Scott Parnell Limited
Registered name: SCOTT PARNELL LIMITED
Part of Scott Parnell Limited groupScott Parnell Limited made £137m revenue and £4.8m profit in the year to 30 Jun 2025.
Scott Parnell Limited’s revenue grew 10% to £137m in the year to 30 Jun 2025, with £4.8m profit and 186 employees. The company is classified under “agents involved in the sale of timber and building materials” and is based in London; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- London, London
- Age
- 14 yrs · since 2012
- 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 | 30 Jun 2022 | 30 Jun 2023 | 30 Jun 2024 | 30 Jun 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £120m | £130m | £125m | £137m |
| Cost of sales | £99m | £108m | £105m | £115m |
| Gross profit | £21.2m | £22.7m | £20.7m | £22.1m |
| Operating profit | £7.6m | £8.3m | £5.4m | £5.6m |
| Profit before tax | £6.5m | £8m | £5.1m | £5.3m |
| Profit after tax | £3.5m | £7.1m | £5.6m | £4.8m |
| Profit (best available) | £3.5m | £7.1m | £5.6m | £4.8m |
| Staff costs | £7.6m | £8.1m | £8.2m | £9.2m |
| Employees (average) | 161 | 172 | 179 | 186 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 2.9% | 5.5% | 4.4% | 3.5% |
| Gross margin | 17.6% | 17.4% | 16.5% | 16.1% |
| Revenue per employee | £746k | £757k | £701k | £738k |
| Profit per employee | £21.8k | £41.4k | £31.1k | £25.8k |
| Cash conversion | 24% | 101.6% | 164.1% | 83.4% |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲8.4% | ▼3.7% | ▲9.5% |
| Profit growth | — | ▲102.7% | ▼21.8% | ▼14% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲6.8% | ▲4.1% | ▲3.9% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £2.3m | £4.1m | £5.2m | £640k |
| Net assets | £7.4m | £16m | £14.7m | £15m |
| Fixed assets | £10.6m | £11.6m | £11.2m | £12.4m |
| Current assets | £28.9m | £35m | £30.2m | £26.2m |
| Debtors | £20.6m | £20.4m | £18.4m | £18.6m |
| Deferred income | £1.6m | £1.9m | £1.7m | £1.8m |
| Cash from operations | £1.8m | £8.4m | £8.8m | £4.7m |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Feb 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Feb 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Mar 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Mar 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 3.5%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 16.1%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £738k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £25.8k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- 83.4%
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 9%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 1.3%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 13.6%
- 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
- ▲2%
- Now £15m
- Cash at bank
- ▼88%
- Now £640k
- Headcount
- ▲4%
- Now 186
- Deferred income
- ▲9%
- Now £1.8m
- Fixed assets
- ▲11%
- Now £12.4m
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
- Scott Parnell Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- SP Employees Trustees Ltd75–100%
- Scott Parnell Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Subsidiaries (4)
- Independent Civils Solutions LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Rouden Group LtdFigures not disclosed
- SP Employees Trustees LtdFigures not disclosed
- Tufflite 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 30 Jun 2025 (profit £4.8m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Mar 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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