Piper Services Ltd
Registered name: PIPER SERVICES LTD
Part of Ropsley Limited groupPiper Services Ltd made £195k profit in the year to 31 Dec 2025 (revenue not disclosed).
Piper Services Ltd reported £195k profit in the year to 31 Dec 2025; its revenue was not disclosed. It had 14 employees. The company is classified under “manufacture of other fabricated metal products” and is based in Stafford; we hold 5 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Stafford, West Midlands
- Age
- 7 yrs · since 2019
- 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. From the filing: “Ropsley Ltd”
Key figures
This company published its profit but not its turnover, so revenue and margins are not disclosed. We never estimate them.
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Aug 2022 | 31 Aug 2023 | 15 Jan 2024 | 31 Dec 2024 | 31 Dec 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | No P&L | No P&L | No P&L | Profit only | Profit only |
| Profit & loss | |||||
| Revenue (turnover) | — | — | — | — | — |
| Profit after tax | — | — | — | −£58.7k | £195k |
| Profit (best available) | — | — | — | −£58.7k | £195k |
| Employees (average) | 4 | 3 | 3 | 13 | 14 |
| Ratios | |||||
| Profit margin | — | — | — | — | — |
| Profit per employee | — | — | — | −£4.5k | £13.9k |
| Growth (year on year) | |||||
| Headcount growth | — | ▼25% | — | — | ▲7.7% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||||
| Cash at bank | £4.4k | £28.7k | £12.8k | £46.5k | £121k |
| Net assets | £417 | −£157k | −£213k | −£271k | −£76.6k |
| Fixed assets | £57.3k | £43.2k | £41.2k | £21.8k | £8.5k |
| Current assets | £172k | £224k | £206k | £434k | £258k |
| Debtors | £148k | £106k | £143k | £237k | £48k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- —
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- —
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- —
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £13.9k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- —
- 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 −£76.6k
- Cash at bank
- ▲160%
- Now £121k
- Headcount
- ▲8%
- Now 14
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- ▼61%
- Now £8.5k
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Ropsley Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- Piper Services Ltdthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Sister companies (6)
- Greens Power LimitedRev. £14.1m · Profit −£924k
- Hegs Phe LimitedRev. £4.7m · Profit £422k
- Peter J Douglas Engineering LimitedFigures not disclosed
- PJD Mechanical Engineering LimitedFigures not disclosed
- TMS (International) LtdFigures not disclosed
- Uec Mechanical Engineering 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 2025 (profit £195k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Sep 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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