Superior Sections Ltd
Registered name: SUPERIOR SECTIONS LTD
Part of Superior Group Holdings Limited groupSuperior Sections Ltd made £21.5m revenue and £1.1m profit in the year to 31 Mar 2025.
Superior Sections Ltd’s revenue grew 1% to £21.5m in the year to 31 Mar 2025, with £1.1m profit and 90 employees. The company is classified under “manufacture of basic iron and steel and of ferro-alloys” and is based in Dudley; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Dudley, West Midlands
- Age
- 19 yrs · since 2007
- 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 | 31 Mar 2023 | 31 Mar 2024 | 31 Mar 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | |||
| Revenue (turnover) | £29.8m | £21.4m | £21.5m |
| Cost of sales | £25.1m | £17.3m | £17.3m |
| Gross profit | £4.7m | £4.1m | £4.2m |
| Operating profit | £2.2m | £1.4m | £1.4m |
| Profit before tax | £2.2m | £1.4m | £1.4m |
| Profit after tax | £1.8m | £1.1m | £1.1m |
| Profit (best available) | £1.8m | £1.1m | £1.1m |
| Staff costs | £3.4m | £3.2m | £3.7m |
| Employees (average) | 84 | 89 | 90 |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | 6.1% | 5.3% | 5% |
| Gross margin | 15.8% | 19.1% | 19.5% |
| Revenue per employee | £355k | £240k | £239k |
| Profit per employee | £21.5k | £12.7k | £12k |
| Cash conversion | −110.8% | −69.4% | −165.5% |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Revenue growth | — | ▼28.3% | ▲0.5% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼37.2% | ▼4.6% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲5.9% | ▲1.1% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Cash at bank | £1.3m | £799k | £1.4m |
| Net assets | £4.1m | £4.6m | £4.7m |
| Fixed assets | £1.9m | £1.9m | £2.3m |
| Current assets | £10.3m | £7.9m | £8.5m |
| Debtors | £6.7m | £5.2m | £4.5m |
| Cash from operations | −£2.4m | −£987k | −£2.3m |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 5%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 19.5%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £239k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £12k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- −165.5%
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 10.8%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 21.1%
- 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 £4.7m
- Cash at bank
- ▲81%
- Now £1.4m
- Headcount
- ▲1%
- Now 90
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- ▲23%
- Now £2.3m
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Superior Group Holdings Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- Superior Sections Ltdthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Mar 2025 (profit £1.1m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Sep 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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