S Sheals & Son Limited
Registered name: S SHEALS & SON LIMITED
S Sheals & Son Limited made £1.9m revenue and £61.3k profit in the year to 31 Aug 2025.
S Sheals & Son Limited’s revenue grew 7% to £1.9m in the year to 31 Aug 2025, with £61.3k profit and 26 employees. The company is classified under “other manufacturing” and is based in Newtownards; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Newtownards, Northern Ireland
- Age
- 11 yrs · since 2015
- 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 Aug 2022 | 31 Aug 2023 | 31 Aug 2024 | 31 Aug 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £1.6m | £1.6m | £1.7m | £1.9m |
| Cost of sales | — | £1.3m | £1.4m | £1.4m |
| Gross profit | £406k | £364k | £363k | £412k |
| Operating profit | £159k | £66.3k | £123k | £96.6k |
| Profit before tax | £152k | £61.4k | £118k | £92k |
| Profit after tax | £140k | £50.9k | £88.2k | £61.3k |
| Profit (best available) | £140k | £50.9k | £88.2k | £61.3k |
| Employees (average) | -24 | 0 | -24 | 26 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 8.8% | 3.1% | 5.1% | 3.3% |
| Gross margin | 25.6% | 22.4% | 21% | 22.1% |
| Revenue per employee | −£66k | — | −£72.1k | £71.5k |
| Profit per employee | −£5.8k | — | −£3.7k | £2.4k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲2.7% | ▲6.4% | ▲7.4% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼63.6% | ▲73.4% | ▼30.5% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £132k | £255k | £40.8k | £111k |
| Net assets | £1m | £1.1m | £1.1m | £1.2m |
| Fixed assets | £854k | £813k | £804k | £766k |
| Current assets | £579k | £604k | £557k | £697k |
| Debtors | £342k | £199k | £367k | £486k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data May 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data May 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data May 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data May 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 3.3%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 22.1%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £71.5k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £2.4k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 41.2%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 26.1%
- 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
- ▲2%
- Now £1.2m
- Cash at bank
- ▲173%
- Now £111k
- Headcount
- —
- Now 26
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- ▼5%
- Now £766k
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Aug 2025 (profit £61.3k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published May 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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