Northern Slate Supplies Limited
Registered name: NORTHERN SLATE SUPPLIES LIMITED
Northern Slate Supplies Limited made £3.1m revenue and £127k profit in the year to 31 Mar 2025.
Northern Slate Supplies Limited’s revenue fell 18% to £3.1m in the year to 31 Mar 2025, with £127k profit and 4 employees. The company is classified under “wholesale of wood, construction materials and sanitary equipment” and is based in Huthwaite; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Huthwaite, East Midlands
- Age
- 11 yrs · since 2015
- 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 | 31 Mar 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £3.5m | £3.7m | £3.9m | £3.1m |
| Cost of sales | £3.1m | £3.1m | £3.3m | £2.8m |
| Gross profit | £354k | £598k | £533k | £367k |
| Operating profit | £248k | £448k | £335k | £176k |
| Profit before tax | £247k | £447k | £334k | £173k |
| Profit after tax | £200k | £361k | £250k | £127k |
| Profit (best available) | £200k | £361k | £250k | £127k |
| Employees (average) | 2 | 3 | 3 | 4 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 5.8% | 9.7% | 6.5% | 4% |
| Gross margin | 10.3% | 16% | 13.8% | 11.7% |
| Revenue per employee | £1.7m | £1.2m | £1.3m | £787k |
| Profit per employee | £100k | £120k | £83.2k | £31.9k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲8.3% | ▲3.1% | ▼18.3% |
| Profit growth | — | ▲80.4% | ▼30.9% | ▼48.9% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲50% | 0% | ▲33.3% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £479k | £606k | £303k | £404k |
| Net assets | £463k | £714k | £854k | £871k |
| Fixed assets | £11.7k | £67.3k | £50.5k | £35.7k |
| Current assets | £1.3m | £1.6m | £1.8m | £1.5m |
| Debtors | £382k | £665k | £684k | £602k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2023 | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2023 | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 4%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 11.7%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £787k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £31.9k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 1.1%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 19.1%
- 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
- ▲2%
- Now £871k
- Cash at bank
- ▲33%
- Now £404k
- Headcount
- ▲33%
- Now 4
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- ▼29%
- Now £35.7k
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Mar 2025 (profit £127k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Dec 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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