Shapers' Technologies UK Limited
Registered name: SHAPERS' TECHNOLOGIES UK LIMITED
Part of Shapers' Holdings Limited groupShapers' Technologies UK Limited made £8.5m revenue and a £924k loss in the year to 31 Dec 2025.
Shapers' Technologies UK Limited’s revenue fell 25% to £8.5m in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with a loss of £924k and 55 employees. The company is classified under “manufacture of other plastic products” and is based in Birmingham; we hold 5 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Birmingham, West Midlands
- Age
- 5 yrs · since 2021
- 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: “The ultimate parent undertaking is Shapers Holdings Limited, which is the new holding company of the group. The immediate parent undertaking is Shapers' Group Limited, a company incorporated in Englan”
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 22 Jul 2021 | 31 Dec 2022 | 31 Dec 2023 | 31 Dec 2024 | 31 Dec 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | No P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | |||||
| Revenue (turnover) | — | £9.1m | £8.1m | £11.4m | £8.5m |
| Cost of sales | — | £8.6m | £5.8m | £7.3m | £5.5m |
| Gross profit | — | £467k | £2.4m | £4.1m | £3m |
| Operating profit | — | −£2.7m | −£1.3m | £69.4k | −£752k |
| Profit before tax | — | −£2.8m | −£1.3m | −£37k | −£924k |
| Profit after tax | — | −£2.8m | −£1.3m | −£37k | −£924k |
| Profit (best available) | — | −£2.8m | −£1.3m | −£37k | −£924k |
| Staff costs | — | £3.1m | £2.3m | £3.2m | £2.7m |
| Employees (average) | 0 | 69 | 54 | 60 | 55 |
| Ratios | |||||
| Profit margin | — | −30.4% | −16.2% | −0.3% | −10.8% |
| Gross margin | — | 5.1% | 29.1% | 36% | 35.6% |
| Revenue per employee | — | £132k | £150k | £189k | £155k |
| Profit per employee | — | −£40k | −£24.3k | −£616 | −£16.8k |
| Growth (year on year) | |||||
| Revenue growth | — | — | — | ▲39.8% | ▼24.9% |
| Headcount growth | — | — | — | ▲11.1% | ▼8.3% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||||
| Cash at bank | — | £34.6k | £29.8k | £110k | £54.6k |
| Net assets | £0 | £1.9m | £591k | £554k | −£370k |
| Fixed assets | — | £1.8m | £1.6m | £1.5m | £1.3m |
| Current assets | — | £3.5m | £3.5m | £3.9m | £3.9m |
| Debtors | — | £1.8m | £1.5m | £1.7m | £1.3m |
| Deferred income | — | £1.1m | £202k | £468k | £1.1m |
| Cash from operations | — | −£3.5m | £195k | — | — |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Oct 2023 | Accounts · bulk data Oct 2023 | Accounts · bulk data Sep 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- −10.8%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 35.6%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £155k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- −£16.8k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 15.1%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 12.6%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 15.5%
- 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
- ▼167%
- Now −£370k
- Cash at bank
- ▼50%
- Now £54.6k
- Headcount
- ▼8%
- Now 55
- Deferred income
- ▲130%
- Now £1.1m
- Fixed assets
- ▼13%
- Now £1.3m
Deferred income is reported together with accruals in this filing (“accruals and deferred income”), so it is an approximate signal only.
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Shapers' Holdings Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- Shapers' Group Limited75–100%
- Shapers' Technologies UK Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Sister companies (1)
- Shapers’ Technical Solutions UK LtdFigures 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 −£924k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Sep 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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