Peter J Stirling Limited
Registered name: PETER J STIRLING LIMITED
Peter J Stirling Limited made £2.9m profit in the year to 31 Jan 2025 (revenue not disclosed).
Peter J Stirling Limited reported £2.9m profit in the year to 31 Jan 2025; its revenue was not disclosed. It had 98 employees. The company is classified under “growing of cereals (except rice), leguminous crops and oil seeds” and is based in Halbeath, Dunfermline; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Halbeath, Dunfermline, Scotland
- Age
- 12 yrs · since 2014
- Type
- Private Limited Company
Key figures
This company published its profit but not its turnover, so revenue and margins are not disclosed. We never estimate them.
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Jan 2022 | 31 Jan 2023 | 31 Jan 2024 | 31 Jan 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text | Profit only | Profit only |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £20.4m | £17.5m | — | — |
| Cost of sales | £10m | £10.8m | £12m | £9.9m |
| Gross profit | £10.5m | £6.8m | — | — |
| Operating profit | £4m | £2m | — | — |
| Profit before tax | £3.8m | £1.7m | £3.9m | £634k |
| Profit after tax | £3.1m | £1.6m | −£117k | £2.9m |
| Profit (best available) | £3.1m | £1.6m | −£117k | £2.9m |
| Staff costs | £4m | £3.2m | £3m | £2.8m |
| Employees (average) | 130 | 120 | 110 | 98 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 15% | 9.1% | — | — |
| Gross margin | 51.2% | 38.6% | — | — |
| Revenue per employee | £157k | £146k | — | — |
| Profit per employee | £23.5k | £13.3k | −£1.1k | £29.2k |
| Cash conversion | −29% | −42.4% | — | — |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▼14.1% | — | — |
| Profit growth | — | ▼47.9% | ▼107.3% | — |
| Headcount growth | — | ▼7.7% | ▼8.3% | ▼10.9% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £517k | £345k | £365k | £2.2k |
| Net assets | −£433k | −£54.4k | −£171k | £688k |
| Fixed assets | £14.8m | £15.3m | £16.8m | £17.3m |
| Current assets | £7.1m | £8m | £8.7m | £9.9m |
| Debtors | £2.8m | £4.3m | £5.1m | £6.2m |
| Deferred income | £15.5k | £15.5k | £15.5k | £15.5k |
| Cash from operations | −£1.2m | −£827k | −£967k | −£3.9m |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Oct 2023 | FullAccounts · bulk data Oct 2023 | FullAccounts · bulk data Oct 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Oct 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- —
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- —
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- —
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £29.2k
- 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 £688k
- Cash at bank
- ▼99%
- Now £2.2k
- Headcount
- ▼11%
- Now 98
- Deferred income
- 0%
- Now £15.5k
- Fixed assets
- ▲3%
- Now £17.3m
Deferred income is reported together with accruals in this filing (“accruals and deferred income”), so it is an approximate signal only.
Group structure
Subsidiaries (3)
- Stirling Developments LimitedRev. £8.2m · Profit £343k
- Greenleaf Renewables LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Seahills Holdings LimitedRev. — · Profit −£4.3k
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Jan 2025 (profit £2.9m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Oct 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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