Nicholsons Group Limited
Registered name: NICHOLSONS GROUP LIMITED
Nicholsons Group Limited made £17m revenue and £5.4m profit in the year to 31 Mar 2025.
Nicholsons Group Limited’s revenue grew 1% to £17m in the year to 31 Mar 2025, with £5.4m profit and 121 employees. The company is classified under “activities of other holding companies” and is based in Gateshead; we hold 2 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Gateshead, North East
- Age
- 19 yrs · since 2007
- 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. From the filing: “No one shareholder has a controlling interest in the company.”
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Mar 2024 | 31 Mar 2025 |
|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||
| Revenue (turnover) | £16.9m | £17m |
| Cost of sales | £7.5m | £8.4m |
| Gross profit | £9.4m | £8.6m |
| Operating profit | £4.5m | £3.8m |
| Profit before tax | £4.9m | £6.5m |
| Profit after tax | £3.7m | £5.4m |
| Profit (best available) | £3.7m | £5.4m |
| Staff costs | £5.1m | £5.6m |
| Employees (average) | 131 | 121 |
| Ratios | ||
| Profit margin | 21.7% | 31.8% |
| Gross margin | 55.9% | 50.5% |
| Revenue per employee | £129k | £141k |
| Profit per employee | £28k | £44.6k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲0.7% |
| Profit growth | — | ▲47.1% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▼7.6% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||
| Cash at bank | £19.6m | £25.5m |
| Net assets | £32.9m | £33.1m |
| Fixed assets | £6.1m | £5.7m |
| Current assets | £29m | £33.3m |
| Debtors | £4.3m | £3.3m |
| Deferred income | £151k | £629k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 31.8%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 50.5%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £141k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £44.6k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 33.4%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 3.7%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 19.4%
- 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 £33.1m
- Cash at bank
- ▲30%
- Now £25.5m
- Headcount
- ▼8%
- Now 121
- Deferred income
- ▲316%
- Now £629k
- Fixed assets
- ▼7%
- Now £5.7m
Deferred income is reported together with accruals in this filing (“accruals and deferred income”), so it is an approximate signal only.
Group structure
Subsidiaries (4)
- Nicholsons Sealing Technologies LimitedRev. £14.2m · Profit £1.9m
- Nicholson Seals LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Nicholsons Global LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Nicholsons Int LimitedFigures not disclosed
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Mar 2025 (profit £5.4m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Dec 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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