Earnest & Stalwart Ltd
Registered name: EARNEST & STALWART LTD
Earnest & Stalwart Ltd made £83.1k revenue and £9.3k profit in the year to 31 Mar 2025.
Earnest & Stalwart Ltd’s revenue fell 34% to £83.1k in the year to 31 Mar 2025, with £9.3k profit and 4 employees. The company is classified under “activities of patent and copyright agents; other legal activities” and is based in Milton Keynes; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Milton Keynes, South East
- Age
- 10 yrs · since 2016
- 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 Mar 2022 | 31 Mar 2023 | 31 Mar 2024 | 31 Mar 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £146k | £265k | £125k | £83.1k |
| Cost of sales | £38.1k | £119k | — | — |
| Gross profit | £108k | £146k | — | — |
| Operating profit | £52.8k | £61.5k | — | — |
| Profit before tax | £52.8k | £61.5k | — | — |
| Profit after tax | £42.8k | £49.8k | £26.9k | £9.3k |
| Profit (best available) | £42.8k | £49.8k | £26.9k | £9.3k |
| Staff costs | — | £33.2k | £34.2k | £38.5k |
| Employees (average) | 3 | 3 | 3 | 4 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 29.3% | 18.8% | 21.4% | 11.2% |
| Gross margin | 73.9% | 55.1% | — | — |
| Revenue per employee | £48.7k | £88.5k | £41.8k | £20.8k |
| Profit per employee | £14.3k | £16.6k | £9k | £2.3k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲81.8% | ▼52.7% | ▼33.8% |
| Profit growth | — | ▲16.5% | ▼46.1% | ▼65.4% |
| Headcount growth | — | 0% | 0% | ▲33.3% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £31k | £54k | — | — |
| Net assets | £1.6k | £6.5k | £0 | £1.3k |
| Fixed assets | £476 | £795 | £393 | £491 |
| Current assets | £34.7k | £69.7k | £20.3k | £3k |
| Debtors | £3.7k | £15.8k | — | — |
| Deferred income | £0 | £0 | — | — |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2023 | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2023 | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 11.2%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- —
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £20.8k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £2.3k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 0.6%
- 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 £1.3k
- Cash at bank
- —
- Now —
- Headcount
- ▲33%
- Now 4
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- ▲25%
- Now £491
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Mar 2025 (profit £9.3k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Dec 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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