Commercial Shipping Company (Oils) Limited
Registered name: COMMERCIAL SHIPPING COMPANY (OILS) LIMITED
Commercial Shipping Company (Oils) Limited made £85.6m revenue and £1.7m profit in the year to 31 Dec 2025.
Commercial Shipping Company (Oils) Limited’s revenue fell 5% to £85.6m in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with £1.7m profit and 7 employees. The company is classified under “agents involved in the sale of fuels, ores, metals and industrial chemicals” and is based in Co Armagh; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Co Armagh, Northern Ireland
- Age
- 33 yrs · since 1993
- Type
- Private Limited Company
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Dec 2023 | 31 Dec 2024 | 31 Dec 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | |||
| Revenue (turnover) | £91.8m | £90.5m | £85.6m |
| Cost of sales | −£89.1m | −£87.5m | −£83m |
| Gross profit | £2.6m | £3m | £2.6m |
| Operating profit | £1.3m | £1.6m | £1.9m |
| Profit before tax | £1.3m | £1.7m | £2m |
| Profit after tax | £1.1m | £1.3m | £1.7m |
| Profit (best available) | £1.1m | £1.3m | £1.7m |
| Employees (average) | 7 | 7 | 7 |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | 1.2% | 1.5% | 1.9% |
| Gross margin | 2.9% | 3.3% | 3.1% |
| Revenue per employee | £13.1m | £12.9m | £12.2m |
| Profit per employee | £160k | £192k | £236k |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Revenue growth | — | ▼1.4% | ▼5.4% |
| Profit growth | — | ▲20.1% | ▲22.8% |
| Headcount growth | — | 0% | 0% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Net assets | — | — | — |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data May 2025 | Accounts · bulk data May 2025 | Accounts · bulk data Mar 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 1.9%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 3.1%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £12.2m
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £236k
- 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
- 0%
- Now 7
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now —
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Sources
Latest figures from accounts for the year to 31 Dec 2025 (profit £1.7m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Mar 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Updated from Companies House on 15 Oct 2026
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