A.c. Shropshire Limited
Registered name: A.C. SHROPSHIRE LIMITED
Part of S.h.r.o.p. Holdings Limited groupA.c. Shropshire Limited made £9.1m revenue and £422k profit in the year to 31 Mar 2025.
A.c. Shropshire Limited’s revenue fell 4% to £9.1m in the year to 31 Mar 2025, with £422k profit and 48 employees. The company is classified under “manufacture of prepared feeds for farm animals” and is based in Whetstone; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Whetstone, East Midlands
- Age
- 6 yrs · since 2020
- 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 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) | £451k | £12m | £9.4m | £9.1m |
| Cost of sales | £0 | £5.9m | £4.2m | £4m |
| Gross profit | £451k | £6.1m | £5.2m | £5m |
| Operating profit | £427k | £2.2m | £811k | £447k |
| Profit before tax | £650k | £2.2m | £783k | £422k |
| Profit after tax | £629k | £1.9m | £783k | £422k |
| Profit (best available) | £629k | £1.9m | £783k | £422k |
| Staff costs | £0 | £1.8m | £1.9m | £1.9m |
| Employees (average) | 4 | 44 | 50 | 48 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 139.6% | 15.8% | 8.3% | 4.7% |
| Gross margin | 100% | 50.9% | 55.6% | 55.3% |
| Revenue per employee | £113k | £272k | £188k | £189k |
| Profit per employee | £157k | £42.8k | £15.7k | £8.8k |
| Cash conversion | −14.8% | −172% | −47.5% | −184.5% |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲2550% | ▼21.2% | ▼3.8% |
| Profit growth | — | ▲199.5% | ▼58.4% | ▼46.1% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲1000% | ▲13.6% | ▼4% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £0 | £3m | £1.8m | £1.3m |
| Net assets | £594k | £2.1m | £2.9m | £3m |
| Fixed assets | £837k | £1.1m | £2.1m | £2.2m |
| Current assets | £388k | £6.1m | £5.4m | £4.1m |
| Debtors | £0 | £1.1m | £1.9m | £1.2m |
| Deferred income | £0 | £1.2m | £1.2m | — |
| Cash from operations | −£63.1k | −£3.8m | −£385k | −£824k |
| 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
- 4.7%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 55.3%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £189k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £8.8k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- −184.5%
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 24.6%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 13.5%
- 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
- ▲4%
- Now £3m
- Cash at bank
- ▼26%
- Now £1.3m
- Headcount
- ▼4%
- Now 48
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- ▲5%
- Now £2.2m
Group structure
Ownership chain
- S.h.r.o.p. Holdings Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- A.c. Shropshire Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Sister companies (1)
- Shropshire Bio Gas 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 Mar 2025 (profit £422k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Dec 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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