Shepherd Compello Ltd
Registered name: SHEPHERD COMPELLO LTD
Part of Shepherd Global Limited groupShepherd Compello Ltd made £5.9m revenue and £253k profit in the year to 31 Dec 2024.
Shepherd Compello Ltd’s revenue fell 13% to £5.9m in the year to 31 Dec 2024, with £253k profit and 12 employees. The company is classified under “non-life insurance” and is based in London; we hold 2 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- London, London
- Age
- 23 yrs · since 2003
- 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
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) | £6.8m | £5.9m |
| Gross profit | £6.8m | £5.9m |
| Operating profit | £531k | −£379k |
| Profit before tax | £979k | £295k |
| Profit after tax | £873k | £253k |
| Profit (best available) | £873k | £253k |
| Staff costs | £2.5m | £2.5m |
| Employees (average) | 20 | 12 |
| Ratios | ||
| Profit margin | 12.8% | 4.3% |
| Gross margin | 100% | 100% |
| Revenue per employee | £340k | £491k |
| Profit per employee | £43.6k | £21.1k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||
| Revenue growth | — | ▼13.4% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼71% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▼40% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||
| Cash at bank | £24.2m | £21.7m |
| Net assets | £3.3m | £3.6m |
| Fixed assets | £155k | £42.4k |
| Current assets | £30.7m | £28.6m |
| Debtors | £6.5m | £6.9m |
| Deferred income | £2.2m | £2.1m |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 4.3%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 100%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £491k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £21.1k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 0.7%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 35.6%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 116.7%
- 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
- ▲8%
- Now £3.6m
- Cash at bank
- ▼10%
- Now £21.7m
- Headcount
- ▼40%
- Now 12
- Deferred income
- ▼5%
- Now £2.1m
- Fixed assets
- ▼73%
- Now £42.4k
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
- Shepherd Global Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- Shepherd Compello Ltdthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Sister companies (1)
- Epg Global LimitedFigures not disclosed
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Dec 2024 (profit £253k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Dec 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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