Cowal Building & Plumbing Supplies Limited
Registered name: COWAL BUILDING & PLUMBING SUPPLIES LIMITED
Part of Stewart Shaw Holdings Limited groupCowal Building & Plumbing Supplies Limited made £19.7m revenue and £50k profit in the year to 30 Jun 2025. read from filing text
Cowal Building & Plumbing Supplies Limited’s revenue grew 11% to £19.7m in the year to 30 Jun 2025, with £50k profit and 74 employees. The company is classified under “other retail sale not in stores, stalls or markets” and is based in Argyll; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Argyll, Scotland
- Age
- 44 yrs · since 1982
- 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: “Cowal Building and Plumbing Supplies Limited is under the control of Stewart Shaw Holdings Limited.”
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 30 Jun 2022 | 30 Jun 2023 | 30 Jun 2024 | 30 Jun 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £13.2m | £14.3m | £17.8m | £19.7m |
| Cost of sales | £10.5m | £11.7m | £14.5m | £16.3m |
| Gross profit | £2.8m | £2.5m | £3.2m | £3.4m |
| Operating profit | £1.2m | £602k | £564k | £456k |
| Profit before tax | £1.2m | £834k | £267k | £137k |
| Profit after tax | £1m | £702k | £196k | £50k |
| Profit (best available) | £1m | £702k | £196k | £50k |
| Staff costs | £1.5m | £1.7m | £2.5m | £2.7m |
| Employees (average) | 58 | 51 | 73 | 74 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 7.6% | 4.9% | 1.1% | 0.3% |
| Gross margin | 20.9% | 17.7% | 18.2% | 17.4% |
| Revenue per employee | £228k | £279k | £243k | £266k |
| Profit per employee | £17.3k | £13.8k | £2.7k | £675 |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲7.7% | ▲24.6% | ▲10.8% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼29.9% | ▼72.1% | ▼74.5% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▼12.1% | ▲43.1% | ▲1.4% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £95.2k | £588k | £224k | £143k |
| Net assets | £69k | £74.3k | £170k | £31.3k |
| Fixed assets | £3.1m | £848k | £716k | £1.1m |
| Current assets | £5.3m | £7.8m | £7.6m | £7.9m |
| Debtors | £2m | £3m | £2.9m | £2.9m |
| Deferred income | £124k | £251k | £112k | £101k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Mar 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Mar 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Mar 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Mar 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 0.3%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 17.4%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £266k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £675
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 5.5%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 0.5%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 14.6%
- 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
- ▼82%
- Now £31.3k
- Cash at bank
- ▼36%
- Now £143k
- Headcount
- ▲1%
- Now 74
- Deferred income
- ▼10%
- Now £101k
- Fixed assets
- ▲51%
- Now £1.1m
Deferred income is reported together with accruals in this filing (“accruals and deferred income”), so it is an approximate signal only.
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Stewart Shaw Holdings Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- Cowal Building & Plumbing Supplies Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Subsidiaries (3)
- J.K.M. (Paisley) LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Neilson’s Joinery Superstore LtdFigures not disclosed
- Reddance Building Supplies and Tool Hire LimitedFigures not disclosed
Sister companies (1)
- Stewart Shaw LimitedFigures not disclosed
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 30 Jun 2025 (profit £50k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Mar 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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