Ship IT Appliances Limited
Registered name: SHIP IT APPLIANCES LIMITED
Part of For Everyone Group Ltd groupShip IT Appliances Limited made £17.5m revenue and a £1m loss in the year to 31 Dec 2024.
Ship IT Appliances Limited’s revenue fell 8% to £17.5m in the year to 31 Dec 2024, with a loss of £1m and 11 employees. The company is classified under “retail sale via mail order houses or via internet” and is based in Salford; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Salford, North West
- Age
- 15 yrs · since 2011
- 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 Dec 2021 | 31 Dec 2022 | 31 Dec 2023 | 31 Dec 2024 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | No P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | — | £13.1m | £19.1m | £17.5m |
| Cost of sales | — | £9.2m | £14.8m | £11.9m |
| Gross profit | — | £3.9m | £4.3m | £5.6m |
| Operating profit | — | −£1.1m | −£2.2m | −£1m |
| Profit before tax | — | −£1.1m | −£2.3m | −£1m |
| Profit after tax | — | −£891k | −£2.4m | −£1m |
| Profit (best available) | — | −£891k | −£2.4m | −£1m |
| Staff costs | — | £821k | £730k | £574k |
| Employees (average) | 26 | 19 | 21 | 11 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | — | −6.8% | −12.6% | −5.9% |
| Gross margin | — | 29.6% | 22.6% | 31.8% |
| Revenue per employee | — | £691k | £912k | £1.6m |
| Profit per employee | — | −£46.9k | −£115k | −£93.7k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | — | ▲45.8% | ▼8.4% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▼26.9% | ▲10.5% | ▼47.6% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £114k | £194k | £92.2k | £251k |
| Net assets | −£163k | −£860k | −£3.5m | −£4.5m |
| Fixed assets | £276k | £285k | £203k | £172k |
| Current assets | £3.4m | £5.3m | £5.7m | £5.5m |
| Debtors | £89.6k | £90.8k | £141k | £376k |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Oct 2023 | Accounts · bulk data Oct 2023 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jan 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- −5.9%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 31.8%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £1.6m
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- −£93.7k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 1%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 2.1%
- 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 −£4.5m
- Cash at bank
- ▲172%
- Now £251k
- Headcount
- ▼48%
- Now 11
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- ▼15%
- Now £172k
Group structure
Ownership chain
- For Everyone Group Ltdultimate parent75–100%
- Ship IT Appliances Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Sister companies (5)
- Oem Appliances LimitedRev. £22.1m · Profit −£945k
- Coolmed LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Evec LtdFigures not disclosed
- Sia Appliances LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Xingbang UK LimitedFigures not disclosed
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Dec 2024 (profit −£1m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Sep 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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