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Company No. 00201097 · Incorporated 18 Oct 1924

Stearn Electric Company Limited

Registered name: STEARN ELECTRIC COMPANY LIMITED

Part of Newbury Investments Holdings Limited group

Stearn Electric Company Limited made £178m revenue and £8.5m profit in the year to 31 Dec 2025.

Stearn Electric Company Limited’s revenue fell 5% to £178m in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with £8.5m profit and 338 employees. The company is classified under “wholesale of radio, television goods & electrical household appliances (other than records, tapes, cd's & video tapes and the equipment used for playing them)” and is based in Newbury; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.

Full P&L filedSIC 46439Wholesale of radio, television goods & electrical household appliances (other than records, tapes, CD's & video tapes and the equipment used for playing them)
Status
Active
Location
Newbury
Age
101 yrs · since 1924
Type
Private Limited Company
Latest accounts · year to 31 Dec 2025

Key figures

Revenue
£178m
Growth ▼4.8%
Profit
£8.5m
Growth ▼13.8%
Profit margin
4.8%
 
Employees
338
Change ▼0.3%
Profit / employee
£25.1k
Revenue/employee £526k
Profitable streak
3yrs
Consecutive profitable years in our data
3 filed years

Financial history

Multi-year financials, oldest to newest
Year to31 Dec 202331 Dec 202431 Dec 2025
DisclosureFull P&LFull P&LFull P&L
Profit & loss
Revenue (turnover)£199m£187m£178m
Operating profit£13.2m£10.3m£9.1m
Profit before tax£14.5m£12.6m£11.4m
Profit after tax£11.3m£9.8m£8.5m
Profit (best available)£11.3m£9.8m£8.5m
Employees (average)344339338
Ratios
Profit margin5.7%5.3%4.8%
Revenue per employee£579k£551k£526k
Profit per employee£32.7k£29k£25.1k
Growth (year on year)
Revenue growth—▼6.3%▼4.8%
Profit growth—▼12.5%▼13.8%
Headcount growth—▼1.5%▼0.3%
Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue
Net assets———
SourceAccounts · bulk data Oct 2025Accounts · bulk data Oct 2025Accounts · bulk data Sep 2026
Derived from the latest filing

How the business works

Profit margin
4.8%
Profit ÷ revenue.
Gross margin
—
Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
Revenue per employee
£526k
Revenue ÷ average employees.
Profit per employee
£25.1k
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.
Indirect — not revenue

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 —
Cash at bank
—
Now —
Headcount
▼0%
Now 338
Deferred income
—
Now —
Fixed assets
—
Now —
Corporate ownership

Group structure

Ownership chain

  1. Newbury Investments Holdings Limitedultimate parent75–100%
  2. Newbury Investments (UK) Limited75–100%
  3. Stearn Electric Company Limitedthis company

Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.

Subsidiaries (1)

Sister companies (57)

From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).

Sources

Companies House profile Filing history & original accounts

Latest figures from accounts for the year to 31 Dec 2025 (profit £8.5m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Sep 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.

Updated from Companies House on 16 Oct 2026

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