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Company No. SC374888 · Incorporated 15 Mar 2010

Eswl Limited

Registered name: ESWL LIMITED

Part of Eswl (Holdings) Limited group

Eswl 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.

Full P&L filedSection H · Transportation and storageSIC 52290Other transportation support activities
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.

Latest accounts · year to 31 Mar 2025

Key figures

Capital-light
Revenue
£31.2m
Growth ▲3.4%
Profit
£663k
Growth ▼23.1%
Profit margin
2.1%
Gross 10.4%
Employees
46
Change ▲17.9%
Profit / employee
£14.4k
Revenue/employee £679k
Profitable streak
3yrs
Consecutive profitable years in our data

Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.

4 filed years

Financial history

Multi-year financials, oldest to newest
Year to31 Mar 202231 Mar 202331 Mar 202431 Mar 2025
DisclosureNo P&LFull P&LFull P&LFull 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)16333946
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
SourceFullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2023FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2023FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2024FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2025
Derived from the latest filing

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.
Indirect — not revenue

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.

Corporate ownership

Group structure

Ownership chain

  1. Eswl (Holdings) Limitedultimate parent75–100%
  2. 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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