Shorterm Limited
Registered name: SHORTERM LIMITED
Part of Growth Capital Partners Nominees Limited groupShorterm Limited made £112m revenue and £694k profit in the year to 31 Dec 2025.
Shorterm Limited’s revenue fell 23% to £112m in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with £694k profit and 98 employees. The company is classified under “temporary employment agency activities” and is based in Yiewsley; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Yiewsley
- Age
- 54 yrs · since 1972
- 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) | £156m | £145m | £112m |
| Cost of sales | −£141m | −£131m | −£99.5m |
| Gross profit | £14.6m | £13.8m | £12.2m |
| Operating profit | £3.5m | £2.5m | £1.2m |
| Profit before tax | £3.1m | £2.2m | £763k |
| Profit after tax | £2.4m | £1.9m | £694k |
| Profit (best available) | £2.4m | £1.9m | £694k |
| Employees (average) | 97 | 100 | 98 |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | 1.6% | 1.3% | 0.6% |
| Gross margin | 9.3% | 9.5% | 11% |
| Revenue per employee | £1.6m | £1.5m | £1.1m |
| Profit per employee | £24.9k | £18.7k | £7.1k |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Revenue growth | — | ▼6.8% | ▼23.1% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼22.8% | ▼62.8% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲3.1% | ▼2% |
| 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
- 0.6%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 11%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £1.1m
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £7.1k
- 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
- ▼2%
- Now 98
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now —
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Growth Capital Partners Nominees Limitedultimate parent50–75%
- Grouse Topco Limited75–100%
- Grouse Midco Limited75–100%
- Grouse Bidco Limited75–100%
- Shorterm Group Limited75–100%
- Shorterm Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Subsidiaries (3)
- Trainspeople LimitedRev. £4.3m · Profit £317k
- Shorterm Resources LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Universal Skills Group LimitedFigures not disclosed
Sister companies (2)
- Engineersonthenet.com LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Shorterm Holdings LimitedFigures not disclosed
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
Sources
Latest figures from accounts for the year to 31 Dec 2025 (profit £694k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Oct 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Updated from Companies House on 23 Oct 2026
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