Shetland Mussels Limited
Registered name: SHETLAND MUSSELS LIMITED
Shetland Mussels Limited made £161k profit in the year to 31 Oct 2025 (revenue not disclosed).
Shetland Mussels Limited reported £161k profit in the year to 31 Oct 2025, down 7% on the year before; its revenue was not disclosed. It had 20 employees. The company is classified under “marine aquaculture”; we hold 2 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Scotland
- Age
- 29 yrs · since 1997
- Type
- Private Limited Company
Key figures
This company published its profit but not its turnover, so revenue and margins are not disclosed. We never estimate them.
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Oct 2024 | 31 Oct 2025 |
|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Profit only | Profit only |
| Profit & loss | ||
| Revenue (turnover) | — | — |
| Profit after tax | £174k | £161k |
| Profit (best available) | £174k | £161k |
| Employees (average) | 20 | 20 |
| Ratios | ||
| Profit margin | — | — |
| Profit per employee | £8.7k | £8k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||
| Profit growth | — | ▼7.5% |
| Headcount growth | — | 0% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||
| Cash at bank | £267 | £267 |
| Net assets | £1.8m | £2.3m |
| Fixed assets | £4.4m | £4.6m |
| Current assets | £1.6m | £1.6m |
| Debtors | £373k | £384k |
| Deferred income | £8.3k | £11.7k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Jul 2026 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jul 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- —
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- —
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- —
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £8k
- 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
- ▲22%
- Now £2.3m
- Cash at bank
- 0%
- Now £267
- Headcount
- 0%
- Now 20
- Deferred income
- ▲41%
- Now £11.7k
- Fixed assets
- ▲5%
- Now £4.6m
Deferred income is reported together with accruals in this filing (“accruals and deferred income”), so it is an approximate signal only.
Group structure
Subsidiaries (2)
- North Atlantic Shellfish LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Western Isles Mussels LimitedFigures not disclosed
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Oct 2025 (profit £161k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Jul 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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