Leitz Tooling UK Limited
Registered name: LEITZ TOOLING UK LIMITED
Part of Leitz Beteiligungs Gmbh groupLeitz Tooling UK Limited made £7.9m revenue and £23.5k profit in the year to 31 Dec 2025.
Leitz Tooling UK Limited’s revenue grew 7% to £7.9m in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with £23.5k profit and 66 employees. The company is classified under “manufacture of other special-purpose machinery” and is based in Harlow; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Harlow, East of England
- Age
- 119 yrs · since 1907
- 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.
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Dec 2022 | 31 Dec 2023 | 31 Dec 2024 | 31 Dec 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | No P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | — | £6.8m | £7.4m | £7.9m |
| Cost of sales | — | £2.5m | £2.7m | £2.7m |
| Gross profit | — | £4.3m | £4.8m | £5.2m |
| Operating profit | — | −£183k | −£115k | £33.1k |
| Profit before tax | — | −£188k | £5k | £16.6k |
| Profit after tax | — | −£190k | £10.3k | £23.5k |
| Profit (best available) | — | −£190k | £10.3k | £23.5k |
| Employees (average) | 60 | 63 | 64 | 66 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | — | −2.8% | 0.1% | 0.3% |
| Gross margin | — | 63.2% | 64% | 65.4% |
| Revenue per employee | — | £109k | £116k | £120k |
| Profit per employee | — | −£3k | £161 | £356 |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | — | ▲8.8% | ▲6.6% |
| Profit growth | — | — | — | ▲128.2% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲5% | ▲1.6% | ▲3.1% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £384k | £315k | £385k | £514k |
| Net assets | £2.2m | £2.1m | £2.1m | £2.1m |
| Fixed assets | £2.4m | £2m | £2.2m | £1.8m |
| Current assets | £2.4m | £2.2m | £2m | £2.4m |
| Debtors | £949k | £860k | £946k | £1m |
| Deferred income | £197k | £64.5k | £80.1k | £112k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jul 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 0.3%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 65.4%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £120k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £356
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 22.9%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 1.4%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 13.2%
- 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
- ▼1%
- Now £2.1m
- Cash at bank
- ▲33%
- Now £514k
- Headcount
- ▲3%
- Now 66
- Deferred income
- ▲40%
- Now £112k
- Fixed assets
- ▼17%
- Now £1.8m
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
- Leitz Beteiligungs Gmbh (registered outside the UK register)ultimate parent75–100%
- Leitz Tooling UK Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Dec 2025 (profit £23.5k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Sep 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Updated from Companies House on 11 Oct 2026
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