Shurtape UK Limited
Registered name: SHURTAPE UK LIMITED
Shurtape UK Limited made £13.9m revenue and £1.1m profit in the year to 31 Dec 2024.
Shurtape UK Limited’s revenue fell 3% to £13.9m in the year to 31 Dec 2024, with £1.1m profit and 10 employees. The company is classified under “other manufacturing” and is based in London; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- London, London
- Age
- 16 yrs · since 2010
- 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 | 31 Dec 2021 | 31 Dec 2022 | 31 Dec 2023 | 31 Dec 2024 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £12.6m | £12.9m | £14.3m | £13.9m |
| Cost of sales | £8.7m | £9.3m | £10m | £9m |
| Gross profit | £3.9m | £3.6m | £4.3m | £4.9m |
| Operating profit | £1m | £580k | £839k | £1.5m |
| Profit before tax | — | — | £839k | £1.5m |
| Profit after tax | £1m | £580k | £694k | £1.1m |
| Profit (best available) | £1m | £580k | £694k | £1.1m |
| Staff costs | £997k | £999k | £1.1m | £1.2m |
| Employees (average) | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 8.2% | 4.5% | 4.9% | 7.8% |
| Gross margin | 30.9% | 27.9% | 29.9% | 35.4% |
| Revenue per employee | £1.3m | £1.3m | £1.4m | £1.4m |
| Profit per employee | £104k | £58k | £69.4k | £108k |
| Cash conversion | −47.5% | −3.5% | 56% | 35.7% |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲2.4% | ▲10.7% | ▼3.3% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼44% | ▲19.6% | ▲55.2% |
| Headcount growth | — | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £314k | £248k | £718k | £1.2m |
| Net assets | £4.3m | £4.9m | £5.6m | £6.7m |
| Fixed assets | £20.1k | £53.6k | £28.3k | £13.8k |
| Current assets | £7.4m | £7.2m | £8.2m | £8.6m |
| Debtors | £1.8m | £3m | £2.4m | £2.1m |
| Deferred income | £886k | £831k | £1.1m | £891k |
| Cash from operations | −£492k | −£20.5k | £470k | £525k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2023 | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2023 | FullAccounts · bulk data Nov 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 7.8%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 35.4%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £1.4m
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £108k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- 35.7%
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 0.1%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 6.4%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 15.4%
- 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
- ▲19%
- Now £6.7m
- Cash at bank
- ▲73%
- Now £1.2m
- Headcount
- 0%
- Now 10
- Deferred income
- ▼16%
- Now £891k
- Fixed assets
- ▼51%
- Now £13.8k
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 31 Dec 2024 (profit £1.1m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Sep 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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