Arnold Stansby & Co. Limited
Registered name: ARNOLD STANSBY & CO. LIMITED
Part of Arnold Stansby Holdings Limited groupArnold Stansby & Co. Limited made £1.8m revenue and £374k profit in the year to 31 Mar 2025. read from filing text
Arnold Stansby & Co. Limited’s revenue grew 2% to £1.8m in the year to 31 Mar 2025, with £374k profit and 10 employees. The company is classified under “activities of financial services holding companies” and is based in Manchester; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Manchester, North West
- Age
- 15 yrs · since 2011
- Type
- Private Limited Company
Pass-through vehicle. This looks like a holding, staffing or umbrella company. Its revenue and profit may largely pass through to or from other entities, so the figures may not reflect a standalone operating business. It is excluded from our opportunity lists.
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. From the filing: “Arnold Stansby Holdings Limited, a company incorporated in England and Wales with the registered office”
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&Lread from filing text |
| Profit & loss | |||
| Revenue (turnover) | £1.6m | £1.7m | £1.8m |
| Operating profit | £542k | £619k | £473k |
| Profit before tax | £550k | £640k | £500k |
| Profit after tax | £445k | £479k | £374k |
| Profit (best available) | £445k | £479k | £374k |
| Staff costs | £400k | £447k | £456k |
| Employees (average) | 9 | 10 | 10 |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | 28.5% | 27.5% | 21.1% |
| Revenue per employee | £174k | £174k | £177k |
| Profit per employee | £49.5k | £47.9k | £37.4k |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲11.7% | ▲1.5% |
| Profit growth | — | ▲7.5% | ▼21.9% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲11.1% | 0% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Cash at bank | £553k | £482k | £902k |
| Net assets | £618k | £637k | £746k |
| Fixed assets | £10.7k | £7.4k | £5.5k |
| Current assets | £1.7m | £1.9m | £2.8m |
| Debtors | £608k | £893k | £1.4m |
| Deferred income | £137k | £113k | £86k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 21.1%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- —
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £177k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £37.4k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 0.3%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 4.9%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 77.9%
- 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
- ▲17%
- Now £746k
- Cash at bank
- ▲87%
- Now £902k
- Headcount
- 0%
- Now 10
- Deferred income
- ▼24%
- Now £86k
- Fixed assets
- ▼27%
- Now £5.5k
Deferred income is reported together with accruals in this filing (“accruals and deferred income”), so it is an approximate signal only.
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Arnold Stansby Holdings Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- Arnold Stansby & Co. Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Subsidiaries (1)
- Asco Nominees LimitedFigures not disclosed
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Mar 2025 (profit £374k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Dec 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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