Shark! Design & Marketing Limited
Registered name: SHARK! DESIGN & MARKETING LIMITED
Part of Waddington & Ledger Group Limited groupShark! Design & Marketing Limited made £546k revenue and £51.3k profit in the year to 30 Jun 2025.
Shark! Design & Marketing Limited’s revenue fell 14% to £546k in the year to 30 Jun 2025, with £51.3k profit and 6 employees. The company is classified under “advertising agencies” and is based in Elland; we hold 2 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Elland, Yorkshire and The Humber
- Age
- 20 yrs · since 2006
- 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 Jun 2024 | 30 Jun 2025 |
|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||
| Revenue (turnover) | £632k | £546k |
| Cost of sales | £406k | £307k |
| Gross profit | £226k | £239k |
| Operating profit | £34.5k | £51.3k |
| Profit before tax | £34.7k | £51.3k |
| Profit after tax | £34.7k | £51.3k |
| Profit (best available) | £34.7k | £51.3k |
| Employees (average) | 6 | 6 |
| Ratios | ||
| Profit margin | 5.5% | 9.4% |
| Gross margin | 35.8% | 43.9% |
| Revenue per employee | £105k | £91k |
| Profit per employee | £5.8k | £8.6k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||
| Revenue growth | — | ▼13.6% |
| Profit growth | — | ▲47.9% |
| Headcount growth | — | 0% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||
| Cash at bank | £16.6k | £134k |
| Net assets | £168k | £169k |
| Fixed assets | £43.1k | £33.3k |
| Current assets | £282k | £266k |
| Debtors | £66k | £58.7k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 9.4%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 43.9%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £91k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £8.6k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 6.1%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 10.8%
- 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
- ▲1%
- Now £169k
- Cash at bank
- ▲709%
- Now £134k
- Headcount
- 0%
- Now 6
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- ▼23%
- Now £33.3k
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Waddington & Ledger Group Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- Shark! Design & Marketing Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Sister companies (2)
- Waddington and Ledger LimitedRev. £6.2m · Profit £146k
- Marketing Print & Direct Mail 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 30 Jun 2025 (profit £51.3k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Dec 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Updated from Companies House on 25 Oct 2026
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