Shire Securities Limited
Registered name: SHIRE SECURITIES LIMITED
Part of Shire Leasing PLC groupShire Securities Limited made £5.3m revenue and £900k profit in the year to 31 Mar 2026.
Shire Securities Limited’s revenue grew 37% to £5.3m in the year to 31 Mar 2026, with £900k profit and 20 employees. The company is classified under “other credit granting” and is based in Tamworth; we hold 5 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Tamworth, West Midlands
- Age
- 20 yrs · since 2006
- 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 Mar 2022 | 31 Mar 2023 | 31 Mar 2024 | 31 Mar 2025 | 31 Mar 2026 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | No P&L | No P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | |||||
| Revenue (turnover) | — | — | £3.2m | £3.9m | £5.3m |
| Cost of sales | — | — | −£1.1m | −£1.6m | −£2.1m |
| Gross profit | — | — | £2.1m | £2.3m | £3.2m |
| Operating profit | — | — | £988k | £685k | £1.2m |
| Profit before tax | — | — | £993k | £718k | £1.2m |
| Profit after tax | — | — | £742k | £538k | £900k |
| Profit (best available) | — | — | £742k | £538k | £900k |
| Employees (average) | 9 | 12 | 14 | 16 | 20 |
| Ratios | |||||
| Profit margin | — | — | 23.4% | 13.9% | 17% |
| Gross margin | — | — | 65.3% | 58.4% | 60.5% |
| Revenue per employee | — | — | £226k | £242k | £265k |
| Profit per employee | — | — | £53k | £33.6k | £45k |
| Growth (year on year) | |||||
| Revenue growth | — | — | — | ▲22.2% | ▲37.1% |
| Profit growth | — | — | — | ▼27.5% | ▲67.3% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲33.3% | ▲16.7% | ▲14.3% | ▲25% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||||
| Cash at bank | £222k | £290k | — | — | — |
| Net assets | £2.9m | £2.9m | — | — | — |
| Fixed assets | £12.4k | £11.4k | — | — | — |
| Current assets | £3.9m | £6.3m | — | — | — |
| Debtors | £3.6m | £6m | — | — | — |
| Source | AbridgedAccounts · bulk data Dec 2023 | AbridgedAccounts · bulk data Dec 2023 | Accounts · bulk data Aug 2025 | Accounts · bulk data Aug 2025 | Accounts · bulk data Aug 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 17%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 60.5%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £265k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £45k
- 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
- ▲25%
- Now 20
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now —
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Shire Leasing PLCultimate parent75–100%
- Shire Securities Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Sister companies (1)
- Shire Professional Services Ltd.Figures not disclosed
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
Sources
Latest figures from accounts for the year to 31 Mar 2026 (profit £900k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Aug 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Updated from Companies House on 13 Oct 2026
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