Shaw Gibbs Limited
Registered name: SHAW GIBBS LIMITED
Part of Eci Partners LLP groupShaw Gibbs Limited made £24.2m revenue and a £2.7m loss in the year to 31 Mar 2025.
Shaw Gibbs Limited’s revenue grew 48% to £24.2m in the year to 31 Mar 2025, with a loss of £2.7m and 295 employees. The company is classified under “accounting and auditing activities”; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Age
- 38 yrs · since 1987
- Type
- Private Limited Company
Key figures
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Mar 2023 | 31 Mar 2024 | 31 Mar 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | |||
| Revenue (turnover) | £8.2m | £16.3m | £24.2m |
| Cost of sales | −£4.1m | −£9.7m | −£14.7m |
| Gross profit | £4.2m | £6.6m | £9.5m |
| Operating profit | £1.5m | £210k | £36.5k |
| Profit before tax | £725k | −£529k | −£2.7m |
| Profit after tax | £405k | −£528k | −£2.7m |
| Profit (best available) | £405k | −£528k | −£2.7m |
| Employees (average) | 92 | 190 | 295 |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | 4.9% | −3.2% | −11.2% |
| Gross margin | 50.6% | 40.6% | 39.2% |
| Revenue per employee | £89.4k | £85.9k | £81.9k |
| Profit per employee | £4.4k | −£2.8k | −£9.2k |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲98.4% | ▲48.1% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼230.3% | — |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲106.5% | ▲55.3% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Net assets | — | — | — |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Apr 2025 | Accounts · bulk data Apr 2025 | Accounts · bulk data Jan 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- −11.2%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 39.2%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £81.9k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- −£9.2k
- 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
- ▲55%
- Now 295
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now —
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Eci Partners LLPultimate parent75–100%
- Eci 12 Nominees Limited75–100%
- Hamsard 3215621 Topco Limited75–100%
- Hamsard 3215621 Midco Limited75–100%
- Hamsard 3215621 Bidco Limited75–100%
- Project Numbers Topco Limited75–100%
- Project Numbers Midco Limited75–100%
- Project Numbers Bidco Limited75–100%
- Shaw Gibbs Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Subsidiaries (6)
- Martin and Company Accountants LimitedRev. £11.1m · Profit £3.2m
- Firmvalue Payrolls LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Reality HR LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Sestini & Co LtdFigures not disclosed
- Shaw Gibbs Trust Corporation LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Southern Corporate Services LimitedFigures not disclosed
Sister companies (1)
- Project Numbers FX Holdco LimitedFigures not disclosed
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
Sources
Latest figures from accounts for the year to 31 Mar 2025 (profit −£2.7m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Jan 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Updated from Companies House on 21 Oct 2026
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