LW Surphlis & Son Ltd
Registered name: LW SURPHLIS & SON LTD
LW Surphlis & Son Ltd made £29.3m revenue and £73.3k profit in the year to 30 Jun 2025. read from filing text
LW Surphlis & Son Ltd’s revenue grew 3% to £29.3m in the year to 30 Jun 2025, with £73.3k profit and 51 employees. The company is classified under “manufacture of prepared feeds for farm animals” and is based in Newtownstewart; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Newtownstewart, Northern Ireland
- Age
- 14 yrs · since 2012
- 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 | 30 Jun 2023 | 30 Jun 2024 | 30 Jun 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text |
| Profit & loss | |||
| Revenue (turnover) | £35.9m | £28.3m | £29.3m |
| Cost of sales | £34.7m | £27.1m | £28m |
| Gross profit | £1.2m | £1.2m | £1.3m |
| Operating profit | £129k | £146k | £197k |
| Profit before tax | £41.2k | £39.1k | £80.6k |
| Profit after tax | £92.6k | £98.7k | £73.3k |
| Profit (best available) | £92.6k | £98.7k | £73.3k |
| Staff costs | £2m | £1.8m | £1.7m |
| Employees (average) | 60 | 52 | 51 |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | 0.3% | 0.4% | 0.3% |
| Gross margin | 3.3% | 4.4% | 4.4% |
| Revenue per employee | £599k | £545k | £574k |
| Profit per employee | £1.5k | £1.9k | £1.4k |
| Cash conversion | −942.9% | −153.6% | −139.4% |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Revenue growth | — | ▼21.1% | ▲3.3% |
| Profit growth | — | ▲6.6% | ▼25.7% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▼13.3% | ▼1.9% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Cash at bank | £226k | £266k | £200k |
| Net assets | £2.7m | £2.8m | £2.8m |
| Fixed assets | £1.5m | £1.5m | £1.5m |
| Current assets | £8.4m | £8.7m | £8.9m |
| Debtors | £5.6m | £5.4m | £5.5m |
| Deferred income | £165k | £47.8k | £30.6k |
| Cash from operations | −£1.2m | −£224k | −£275k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Mar 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Mar 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Mar 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 0.3%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 4.4%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £574k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £1.4k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- −139.4%
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 5.1%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 0.1%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 18.8%
- 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
- ▲3%
- Now £2.8m
- Cash at bank
- ▼25%
- Now £200k
- Headcount
- ▼2%
- Now 51
- Deferred income
- ▼36%
- Now £30.6k
- Fixed assets
- ▲0%
- Now £1.5m
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 30 Jun 2025 (profit £73.3k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Mar 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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