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PEARLSHIELD LIMITED

Private Company Limited by Shares registered in 2022 in Clonakilty, Co. Cork, CRO 732058.
It files accounts faster than 79% of similar companies · 44 public contracts worth €10.7m.

Status
Active
Normal
Registered
20 Dec 2022
3 years old
Annual return
Up to date
next due 30 Sep 2026
Last accounts filed
101 days
after year end · sector median 258

Details

CRO number732058
Company typeLTD - Private Company Limited by Shares
Registered office11 Rossa Street, Clonakilty,CORK
TownClonakilty · other companies there
CountyCork
ActivityRetail trade (NACE 4761.0) · Wholesale and retail trade; repair of vehicles
Last annual return14 Mar 2025

Timeline

  1. 30 Sep 2026Next annual return due
  2. 11 Apr 2025Accounts filed (year to 31 Dec 2024)
  3. 26 Sep 2024Accounts filed (year to 31 Dec 2023)
  4. 5 Sep 2024Public contract from Cork Education and Training Board
  5. 20 Dec 2022Incorporated
  6. 4 Jun 2021Public contract from Education Procurement Service (EPS)
  7. 28 Jun 2017Public contract from Cork Education and Training Board

Financial statements filed

Days from year end to filing

01002003002023: 27027020232024: 1011012024

Orange = later than 330 days.

Year endReceived by CRODays after year end
31 Dec 202411 Apr 2025101
31 Dec 202326 Sep 2024270

Over 330 days is later than the usual deadline (accounts made up to within 9 months of the annual return date, filed within 56 days). The accounts themselves can be bought from the CRO.

Company indicators

Derived from this company's CRO record and filing history. Percentiles compare it with the 10,354 active companies in retail trade.

Filing discipline score
93 / 100
annual return up to date · files faster than 79% of peers · 100% of filings on time · activity median 81
Typical filing delay
186 days
median of 2 filings · latest 169 days faster · activity 258
Financial year end
December
52.7% of the activity use December
Next annual return
38 days late
due 30 Sep 2026
Age: 3.9 years
45th pct
Filing speed: 186 days
79th pct

Further right = older, faster filer, busier address than peers.

Sector economy

How retail trade is doing in official statistics. These figures describe the sector, not this company. Sector page.

Irish retail confidence
+4.9
49th percentile since 2005 · EU -5.8 · Oct 2026
EU confidence, this activity
-5.0
37th percentile since 2005 · -1.5 on a year · Oct 2026
People employed in the sector
225,300
+1.3% on a year · 2026 Q2
Average weekly earnings
€532
-0.3% on a year · 2026 Q1
Retail sales volume
+2.8%
3 months to Sep 2026 vs a year earlier
Enterprises in the sector (CSO)
24,553
7.8% new in 2024 · 10 people each on average
Sector firms still trading after 5 years
50.8%
firms born 2019 · all sectors 53.2%
Sector enterprises in Co. Cork
5,199
10.7% of Ireland's total (CSO)

Sources: European Commission Business and Consumer Surveys (balances, seasonally adjusted); CSO business demography, earnings, employment, output and price statistics (CC BY 4.0). A tag means the CSO only publishes the figure for a wider group.

Sector benchmarks

What a typical business in this line of work looks like, from CSO structural business statistics and earnings data. Averages for the whole sector, not figures for this company: CRO does not publish accounts figures as open data.

Turnover per enterprise
€2.4m
sector average, 2022
People per enterprise
10.1
sector average, 2022
Labour cost per employee
€28k
wages, PRSI and pensions, 2022
Operating surplus margin
5.6%
(value added − labour costs) / turnover, 2022
Value added per person
€41k
labour productivity, 2022
Median weekly pay, Co. Cork
€576
this sector · county all sectors €766 · 2024
Value added per worker, South-West region
€69k
this sector group · all sectors €302k · 2024

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Public contracts

44 contract awards from 35 public bodies, €10.7m in total. Framework values are split evenly between the suppliers named.

DateBuyerContractValue
5 Sep 2024Cork Education and Training BoardSRFT for the Supply of Learner Books and Exam Papers to Cork Education and Training Board.€1.6m
4 Jun 2021Education Procurement Service (EPS)Education & Training Boards - Multi Supplier Framework for the Supply of Learner Books & Exam Papers€2.5m
28 Jun 2017Cork Education and Training BoardDavis College, Summerhill, Mallow, Co. Cork - School Book Scheme 2017/18–
8 Nov 2016Education Procurement Service (EPS)Multi Supplier Framework Agreement for the Supply of Post Primary School Books for Junior and Senior Cycles€375k
2 Jun 2016Cork Education and Training BoardDavis College, Summerhill, Mallow, Co. Cork - School Book Scheme 2016/17–
28 May 2015Cork Education and Training BoardDavis College, Summerhill, Mallow, Co. Cork - School Book Scheme 2015/16€25k
29 May 2014Cork Education and Training BoardDavis College, Summerhill, Mallow, Co. Cork - School Book Scheme - 2014/15–
30 May 2013Cork Education and Training BoardDavis College, Summerhill, Mallow, Co.Cork- School Book Scheme 2013/14–

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