Manor Coating Systems Limited
Registered name: MANOR COATING SYSTEMS LIMITED
Part of Shipley Paint (Holdings) Limited groupManor Coating Systems Limited made £700k profit in the year to 30 Nov 2025 (revenue not disclosed).
Manor Coating Systems Limited reported £700k profit in the year to 30 Nov 2025, up 22% on the year before; its revenue was not disclosed. It had 55 employees. The company is classified under “manufacture of paints, varnishes and similar coatings, mastics and sealants” and is based in Baildon; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Baildon, Yorkshire and The Humber
- Age
- 88 yrs · since 1938
- 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. From the filing: “The parent undertaking of Manor Coating Systems Limited is Manor Coating Systems (Holdings) Limited, a company registered in England and Wales.”
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 | 30 Nov 2022 | 30 Nov 2023 | 30 Nov 2024 | 30 Nov 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Profit only | Profit only | Profit only | Profit only |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | — | — | — | — |
| Profit before tax | £399k | £523k | £769k | £934k |
| Profit after tax | £366k | £411k | £575k | £700k |
| Profit (best available) | £366k | £411k | £575k | £700k |
| Staff costs | £2.3m | £2.2m | £2.5m | £2.6m |
| Employees (average) | 63 | 60 | 58 | 55 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | — | — | — | — |
| Profit per employee | £5.8k | £6.8k | £9.9k | £12.7k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Profit growth | — | ▲12.4% | ▲39.9% | ▲21.7% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▼4.8% | ▼3.3% | ▼5.2% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £806k | £921k | £895k | £1m |
| Net assets | £2.5m | £2.9m | £3.1m | £2.8m |
| Fixed assets | £1.2m | £1.1m | £1.1m | £1.1m |
| Current assets | £4.9m | £5m | £5.3m | £5.2m |
| Debtors | £2.1m | £2.3m | £2.4m | £2.4m |
| Deferred income | £332k | £317k | £730k | £778k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Jul 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jul 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jun 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data May 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
- £12.7k
- 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
- ▼9%
- Now £2.8m
- Cash at bank
- ▲15%
- Now £1m
- Headcount
- ▼5%
- Now 55
- Deferred income
- ▲7%
- Now £778k
- Fixed assets
- ▼6%
- Now £1.1m
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
- Shipley Paint (Holdings) Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- Manor Coating Systems (Holdings) Limited75–100%
- Manor Coating Systems Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Sister companies (1)
- Manor Coating Systems (Properties) 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 30 Nov 2025 (profit £700k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published May 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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