Eswl Limited
Registered name: ESWL LIMITED
Part of Eswl (Holdings) Limited groupEswl Limited made £31.2m revenue and £663k profit in the year to 31 Mar 2025.
Eswl Limited’s revenue grew 3% to £31.2m in the year to 31 Mar 2025, with £663k profit and 46 employees. The company is classified under “other transportation support activities” and is based in Westhill; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Westhill, Scotland
- Age
- 16 yrs · since 2010
- Type
- Private Limited Company
Part of a group. The filing indicates this company sits within a group structure, so its results may depend on intra-group trading and it may be hard to replicate independently.
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Mar 2022 | 31 Mar 2023 | 31 Mar 2024 | 31 Mar 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | No P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | — | £18.8m | £30.2m | £31.2m |
| Cost of sales | — | £16.4m | £27.1m | £28m |
| Gross profit | — | £2.4m | £3.1m | £3.3m |
| Operating profit | — | £1.1m | £1.3m | £1.1m |
| Profit before tax | — | £1m | £1.2m | £913k |
| Profit after tax | — | £787k | £862k | £663k |
| Profit (best available) | — | £787k | £862k | £663k |
| Staff costs | — | £1.4m | £2.2m | £2.4m |
| Employees (average) | 16 | 33 | 39 | 46 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | — | 4.2% | 2.9% | 2.1% |
| Gross margin | — | 12.8% | 10.2% | 10.4% |
| Revenue per employee | — | £570k | £774k | £679k |
| Profit per employee | — | £23.8k | £22.1k | £14.4k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | — | ▲60.5% | ▲3.4% |
| Profit growth | — | — | ▲9.6% | ▼23.1% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲106.3% | ▲18.2% | ▲17.9% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £321k | £271k | £800k | £490k |
| Net assets | £1.3m | £882k | £1.2m | £1.4m |
| Fixed assets | £176k | £227k | £231k | £178k |
| Current assets | £3.2m | £5.6m | £9.9m | £8.7m |
| Debtors | £1.7m | £4.2m | £6.8m | £5.2m |
| Deferred income | — | £222k | £495k | £543k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2023 | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2023 | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 2.1%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 10.4%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £679k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £14.4k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 0.6%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 1.7%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 16.6%
- 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
- ▲13%
- Now £1.4m
- Cash at bank
- ▼39%
- Now £490k
- Headcount
- ▲18%
- Now 46
- Deferred income
- ▲10%
- Now £543k
- Fixed assets
- ▼23%
- Now £178k
Deferred income is reported together with accruals in this filing (“accruals and deferred income”), so it is an approximate signal only.
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Eswl (Holdings) Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- Eswl Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Mar 2025 (profit £663k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Dec 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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