SHEARWELL DATA LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2027-06-30 (in 1y)
Last filed for 2025-09-30
Confirmation statement due
2026-11-03 (in 6mo)
Last made up 2025-10-20
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£3M
+70.6% vs 2024
Net assets
£11M
+15.9% vs 2024
Employees
164
+3.1% vs 2024
Profit before tax
£3M
+90.4% vs 2024
Name history
Renamed 1 time since incorporation
- SHEARWELL DATA LIMITED 1992-10-12 → present
- ZONERELAY LIMITED 1992-09-10 → 1992-10-12
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2025-09-30
| Metric | Trend | 2024-09-30 | 2025-09-30 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £19,502,006 | £23,818,355 | |
| Operating profit | £1,786,190 | £3,289,867 | |
| Profit before tax | £1,607,768 | £3,061,366 | |
| Net profit | £1,198,894 | £2,187,446 | |
| Cash | £1,472,399 | £2,512,401 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £12,959,085 | £14,129,336 | |
| Net assets | £9,694,168 | £11,231,614 | |
| Equity | £9,694,168 | £11,231,614 | |
| Average employees | 159 | 164 | |
| Wages | £4,890,236 | £5,199,417 |
Values shown as filed in the company's annual accounts. — indicates the figure wasn't present under that line item in that period. About these numbers
Ratios
Computed from the line items above — sparklines read oldest → newest
| Ratio | Trend | 2024-09-30 | 2025-09-30 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 9.2% | 13.8% | |
| Net margin | 6.1% | 9.2% | |
| Return on capital employed | 13.8% | 23.3% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 44.0% | 39.7% | |
| Current ratio | 2.03x | 2.25x | |
| Interest cover | 10.01x | 14.34x |
Margins divide P&L lines by turnover. Gearing is liabilities over total assets. Current ratio is current assets over creditors falling due within one year. Interest cover is operating profit over absolute finance costs. Sector-distribution context coming next.
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Consolidated group
- Auditor
- Albert Goodman LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“In auditing the financial statements, we have concluded that the director's use of the going concern basis of accounting in the preparation of the financial statements is appropriate. Based on the work we have performed, we have not identified any material uncertainties relating to events or conditions that, individually or collectively, may cast significant doubt on the company's ability to continue as a going concern for a period of at least twelve months from when the original financial statements were authorised for issue”
Group structure
- SHEARWELL DATA LIMITED · parent
- National Livestock Management Database Limited 100%
- Shearwell Australia Pty 100%
- Shearwell New Zealand Limited 100%
- Ketchum Manufacturing Co Limited 100%
- Shearwell North America Inc 100%
Significant events
- “The Group has again continued to grow its UK market share in sheep tags securing 507% of the market (2024-498%) After significant downturn in the overall market in the UK in 2024, the 2025 sheep tag market remained flat overall though the UK Company's sales of sheep tags increased by 17% despite this and hence the further increase in UK market share”
- “The Group continues to invest significantly in Research and Development and there are new products in the pipeline from this effort which are anticipated to grow sales significantly in the medium term”
- “The mandating of EID in the Australian sheep flock in 2025 will continue to drive significant sales growth for that Company in the coming years”
- “Mandatory EID in the UK cattle herd is now anticipated for 2027”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
6 active · 2 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| WEBBER, Carolyne Martineau | Secretary | 1992-09-23 | — | British |
| THORNE, Emma Fay | Director | 2022-10-13 | Dec 1984 | British |
| WEBBER, Carolyne Martineau | Director | 1992-09-23 | Mar 1957 | British |
| WEBBER, James Richard | Director | 2022-10-13 | Jul 1983 | British |
| WEBBER, Richard Sydney | Director | 1992-09-23 | Mar 1948 | British |
| WEBBER, Samuel John | Director | 2022-10-13 | Mar 1989 | British |
Show 2 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| SWIFT INCORPORATIONS LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Secretary | 1992-09-10 | 1992-09-23 |
| INSTANT COMPANIES LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Director | 1992-09-10 | 1992-09-23 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Webber Holdings (Exmoor) Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 50–75%, Voting 50–75%, Appoints directors | 2018-03-28 | Active |
| Mr Richard Sydney Webber | Individual | Shares 25–50%, Voting 25–50% | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2018-03-28 |
| National Farmers Union Mutual Insurance Society Ltd | Corporate entity | Shares 25–50%, Voting 25–50% | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 126 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-04-25 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2026-01-23 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2026-01-23 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2026-01-23 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2025-10-28 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2025-10-28 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-10-28 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-10-21 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-10-21 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-10-21 | PSC04 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control without name date | |
| 2025-07-01 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2024-10-25 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2024-07-07 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2024-03-26 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2024-03-21 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2023-11-01 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-07-11 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2022-11-02 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2022-10-25 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2022-10-25 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 11
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 0
- Officers resigned
- 0
last 12 months
last 24 months
last 12 months
last 12 months
Direct counts from the register. No score, no rating — see the Filing timeline for the underlying events.
Year-on-year
FY2024 → FY2025 · period ending 2025-09-30 vs 2024-09-30
-
Turnover
+22.1%
£19,502,006 £23,818,355
-
Cash
+70.6%
£1,472,399 £2,512,401
-
Net assets
+15.9%
£9,694,168 £11,231,614
-
Employees
+3.1%
159 164
-
Operating profit
+84.2%
£1,786,190 £3,289,867
-
Profit before tax
+90.4%
£1,607,768 £3,061,366
-
Wages
+6.3%
£4,890,236 £5,199,417
Each % is (latest − prior) ÷ |prior| for the line item as filed. The comparison is only shown when the latest and prior accounts cover broadly equal-length periods — short or long stubs (typical around incorporation or a year-end change) are suppressed rather than misrepresented. Lines a company doesn't report are omitted. About these numbers