Shawton Engineering Limited
Registered name: SHAWTON ENGINEERING LIMITED
Shawton Engineering Limited made £14.9m revenue and £155k profit in the year to 30 Jun 2025.
Shawton Engineering Limited’s revenue grew 22% to £14.9m in the year to 30 Jun 2025, with £155k profit and 74 employees. The company is classified under “construction of other civil engineering projects” and is based in Newton Le Willows; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Newton Le Willows, North West
- Age
- 19 yrs · since 2007
- Type
- Private Limited Company
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 30 Jun 2022 | 30 Jun 2023 | 30 Jun 2024 | 30 Jun 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £17.6m | £12.2m | £12.2m | £14.9m |
| Cost of sales | £15.3m | £9.9m | £9.4m | £12.5m |
| Gross profit | £2.3m | £2.3m | £2.8m | £2.4m |
| Operating profit | £329k | −£50.8k | £499k | £338k |
| Profit before tax | £306k | −£95.3k | £459k | £289k |
| Profit after tax | £298k | £2.3k | £402k | £155k |
| Profit (best available) | £298k | £2.3k | £402k | £155k |
| Staff costs | £3.7m | £3.8m | £3.5m | £3.1m |
| Employees (average) | 98 | 97 | 98 | 74 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 1.7% | 0% | 3.3% | 1% |
| Gross margin | 12.8% | 19.2% | 22.9% | 16.2% |
| Revenue per employee | £179k | £126k | £125k | £202k |
| Profit per employee | £3k | £24 | £4.1k | £2.1k |
| Cash conversion | 108.6% | — | −131.3% | −624.9% |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▼30.5% | ▲0.4% | ▲22.1% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼99.2% | ▲17008% | ▼61.5% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▼1% | ▲1% | ▼24.5% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £428k | £590k | £819k | £2.4m |
| Net assets | £2.7m | £2.7m | £3.1m | £3.2m |
| Fixed assets | £424k | £462k | £347k | £400k |
| Current assets | £7.5m | £5.5m | £5.6m | £8.2m |
| Debtors | £2.6m | £701k | £1.4m | £2.6m |
| Deferred income | £66.2k | £11k | £10k | £1.2m |
| Cash from operations | £357k | −£70.2k | −£655k | −£2.1m |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Apr 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Apr 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jan 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Mar 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 1%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 16.2%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £202k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £2.1k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- −624.9%
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 2.7%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 8.2%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 17.4%
- 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
- ▲5%
- Now £3.2m
- Cash at bank
- ▲192%
- Now £2.4m
- Headcount
- ▼24%
- Now 74
- Deferred income
- ▲12075%
- Now £1.2m
- Fixed assets
- ▲15%
- Now £400k
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 Jun 2025 (profit £155k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Mar 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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