Star Refrigeration Limited
Registered name: STAR REFRIGERATION LIMITED
Star Refrigeration Limited made £80.4m revenue and £1.1m profit in the year to 31 Dec 2025.
Star Refrigeration Limited’s revenue grew 7% to £80.4m in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with £1.1m profit and 454 employees. The company is classified under “manufacture of non-domestic cooling and ventilation equipment” and is based in Glasgow; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Glasgow, Scotland
- Age
- 56 yrs · since 1970
- 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 Dec 2023 | 31 Dec 2024 | 31 Dec 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | |||
| Revenue (turnover) | £69.7m | £75.1m | £80.4m |
| Cost of sales | −£59.5m | −£64.3m | −£69.2m |
| Gross profit | £10.2m | £10.7m | £11.2m |
| Operating profit | £2.1m | £1.7m | £1.3m |
| Profit before tax | £2.1m | £1.9m | £1.4m |
| Profit after tax | £1.6m | £1.4m | £1.1m |
| Profit (best available) | £1.6m | £1.4m | £1.1m |
| Employees (average) | 388 | 442 | 454 |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | 2.3% | 1.8% | 1.4% |
| Gross margin | 14.6% | 14.3% | 14% |
| Revenue per employee | £180k | £170k | £177k |
| Profit per employee | £4.2k | £3.1k | £2.5k |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲7.8% | ▲7.1% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼14.9% | ▼19.4% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲13.9% | ▲2.7% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Net assets | — | — | — |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Jun 2025 | Accounts · bulk data Jun 2025 | Accounts · bulk data May 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 1.4%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 14%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £177k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £2.5k
- 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
- ▲3%
- Now 454
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now —
Group structure
Subsidiaries (3)
- Star M&E Solutions LtdRev. £4.2m · Profit £155k
- Star Renewable Energy LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Starfrost (UK) LimitedFigures not disclosed
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 £1.1m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published May 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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