Shirley Parsons Professional Services Limited
Registered name: SHIRLEY PARSONS PROFESSIONAL SERVICES LIMITED
Part of Shirley Parsons Holdings Limited groupShirley Parsons Professional Services Limited made £5.9m revenue and £153k profit in the year to 31 Dec 2025. read from filing text
Shirley Parsons Professional Services Limited’s revenue grew 1761% to £5.9m in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with £153k profit and 8 employees. The company is classified under “management consultancy activities other than financial management” and is based in Aylesbury; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Aylesbury, South East
- Age
- 23 yrs · since 2003
- 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.
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: “Shirley Parsons Holdings Limited is the immediate parent undertaking of the company.”
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Dec 2022 | 31 Dec 2023 | 31 Dec 2024 | 31 Dec 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | No P&L | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | — | £490k | £316k | £5.9m |
| Cost of sales | — | — | £1.4m | £2.8m |
| Gross profit | — | — | — | £3.1m |
| Operating profit | — | £115k | −£24.3k | £250k |
| Profit before tax | — | £19k | −£59.7k | £195k |
| Profit after tax | — | £29.3k | −£52.7k | £153k |
| Profit (best available) | — | £29.3k | −£52.7k | £153k |
| Staff costs | — | £212k | £131k | £1.6m |
| Employees (average) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 8 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | — | 6% | −16.7% | 2.6% |
| Gross margin | — | — | — | 53.1% |
| Revenue per employee | — | £490k | £316k | £734k |
| Profit per employee | — | £29.3k | −£52.7k | £19.1k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | — | ▼35.6% | ▲1761% |
| Profit growth | — | — | ▼279.7% | — |
| Headcount growth | — | 0% | 0% | ▲700% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £43 | £20.7k | £43 | £220k |
| Net assets | −£37.4k | −£8.1k | −£60.8k | £286k |
| Fixed assets | £695k | £646k | £619k | £488k |
| Current assets | £631k | £1.2m | £1.1m | £2.7m |
| Debtors | £631k | £1.1m | £281k | £1m |
| Deferred income | — | £178k | £144k | £492k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 2.6%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 53.1%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £734k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £19.1k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 8.3%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 8.4%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 17.7%
- 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 £286k
- Cash at bank
- ▲511121%
- Now £220k
- Headcount
- ▲700%
- Now 8
- Deferred income
- ▲241%
- Now £492k
- Fixed assets
- ▼21%
- Now £488k
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
- Shirley Parsons Holdings Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- Shirley Parsons Professional Services Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Subsidiaries (4)
- Shirley Parsons LimitedRev. £16.9m · Profit £6.3k
- Identify Networks LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Rethink-Hseq LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Shirley Parsons Project Services LimitedActive - Proposal to Strike offFigures not disclosed
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Dec 2025 (profit £153k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Sep 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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