Yip & Sons Limited
Registered name: YIP & SONS LIMITED
Yip & Sons Limited made £22.7m revenue and a £1.7m loss in the year to 31 May 2025. read from filing text
Yip & Sons Limited’s revenue fell 6% to £22.7m in the year to 31 May 2025, with a loss of £1.7m and 91 employees. The company is classified under “activities of other holding companies” and is based in Oldham; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Oldham, North West
- Age
- 8 yrs · since 2018
- 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.
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 31 May 2022 | 31 May 2023 | 31 May 2024 | 31 May 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £22.5m | £24.2m | £24.2m | £22.7m |
| Cost of sales | £17.6m | £19.1m | £19.7m | £19m |
| Gross profit | £4.9m | £5.1m | £4.5m | £3.7m |
| Operating profit | £1.1m | £989k | £893k | −£1.5m |
| Profit before tax | £1.1m | £859k | £705k | −£1.7m |
| Profit after tax | £877k | £669k | £438k | −£1.7m |
| Profit (best available) | £877k | £669k | £438k | −£1.7m |
| Employees (average) | 105 | 106 | 95 | 91 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 3.9% | 2.8% | 1.8% | −7.3% |
| Gross margin | 21.9% | 21% | 18.8% | 16.2% |
| Revenue per employee | £215k | £228k | £255k | £249k |
| Profit per employee | £8.4k | £6.3k | £4.6k | −£18.3k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲7.3% | ▲0.1% | ▼6.3% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼23.8% | ▼34.5% | ▼479.8% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲0.9% | ▼10.4% | ▼4.2% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Net assets | £12.7k | £12.7k | £12.7k | £12.7k |
| Fixed assets | £528k | £528k | £528k | £528k |
| Deferred income | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Jan 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jan 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Feb 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Feb 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- −7.3%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 16.2%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £249k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- −£18.3k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 2.3%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 0%
- 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
- 0%
- Now £12.7k
- Cash at bank
- —
- Now —
- Headcount
- ▼4%
- Now 91
- Deferred income
- —
- Now £0
- Fixed assets
- 0%
- Now £528k
Deferred income is reported together with accruals in this filing (“accruals and deferred income”), so it is an approximate signal only.
Group structure
Subsidiaries (1)
- Chi Yip Holdings LimitedRev. — · Profit £25k
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 May 2025 (profit −£1.7m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Feb 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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