Anderco Safety (UK) Limited
Registered name: ANDERCO SAFETY (UK) LIMITED
Part of James Boylan Safety Ltd groupAnderco Safety (UK) Limited made £1.8m revenue and £113k profit in the year to 31 Dec 2025.
Anderco Safety (UK) Limited’s revenue fell 1% to £1.8m in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with £113k profit and 5 employees. The company is classified under “wholesale of clothing and footwear” and is based in Cleator Moor; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Cleator Moor, North West
- Age
- 16 yrs · since 2009
- 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.
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Dec 2023 | 31 Dec 2024 | 31 Dec 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | |||
| Revenue (turnover) | £2.1m | £1.8m | £1.8m |
| Cost of sales | £1.6m | £1.4m | £1.4m |
| Gross profit | £457k | £391k | £413k |
| Operating profit | £39.8k | £60.5k | £150k |
| Profit before tax | £39.8k | £60.5k | £150k |
| Profit after tax | £30.3k | £45.4k | £113k |
| Profit (best available) | £30.3k | £45.4k | £113k |
| Employees (average) | 7 | 6 | 5 |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | 1.5% | 2.5% | 6.3% |
| Gross margin | 22.2% | 21.6% | 23.2% |
| Revenue per employee | £294k | £301k | £357k |
| Profit per employee | £4.3k | £7.6k | £22.5k |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Revenue growth | — | ▼12% | ▼1.3% |
| Profit growth | — | ▲49.8% | ▲148.2% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▼14.3% | ▼16.7% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Net assets | — | — | — |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Sep 2025 | Accounts · bulk data Sep 2025 | Accounts · bulk data Sep 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 6.3%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 23.2%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £357k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £22.5k
- 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
- —
- Now —
- Cash at bank
- —
- Now —
- Headcount
- ▼17%
- Now 5
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now —
Group structure
Ownership chain
- James Boylan Safety Ltd (registered outside the UK register)ultimate parent75–100%
- Anderco Safety (UK) 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 accounts for the year to 31 Dec 2025 (profit £113k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Sep 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Updated from Companies House on 13 Oct 2026
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