Shakespeare Engineering International (Asia) Limited
Registered name: SHAKESPEARE ENGINEERING INTERNATIONAL (ASIA) LIMITED
Shakespeare Engineering International (Asia) Limited made £10.7m revenue and £115k profit in the year to 31 Mar 2024. read from filing text
Shakespeare Engineering International (Asia) Limited’s revenue was £10.7m in the year to 31 Mar 2024, with £115k profit and 80 employees. The company is classified under “manufacture of tubes, pipes, hollow profiles and related fittings, of steel” and is based in South Woodham Ferrers; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- South Woodham Ferrers, East of England
- Age
- 17 yrs · since 2009
- Type
- Private Limited Company
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text |
| Profit & loss | |||
| Revenue (turnover) | £7.8m | £10.6m | £10.7m |
| Cost of sales | £3.4m | £4.5m | £4m |
| Gross profit | £4.4m | £6.2m | £6.6m |
| Operating profit | £20.8k | £877k | £407k |
| Profit before tax | −£151k | £682k | £158k |
| Profit after tax | −£171k | £579k | £115k |
| Profit (best available) | −£171k | £579k | £115k |
| Employees (average) | 69 | 73 | 80 |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | −2.2% | 5.5% | 1.1% |
| Gross margin | 56.9% | 58.1% | 62.3% |
| Revenue per employee | £113k | £146k | £133k |
| Profit per employee | −£2.5k | £7.9k | £1.4k |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲36.4% | ▲0.4% |
| Profit growth | — | — | ▼80.1% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲5.8% | ▲9.6% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Cash at bank | £34.1k | £108k | £187k |
| Net assets | £4.3m | £4.8m | £5.2m |
| Fixed assets | £474k | £1.1m | £907k |
| Current assets | £5.9m | £7m | £6.8m |
| Debtors | £737k | £1m | £759k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Jan 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jan 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2024 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 1.1%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 62.3%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £133k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £1.4k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 8.5%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 7.1%
- 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
- ▲7%
- Now £5.2m
- Cash at bank
- ▲72%
- Now £187k
- Headcount
- ▲10%
- Now 80
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- ▼17%
- Now £907k
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Mar 2024 (profit £115k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Dec 2024. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Updated from Companies House on 15 Oct 2026
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