’s revenue grew 7% to £9.8m in the year to 30 Sep 2025, with £282k profit and 109 employees. The company is classified under “other professional, scientific and technical activities” and is based in Leeds; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Leeds, Yorkshire and The Humber
- Age
- 23 yrs · since 2003
- 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.
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 30 Sep 2022 | 30 Sep 2023 | 30 Sep 2024 | 30 Sep 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £8.8m | £9.1m | £9.2m | £9.8m |
| Cost of sales | £1.2m | £1.4m | −£1.5m | −£1.5m |
| Gross profit | £7.6m | £7.7m | £7.7m | £8.3m |
| Operating profit | — | — | £228k | £579k |
| Profit before tax | −£288k | £883k | £228k | £579k |
| Profit after tax | −£430k | £686k | £171k | £282k |
| Profit (best available) | −£430k | £686k | £171k | £282k |
| Staff costs | £4.8m | £4.9m | — | — |
| Employees (average) | 110 | 111 | 107 | 109 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | −4.9% | 7.6% | 1.9% | 2.9% |
| Gross margin | 86.1% | 84.5% | 83.9% | 84.7% |
| Revenue per employee | £80.4k | £81.8k | £86k | £90k |
| Profit per employee | −£3.9k | £6.2k | £1.6k | £2.6k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲2.6% | ▲1.3% | ▲6.7% |
| Profit growth | — | — | ▼75.1% | ▲65.3% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲0.9% | ▼3.6% | ▲1.9% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £3.8m | £3.2m | — | — |
| Net assets | £2.6m | £2.8m | — | — |
| Fixed assets | £961k | £1.7m | — | — |
| Current assets | £4.9m | £4.8m | — | — |
| Debtors | £572k | £606k | — | — |
| Deferred income | £348k | £368k | — | — |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Apr 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Apr 2024 | Accounts · bulk data Jul 2025 | Accounts · bulk data Jul 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 2.9%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 84.7%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £90k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £2.6k
- 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
- ▲2%
- Now 109
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now —
Group structure
Ownership chain
- BTTG Holdings Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- BTTG Limited75–100%
- Shirley Technologies Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
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Sources
Latest figures from accounts for the year to 30 Sep 2025 (profit £282k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Jul 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Updated from Companies House on 19 Oct 2026
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