Sheridan Lifts Limited
Registered name: SHERIDAN LIFTS LIMITED
Part of Sheridan Group Holdings Limited groupSheridan Lifts Limited made £19m revenue and £751k profit in the year to 30 Nov 2025.
Sheridan Lifts Limited’s revenue grew 8% to £19m in the year to 30 Nov 2025, with £751k profit and 131 employees. The company is classified under “manufacture of lifting and handling equipment” and is based in Manchester; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Manchester, North West
- Age
- 21 yrs · since 2004
- 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: “Sheridan Group Holdings Limited”
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 30 Nov 2023 | 30 Nov 2024 | 30 Nov 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | |||
| Revenue (turnover) | £16.8m | £17.5m | £19m |
| Cost of sales | £9.5m | £9.5m | £10.2m |
| Gross profit | £7.3m | £8m | £8.8m |
| Operating profit | −£203k | −£124k | — |
| Profit before tax | −£193k | −£99.5k | £449k |
| Profit after tax | −£168k | £495k | £751k |
| Profit (best available) | −£168k | £495k | £751k |
| Staff costs | £5.3m | £6m | £6.2m |
| Employees (average) | 129 | 138 | 131 |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | −1% | 2.8% | 4% |
| Gross margin | 43.3% | 46% | 46.2% |
| Revenue per employee | £130k | £127k | £145k |
| Profit per employee | −£1.3k | £3.6k | £5.7k |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲4.5% | ▲8.4% |
| Profit growth | — | — | ▲51.8% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲7% | ▼5.1% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Cash at bank | £1.5m | £902k | £424k |
| Net assets | £646k | £356k | £212k |
| Fixed assets | £112k | £95.3k | £138k |
| Current assets | £4.1m | £4.2m | £4m |
| Debtors | £1.8m | £2m | £2.1m |
| Deferred income | £727k | £45.4k | — |
| Cash from operations | £1.5m | −£383k | −£169k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Aug 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Aug 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Aug 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 4%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 46.2%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £145k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £5.7k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 0.7%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 10.9%
- 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
- ▼40%
- Now £212k
- Cash at bank
- ▼53%
- Now £424k
- Headcount
- ▼5%
- Now 131
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- ▲45%
- Now £138k
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Sheridan Group Holdings Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- Sheridan Lifts Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 30 Nov 2025 (profit £751k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Aug 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Updated from Companies House on 23 Oct 2026
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