Zephyr Fishing Co. Limited
Registered name: ZEPHYR FISHING CO. LIMITED
Zephyr Fishing Co. Limited made £15.5m revenue and £6m profit in the year to 30 Jun 2025. read from filing text
Zephyr Fishing Co. Limited’s revenue grew 1% to £15.5m in the year to 30 Jun 2025, with £6m profit and 0 employees. The company is classified under “marine fishing” and is based in Lerwick; we hold 2 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Lerwick, Scotland
- Age
- 39 yrs · since 1987
- Type
- Private Limited Company
Pass-through vehicle. This looks like a holding, staffing or umbrella company. Its revenue and profit may largely pass through to or from other entities, so the figures may not reflect a standalone operating business. It is excluded from our opportunity lists.
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 30 Jun 2024 | 30 Jun 2025 |
|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text |
| Profit & loss | ||
| Revenue (turnover) | £15.4m | £15.5m |
| Operating profit | £7.1m | £7.7m |
| Profit before tax | £7.2m | £8m |
| Profit after tax | £5.4m | £6m |
| Profit (best available) | £5.4m | £6m |
| Employees (average) | 0 | 0 |
| Ratios | ||
| Profit margin | 35.2% | 38.8% |
| Cash conversion | −163.3% | −112.1% |
| Growth (year on year) | ||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲0.6% |
| Profit growth | — | ▲11% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||
| Cash at bank | £4.8m | £7.3m |
| Net assets | £39.2m | £41.2m |
| Fixed assets | £34.5m | £33m |
| Current assets | £9.2m | £12.3m |
| Debtors | £393k | £783k |
| Deferred income | £272k | £80.9k |
| Cash from operations | −£11.5m | −£8.6m |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Mar 2026 | FullAccounts · bulk data Mar 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 38.8%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- —
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- —
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- —
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- −112.1%
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 212.8%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 0.5%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 5.1%
- 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
- ▲5%
- Now £41.2m
- Cash at bank
- ▲52%
- Now £7.3m
- Headcount
- —
- Now 0
- Deferred income
- ▼70%
- Now £80.9k
- Fixed assets
- ▼4%
- Now £33m
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 £6m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Mar 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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