S Y Pumps Ltd
Registered name: S Y PUMPS LTD
S Y Pumps Ltd made £6.3m revenue and a £275k loss in the year to 30 Apr 2025. read from filing text
S Y Pumps Ltd’s revenue grew 2% to £6.3m in the year to 30 Apr 2025, with a loss of £275k and 82 employees. The company is classified under “other business support service activities” and is based in Handsworth, Sheffield; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Handsworth, Sheffield, 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. From the filing: “The ultimate controlling party is J H Holman who owns”
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 30 Apr 2022 | 30 Apr 2023 | 30 Apr 2024 | 30 Apr 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £14.1m | £6.4m | £6.2m | £6.3m |
| Cost of sales | £5.5m | £4.6m | £4.7m | £4.9m |
| Gross profit | £8.5m | £1.8m | £1.5m | £1.4m |
| Operating profit | £6.7m | £196k | −£369k | −£712k |
| Profit before tax | £6.7m | £344k | −£34.9k | −£328k |
| Profit after tax | £5.4m | £316k | −£36.4k | −£275k |
| Profit (best available) | £5.4m | £316k | −£36.4k | −£275k |
| Staff costs | £3.4m | £2.6m | £2.9m | £3.3m |
| Employees (average) | 79 | 72 | 74 | 82 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 38.1% | 4.9% | −0.6% | −4.4% |
| Gross margin | 60.7% | 28.2% | 24% | 22.2% |
| Revenue per employee | £178k | £89.2k | £83.3k | £76.8k |
| Profit per employee | £67.8k | £4.4k | −£492 | −£3.4k |
| Cash conversion | −108.5% | −700% | — | — |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▼54.3% | ▼4% | ▲2.1% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼94.1% | ▼111.5% | — |
| Headcount growth | — | ▼8.9% | ▲2.8% | ▲10.8% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £9.6m | £8.7m | £9.8m | £8.8m |
| Net assets | £12.7m | £12.7m | £12.4m | £11.9m |
| Fixed assets | £2.2m | £2.9m | £2.4m | £2.7m |
| Current assets | £12.3m | £10.9m | £11.7m | £10.7m |
| Debtors | £2.6m | £1.4m | £1.4m | £1.6m |
| Deferred income | £26.5k | £40.7k | £273k | £35.6k |
| Cash from operations | −£7.3m | −£1.4m | −£1.2m | £356k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Apr 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Apr 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jan 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jan 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- −4.4%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 22.2%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £76.8k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- −£3.4k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 42.5%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 0.6%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 24.7%
- 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
- ▼4%
- Now £11.9m
- Cash at bank
- ▼10%
- Now £8.8m
- Headcount
- ▲11%
- Now 82
- Deferred income
- ▼87%
- Now £35.6k
- Fixed assets
- ▲12%
- Now £2.7m
Deferred income is reported together with accruals in this filing (“accruals and deferred income”), so it is an approximate signal only.
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 30 Apr 2025 (profit −£275k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Jan 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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