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Company No. 00293190 · Incorporated 18 Oct 1934

Symmetry Medical Sheffield Ltd.

Registered name: SYMMETRY MEDICAL SHEFFIELD LTD.

Part of Symmetry Medical Cheltenham Limited group

Symmetry 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”

Latest accounts · year to 27 Dec 2025

Key figures

Revenue
£40m
Growth ▼6.1%
Profit
£891k
Growth —
Profit margin
2.2%
Gross 8.8%
Employees
273
Change ▼13.1%
Profit / employee
£3.3k
Revenue/employee £147k
Profitable streak
1yr
Consecutive profitable years in our data

Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.

4 filed years

Financial history

Multi-year financials, oldest to newest
Year to30 Dec 202129 Dec 202228 Dec 202427 Dec 2025
DisclosureFull P&LFull P&LFull P&Lread from filing textFull 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)273271314273
Ratios
Profit margin−6%−1.8%−5%2.2%
Gross margin5.4%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
SourceFullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2023FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2023FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2026FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2026
Derived from the latest filing

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.
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
▲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.

Corporate ownership

Group structure

Ownership chain

  1. Symmetry Medical Cheltenham Limitedultimate parent75–100%
  2. 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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