Stewart Signs Holdings Limited
Registered name: STEWART SIGNS HOLDINGS LIMITED
Stewart Signs Holdings Limited made £11.6m revenue and a £4.7k loss in the year to 31 Oct 2024. read from filing text
Stewart Signs Holdings Limited’s revenue grew 13% to £11.6m in the year to 31 Oct 2024, with a loss of £4.7k and 78 employees. The company is classified under “activities of other holding companies” and is based in Eastleigh; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Eastleigh, South East
- Age
- 10 yrs · since 2016
- 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.
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Oct 2022 | 31 Oct 2023 | 31 Oct 2024 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text |
| Profit & loss | |||
| Revenue (turnover) | £7.6m | £10.3m | £11.6m |
| Cost of sales | £5.3m | £7.5m | £8.9m |
| Gross profit | £2.2m | £2.7m | £2.7m |
| Operating profit | £423k | £852k | £434k |
| Profit before tax | £406k | £788k | £134k |
| Profit after tax | £283k | £634k | −£4.7k |
| Profit (best available) | £283k | £634k | −£4.7k |
| Employees (average) | 67 | 68 | 78 |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | 3.8% | 6.2% | 0% |
| Gross margin | 29.3% | 26.8% | 23.2% |
| Revenue per employee | £113k | £151k | £149k |
| Profit per employee | £4.2k | £9.3k | −£60 |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲35.8% | ▲13.1% |
| Profit growth | — | ▲123.8% | ▼100.7% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲1.5% | ▲14.7% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Cash at bank | £2k | £1.9k | £1.3k |
| Net assets | £110k | £110k | £110k |
| Fixed assets | £7.9m | £7.9m | £7.9m |
| Current assets | £55k | £44.9k | £391k |
| Debtors | £0 | £0 | £0 |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Jul 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jul 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jul 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 0%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 23.2%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £149k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- −£60
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 68.1%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 0%
- 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
- ▲0%
- Now £110k
- Cash at bank
- ▼32%
- Now £1.3k
- Headcount
- ▲15%
- Now 78
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- 0%
- Now £7.9m
Group structure
Subsidiaries (3)
- Stewart Signs LimitedRev. £11.6m · Profit £327k
- Pulse Signs & Graphics LtdFigures not disclosed
- Signbox Holdings LimitedFigures not disclosed
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Oct 2024 (profit −£4.7k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Jul 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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