Shoalter Automation (UK) Limited
Registered name: SHOALTER AUTOMATION (UK) LIMITED
Part of Hong Kong Technology Venture Company Limited groupShoalter Automation (UK) Limited made £52.7k revenue and a £3.3m loss in the year to 31 Dec 2024. read from filing text
Shoalter Automation (UK) Limited’s revenue grew 329% to £52.7k in the year to 31 Dec 2024, with a loss of £3.3m and 100 employees. The company is classified under “other letting and operating of own or leased real estate” and is based in Salford; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Salford, North West
- 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 company is a wholly owned subsidiary undertaking of Easy Global Enterprises Limited (incorporated in British Virgin Islands with limited liability).”
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text |
| Profit & loss | |||
| Revenue (turnover) | £664 | £12.3k | £52.7k |
| Cost of sales | £3.8k | £30k | £127k |
| Gross profit | −£3.2k | −£17.7k | −£74.3k |
| Operating profit | −£1.8m | −£2.1m | −£3.2m |
| Profit before tax | −£1.8m | −£2.2m | −£3.3m |
| Profit (best available) | −£1.8m | −£2.2m | −£3.3m |
| Staff costs | £889k | £1.6m | £1.8m |
| Employees (average) | 28 | 91 | 100 |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | −273249% | −17560% | −6253% |
| Gross margin | −474.9% | −144.2% | −140.8% |
| Revenue per employee | £24 | £135 | £527 |
| Profit per employee | −£64.8k | −£23.7k | −£33k |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Revenue growth | — | — | ▲328.9% |
| Headcount growth | — | — | ▲9.9% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Cash at bank | £41.5k | £318k | £634k |
| Net assets | −£1.8m | −£4m | −£7.3m |
| Debtors | — | £3m | £2.1m |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Jul 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jul 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- −6253%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- −140.8%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £527
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- −£33k
- 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
- 3894%
- 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 −£7.3m
- Cash at bank
- ▲99%
- Now £634k
- Headcount
- ▲10%
- Now 100
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now —
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Hong Kong Technology Venture Company Limited (registered outside the UK register)ultimate parent75–100%
- Shoalter Automation (UK) Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Subsidiaries (3)
- Shoalter Automation (UK) One LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Shoalter Automation (UK) Three LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Shoalter Automation (UK) Two 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 2024 (profit −£3.3m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Sep 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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