Shepcote Holdings Limited
Registered name: SHEPCOTE HOLDINGS LIMITED
Shepcote Holdings Limited made £16.6m revenue and £283k profit in the year to 31 Mar 2025. read from filing text
Shepcote Holdings Limited’s revenue fell 3% to £16.6m in the year to 31 Mar 2025, with £283k profit and 57 employees. The company is classified under “other letting and operating of own or leased real estate” and is based in Driffield; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Driffield, Yorkshire and The Humber
- Age
- 51 yrs · since 1975
- Type
- Private Limited Company
Pass-through vehicle. This looks like a holding, staffing or umbrella company. Its revenue and profit may largely pass through to or from other entities, so the figures may not reflect a standalone operating business. It is excluded from our opportunity lists.
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 | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £14.7m | £15.4m | £17m | £16.6m |
| Cost of sales | £12.4m | £13m | £14.6m | £14.5m |
| Gross profit | £2.3m | £2.4m | £2.4m | £2.1m |
| Operating profit | £970k | £737k | £450k | £365k |
| Profit before tax | £970k | £742k | £465k | £387k |
| Profit after tax | £754k | £607k | £335k | £283k |
| Profit (best available) | £754k | £607k | £335k | £283k |
| Employees (average) | 66 | 68 | 64 | 57 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 5.1% | 4% | 2% | 1.7% |
| Gross margin | 15.6% | 15.5% | 14% | 12.4% |
| Revenue per employee | £223k | £226k | £266k | £290k |
| Profit per employee | £11.4k | £8.9k | £5.2k | £5k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲4.5% | ▲10.7% | ▼2.8% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼19.4% | ▼44.9% | ▼15.4% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲3% | ▼5.9% | ▼10.9% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £823k | £1m | £1.1m | £1.1m |
| Net assets | £3.1m | £3.4m | £3.3m | £3.2m |
| Fixed assets | £1.4m | £1.4m | £1.4m | £1.4m |
| Current assets | £1.8m | £2.1m | £2.1m | £2.1m |
| Debtors | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 |
| Deferred income | £9.5k | £54.4k | £42.4k | £12.5k |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Nov 2023 | Accounts · bulk data Nov 2023 | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 1.7%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 12.4%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £290k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £5k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 8.2%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 0.1%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 0%
- 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
- ▼2%
- Now £3.2m
- Cash at bank
- ▲3%
- Now £1.1m
- Headcount
- ▼11%
- Now 57
- Deferred income
- ▼71%
- Now £12.5k
- Fixed assets
- ▼2%
- Now £1.4m
Deferred income is reported together with accruals in this filing (“accruals and deferred income”), so it is an approximate signal only.
Group structure
Subsidiaries (1)
- Shepcote Distributors LimitedRev. £16.6m · Profit £144k
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 £283k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Dec 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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