Scotts Electrical Services Limited
Registered name: SCOTTS ELECTRICAL SERVICES LIMITED
Scotts Electrical Services Limited made £16m revenue and £872k profit in the year to 31 Mar 2025. read from filing text
Scotts Electrical Services Limited’s revenue grew 11% to £16m in the year to 31 Mar 2025, with £872k profit and 69 employees. The company is classified under “repair of electrical equipment” and is based in Belfast Harbour Estate; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Belfast Harbour Estate, Northern Ireland
- Age
- 19 yrs · since 2007
- 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 Mar 2023 | 31 Mar 2024 | 31 Mar 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text |
| Profit & loss | |||
| Revenue (turnover) | £11m | £14.4m | £16m |
| Cost of sales | £7.5m | £10.2m | £11.2m |
| Gross profit | £3.5m | £4.2m | £4.8m |
| Operating profit | £1.2m | £776k | £1.1m |
| Profit before tax | £1.2m | £952k | £1.2m |
| Profit after tax | £979k | £707k | £872k |
| Profit (best available) | £979k | £707k | £872k |
| Staff costs | £2.5m | £3.7m | £3.6m |
| Employees (average) | 50 | 63 | 69 |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | 8.9% | 4.9% | 5.4% |
| Gross margin | 31.7% | 29.1% | 30.1% |
| Revenue per employee | £219k | £228k | £232k |
| Profit per employee | £19.6k | £11.2k | £12.6k |
| Cash conversion | −90.7% | −99.9% | −110.6% |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲31.2% | ▲11.4% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼27.8% | ▲23.3% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲26% | ▲9.5% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Cash at bank | £2m | £2.9m | £2.6m |
| Net assets | £3.5m | £4.1m | £4.8m |
| Fixed assets | £1.8m | £1.9m | £2.7m |
| Current assets | £3.2m | £5.6m | £5.4m |
| Debtors | £1.1m | £2.7m | £2.2m |
| Deferred income | £286k | £764k | £1m |
| Cash from operations | −£1.1m | −£775k | −£1.2m |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 5.4%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 30.1%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £232k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £12.6k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- −110.6%
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 16.6%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 6.5%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 13.6%
- 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
- ▲18%
- Now £4.8m
- Cash at bank
- ▼10%
- Now £2.6m
- Headcount
- ▲10%
- Now 69
- Deferred income
- ▲37%
- Now £1m
- Fixed assets
- ▲36%
- Now £2.7m
Deferred income is reported together with accruals in this filing (“accruals and deferred income”), so it is an approximate signal only.
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Mar 2025 (profit £872k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Dec 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Updated from Companies House on 17 Oct 2026
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