Symmetry Medical Sheffield Ltd.
Registered name: SYMMETRY MEDICAL SHEFFIELD LTD.
Part of Symmetry Medical Cheltenham Limited groupSymmetry Medical Sheffield Ltd. made £40m revenue and £891k profit in the year to 27 Dec 2025. read from filing text
Symmetry Medical Sheffield Ltd.’s revenue fell 6% to £40m in the year to 27 Dec 2025, with £891k profit and 273 employees. The company is classified under “forging, pressing, stamping and roll-forming of metal; powder metallurgy”; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Yorkshire and The Humber
- Age
- 92 yrs · since 1934
- 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. From the filing: “The immediate parent undertaking is Symmetry Medical Cheltenham Limited and the ultimate parent undertaking and”
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 30 Dec 2021 | 29 Dec 2022 | 28 Dec 2024 | 27 Dec 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £27.8k | £32.5k | £42.6m | £40m |
| Cost of sales | £26.3k | £30.7k | £40.3m | £36.5m |
| Gross profit | £1.5k | £1.8k | £2.2m | £3.5m |
| Operating profit | −£2.2k | −£1k | −£1.7m | −£127k |
| Profit before tax | −£1.7k | −£590 | −£2.1m | −£586k |
| Profit after tax | −£1.7k | −£590 | −£2.1m | £891k |
| Profit (best available) | −£1.7k | −£590 | −£2.1m | £891k |
| Staff costs | — | — | £15m | £13.3m |
| Employees (average) | 273 | 271 | 314 | 273 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | −6% | −1.8% | −5% | 2.2% |
| Gross margin | 5.4% | 5.5% | 5.3% | 8.8% |
| Revenue per employee | £102 | £120 | £136k | £147k |
| Profit per employee | −£6 | −£2 | −£6.8k | £3.3k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲16.8% | — | ▼6.1% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▼0.7% | — | ▼13.1% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £508 | £934 | £667k | £1.7m |
| Net assets | £29.2k | £28.6k | £23.3m | £24.2m |
| Fixed assets | £18.7k | £19k | £18.1m | £16.9m |
| Current assets | £16.9k | £16.3k | £16.1m | £16.2m |
| Debtors | £6.5k | £6.2k | £6.4m | £5.1m |
| Deferred income | £1.2k | £1k | £1.8m | £1.1m |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2023 | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2023 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2026 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 2.2%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 8.8%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £147k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £3.3k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 42.2%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 2.9%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 12.9%
- 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
- ▲4%
- Now £24.2m
- Cash at bank
- ▲162%
- Now £1.7m
- Headcount
- ▼13%
- Now 273
- Deferred income
- ▼38%
- Now £1.1m
- Fixed assets
- ▼7%
- Now £16.9m
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
- Symmetry Medical Cheltenham Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- Symmetry Medical Sheffield Ltd.this 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 27 Dec 2025 (profit £891k), 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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