Shotton Mill Limited
Registered name: SHOTTON MILL LIMITED
Part of Eren Paper Ltd groupShotton Mill Limited made £33.3m revenue and a £13.2m loss in the year to 31 Dec 2025.
Shotton Mill Limited’s revenue fell 1% to £33.3m in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with a loss of £13.2m and 215 employees. The company is classified under “manufacture of paper and paperboard” and is based in Deeside; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Deeside, North West
- Age
- 5 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 Dec 2022 | 31 Dec 2023 | 31 Dec 2024 | 31 Dec 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £65.1m | £38.5m | £33.7m | £33.3m |
| Cost of sales | £39.2m | £27.5m | −£34.2m | −£33.1m |
| Gross profit | £25.9m | £11m | −£463k | £223k |
| Operating profit | −£2.1m | −£14.3m | −£14.8m | −£13.9m |
| Profit before tax | −£2.1m | −£14.9m | −£9.9m | −£21.9m |
| Profit after tax | −£2.2m | −£14.8m | −£8.5m | −£13.2m |
| Profit (best available) | −£2.2m | −£14.8m | −£8.5m | −£13.2m |
| Staff costs | £7.3m | £7.4m | — | — |
| Employees (average) | 169 | 176 | 177 | 215 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | −3.4% | −38.4% | −25.3% | −39.6% |
| Gross margin | 39.8% | 28.6% | −1.4% | 0.7% |
| Revenue per employee | £385k | £219k | £191k | £155k |
| Profit per employee | −£13k | −£84k | −£48.1k | −£61.5k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▼40.8% | ▼12.5% | ▼1.1% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲4.1% | ▲0.6% | ▲21.5% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £3.6m | £21.5m | — | — |
| Net assets | £62m | £165m | — | — |
| Fixed assets | £166m | £384m | — | — |
| Current assets | £29.5m | £43.5m | — | — |
| Debtors | £3.2m | £3.6m | — | — |
| Cash from operations | £21.5m | £5.6m | — | — |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Jul 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jul 2024 | Accounts · bulk data Aug 2025 | Accounts · bulk data Sep 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- −39.6%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 0.7%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £155k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- −£61.5k
- 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 —
- Cash at bank
- —
- Now —
- Headcount
- ▲21%
- Now 215
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now —
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Eren Paper Ltdultimate parent75–100%
- Shotton Mill Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Subsidiaries (1)
- Shotton Grid Company LimitedFigures not disclosed
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
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Sources
Latest figures from accounts for the year to 31 Dec 2025 (profit −£13.2m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Sep 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Updated from Companies House on 16 Oct 2026
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