Arthur Kershaw Funeral Services Limited
Registered name: ARTHUR KERSHAW FUNERAL SERVICES LIMITED
Part of Brookhouse Properties Limited groupArthur Kershaw Funeral Services Limited made £405k revenue and a £39k loss in the year to 24 Sep 2025.
Arthur Kershaw Funeral Services Limited’s revenue grew 7% to £405k in the year to 24 Sep 2025, with a loss of £39k. The company is classified under “funeral and related activities” and is based in Sale; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Sale, North West
- Age
- 16 yrs · since 2010
- 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 | 24 Sep 2023 | 24 Sep 2024 | 24 Sep 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | |||
| Revenue (turnover) | £308k | £379k | £405k |
| Cost of sales | −£156k | −£164k | −£173k |
| Gross profit | £152k | £215k | £232k |
| Operating profit | £4k | £22k | £18k |
| Profit before tax | £25k | £22k | £18k |
| Profit after tax | £25k | £13k | −£39k |
| Profit (best available) | £25k | £13k | −£39k |
| Employees (average) | — | — | — |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | 8.1% | 3.4% | −9.6% |
| Gross margin | 49.4% | 56.7% | 57.3% |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲23.1% | ▲6.9% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼48% | ▼400% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Net assets | — | — | — |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data May 2025 | Accounts · bulk data May 2025 | Accounts · bulk data May 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- −9.6%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 57.3%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- —
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- —
- 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 —
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now —
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Brookhouse Properties Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- Brookhouse Group Limited75–100%
- Arthur Kershaw Funeral Services Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Sister companies (21)
- Brookhouse Retail LimitedRev. £3.8m · Profit £3.5m
- Brookhouse (Hamilton) LimitedRev. £3.3m · Profit £3.4m
- Brookhouse (Lowestoft) LimitedRev. £2.9m · Profit £3m
- Brookhouse (Prescot) LimitedRev. £2m · Profit £2.3m
- Brookhouse (Preston) LimitedRev. £1.4m · Profit £433k
- Brookhouse (Alexandra) LimitedRev. £1.2m · Profit £555k
- Brookhouse Helsby (Retail) LimitedRev. £1.1m · Profit −£164k
- Brookhouse Chichester LimitedRev. £748k · Profit £126k
- Brookhouse (Dumfries) LimitedRev. £724k · Profit £245k
- Brookhouse (Leigh) LimitedRev. £507k · Profit £593k
- Brookhouse (Bradford) LimitedRev. £301k · Profit −£97k
- Brookhouse (Manchester) LimitedRev. £279k · Profit £383k
- Penbrook Developments LimitedRev. £39k · Profit £6k
- BHG Nominee Co (2) LimitedRev. £0 · Profit −£187k
- Brookhouse Builders LimitedRev. £0 · Profit £206k
- Brookhouse Northern LimitedRev. £0 · Profit £186k
- Brookhouse Residential Developments LimitedRev. £0 · Profit −£254k
- Brookhouse Stud LimitedRev. £0 · Profit −£100k
- Oldham Property Partnerships LimitedRev. £0 · Profit £48k
- Brookhouse Property Holdings LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Doubletable LimitedFigures not disclosed
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
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Sources
Latest figures from accounts for the year to 24 Sep 2025 (profit −£39k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published May 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Updated from Companies House on 14 Oct 2026
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