Dawson Shanahan (Wales) Limited
Registered name: DAWSON SHANAHAN (WALES) LIMITED
Part of Luvata Oy groupDawson Shanahan (Wales) Limited made £5.7m revenue and a £477k loss in the year to 31 Mar 2025.
Dawson Shanahan (Wales) Limited’s revenue was £5.7m in the year to 31 Mar 2025, with a loss of £477k and 83 employees. The company is classified under “cold forming or folding” and is based in Welshpool.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Welshpool, West Midlands
- Age
- 17 yrs · since 2009
- 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 2025 |
|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | |
| Revenue (turnover) | £5.7m |
| Cost of sales | £4m |
| Gross profit | £1.7m |
| Operating profit | −£511k |
| Profit before tax | −£515k |
| Profit after tax | −£477k |
| Profit (best available) | −£477k |
| Employees (average) | 83 |
| Ratios | |
| Profit margin | −8.3% |
| Gross margin | 30% |
| Revenue per employee | £69.2k |
| Profit per employee | −£5.7k |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |
| Net assets | — |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Dec 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- −8.3%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 30%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £69.2k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- −£5.7k
- 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
- —
- Now 83
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now —
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Luvata Oy (registered outside the UK register)ultimate parent75–100%
- Luvata Welshpool Limited75–100%
- Dawson Shanahan (Wales) Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Sister companies (1)
- Dawson Shanahan LimitedRev. £1.9m · Profit −£1.1m
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
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Sources
Latest figures from accounts for the year to 31 Mar 2025 (profit −£477k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Dec 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Updated from Companies House on 13 Oct 2026
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