Hamilton - Schades Labels Limited
Registered name: HAMILTON - SCHADES LABELS LIMITED
Part of Schades Limited groupHamilton - Schades Labels Limited made £12.9m revenue and a £128k loss in the year to 31 Dec 2025. read from filing text
Hamilton - Schades Labels Limited’s revenue was £12.9m in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with a loss of £128k and 64 employees. The company is classified under “manufacture of other articles of paper and paperboard” and is based in Ripley; we hold 2 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Ripley, East Midlands
- Age
- 2 yrs · since 2024
- 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: “The smallest group in which the results of the company are consolidated is that headed by Schades Limited. Copies of the consolidated financial statements are available from the registered office at B”
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Dec 2024 | 31 Dec 2025 |
|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text |
| Profit & loss | ||
| Revenue (turnover) | £3.8m | £12.9m |
| Cost of sales | £3.3m | £11.6m |
| Gross profit | £579k | £1.3m |
| Operating profit | £265k | £195k |
| Profit before tax | £234k | £55.5k |
| Profit after tax | £133k | −£128k |
| Profit (best available) | £133k | −£128k |
| Staff costs | £688k | £3m |
| Employees (average) | 70 | 64 |
| Ratios | ||
| Profit margin | 3.5% | −1% |
| Gross margin | 15.1% | 9.8% |
| Revenue per employee | £54.7k | £201k |
| Profit per employee | £1.9k | −£2k |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||
| Cash at bank | £802k | £311k |
| Net assets | £133k | £5.4k |
| Fixed assets | £2.1m | £2.6m |
| Current assets | £3.6m | £4m |
| Debtors | £2m | £2.3m |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- −1%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 9.8%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £201k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- −£2k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 19.8%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 17.5%
- 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 £5.4k
- Cash at bank
- —
- Now £311k
- Headcount
- —
- Now 64
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now £2.6m
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Schades Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- Hamilton - Schades Labels 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 31 Dec 2025 (profit −£128k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Sep 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Updated from Companies House on 15 Oct 2026
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