Seward Refrigeration Limited
Registered name: SEWARD REFRIGERATION LIMITED
Part of Seward Refrigeration Holdings Limited groupSeward Refrigeration Limited made £989k profit in the year to 30 Jun 2025 (revenue not disclosed).
Seward Refrigeration Limited reported £989k profit in the year to 30 Jun 2025, up 34% on the year before; its revenue was not disclosed. It had 36 employees. The company is classified under “installation of industrial machinery and equipment” and is based in Manchester; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Manchester, North West
- Age
- 33 yrs · since 1993
- 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: “From 9 June 2025, by virtue of a majority shareholding in the company, Seward Refrigeration Holdings Limited, a company registered in England and Wales, is the ultimate parent company. By virtue of th”
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 Jun 2022 | 30 Jun 2023 | 30 Jun 2024 | 30 Jun 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | No P&L | Profit only | Profit only | Profit only |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | — | — | — | — |
| Cost of sales | — | £9.1m | £13.3m | £12.2m |
| Profit before tax | — | — | £1.5m | £2.4m |
| Profit after tax | — | £594k | £737k | £989k |
| Profit (best available) | — | £594k | £737k | £989k |
| Staff costs | — | £2.5m | £3.2m | £3m |
| Employees (average) | 33 | 33 | 36 | 36 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | — | — | — | — |
| Profit per employee | — | £18k | £20.5k | £27.5k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Profit growth | — | — | ▲24% | ▲34.2% |
| Headcount growth | — | 0% | ▲9.1% | 0% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £1.3m | £1.2m | £2.1m | £2.1m |
| Net assets | £1.4m | £1.9m | £2.4m | £3.1m |
| Fixed assets | £91.2k | £427k | £332k | £256k |
| Current assets | £3.3m | £3.3m | £5.5m | £5.2m |
| Debtors | £1.4m | £1m | £2.2m | £1.6m |
| Deferred income | £719k | £235k | £1.3m | £192k |
| Cash from operations | — | −£1.4m | −£2.1m | −£825k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Mar 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Mar 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Mar 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Mar 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
- £27.5k
- 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
- ▲29%
- Now £3.1m
- Cash at bank
- ▼1%
- Now £2.1m
- Headcount
- 0%
- Now 36
- Deferred income
- ▼85%
- Now £192k
- Fixed assets
- ▼23%
- Now £256k
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
- Seward Refrigeration Holdings Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- Seward Refrigeration Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Subsidiaries (2)
- Seward Refrigeration Ea LimitedRev. — · Profit £508k
- Seward Refrigeration Yorkshire LimitedRev. — · Profit £303k
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 30 Jun 2025 (profit £989k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Mar 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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