Shapers’ Technical Solutions UK Ltd
Registered name: SHAPERS’ TECHNICAL SOLUTIONS UK LTD
Part of Shapers' Holdings Limited groupShapers’ Technical Solutions UK Ltd made £45.9m revenue and a £1.1m loss in the year to 31 Dec 2025.
Shapers’ Technical Solutions UK Ltd’s revenue fell 17% to £45.9m in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with a loss of £1.1m and 326 employees. The company is classified under “manufacture of other plastic products” and is based in Droitwich; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Droitwich
- Age
- 57 yrs · since 1969
- Type
- Private Limited Company
Key figures
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Dec 2023 | 31 Dec 2024 | 31 Dec 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | |||
| Revenue (turnover) | £74.5m | £55.4m | £45.9m |
| Cost of sales | −£71m | −£54.1m | −£45.9m |
| Gross profit | £3.5m | £1.3m | £28.7k |
| Operating profit | −£4.5m | −£2.2m | −£1.7m |
| Profit before tax | −£3.9m | −£1.3m | −£1.1m |
| Profit after tax | −£3.9m | −£1.3m | −£1.1m |
| Profit (best available) | −£3.9m | −£1.3m | −£1.1m |
| Employees (average) | 521 | 396 | 326 |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | −5.2% | −2.4% | −2.3% |
| Gross margin | 4.7% | 2.4% | 0.1% |
| Revenue per employee | £143k | £140k | £141k |
| Profit per employee | −£7.4k | −£3.4k | −£3.3k |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Revenue growth | — | ▼25.7% | ▼17.1% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▼24% | ▼17.7% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Net assets | — | — | — |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Oct 2025 | Accounts · bulk data Oct 2025 | Accounts · bulk data Oct 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- −2.3%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 0.1%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £141k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- −£3.3k
- 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
- —
- Now —
- Cash at bank
- —
- Now —
- Headcount
- ▼18%
- Now 326
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now —
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Shapers' Holdings Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- Shapers' Group Limited75–100%
- Shapers’ Technical Solutions UK Ltdthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Sister companies (1)
- Shapers' Technologies UK LimitedRev. £8.5m · Profit −£924k
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
Sources
Latest figures from accounts for the year to 31 Dec 2025 (profit −£1.1m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Oct 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Updated from Companies House on 24 Oct 2026
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