Newmet Limited
Registered name: NEWMET LIMITED
Part of New Metals and Chemicals (Holdings) Limited groupNewmet Limited made £13.1m revenue and £1.5m profit in the year to 31 May 2025. read from filing text
Newmet Limited’s revenue was £13.1m in the year to 31 May 2025, with £1.5m profit and 33 employees. The company is classified under “other manufacturing” and is based in Harlow; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Harlow, East of England
- Age
- 79 yrs · since 1947
- 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 May 2022 | 31 May 2023 | 31 May 2024 | 31 May 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | No P&L | No P&L | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | — | — | £13.1m | £13.1m |
| Cost of sales | — | — | £8.3m | £4.8m |
| Gross profit | — | — | £4.8m | £8.3m |
| Operating profit | — | — | £913k | £1.9m |
| Profit before tax | — | — | £920k | £1.9m |
| Profit after tax | — | — | £705k | £1.5m |
| Profit (best available) | — | — | £705k | £1.5m |
| Staff costs | — | — | £2.4m | £2.8m |
| Employees (average) | 26 | 28 | 31 | 33 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | — | — | 5.4% | 11.6% |
| Gross margin | — | — | 36.5% | 63.5% |
| Revenue per employee | — | — | £422k | £397k |
| Profit per employee | — | — | £22.7k | £46k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | — | — | ▲0% |
| Profit growth | — | — | — | ▲115.5% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲7.7% | ▲10.7% | ▲6.5% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £1.8m | £1.5m | £1.3m | £2.5m |
| Net assets | £3.2m | £3.7m | £4.4m | £5.9m |
| Fixed assets | £82.8k | £72.4k | £87.5k | £494k |
| Current assets | £4.7m | £5.9m | £5.9m | £8.7m |
| Debtors | £796k | £1.1m | £1.9m | £2.3m |
| Deferred income | — | — | £473k | £837k |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Dec 2023 | Accounts · bulk data Dec 2023 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jan 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jan 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 11.6%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 63.5%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £397k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £46k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 3.8%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 6.4%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 17.6%
- 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
- ▲35%
- Now £5.9m
- Cash at bank
- ▲95%
- Now £2.5m
- Headcount
- ▲6%
- Now 33
- Deferred income
- ▲77%
- Now £837k
- Fixed assets
- ▲465%
- Now £494k
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
- New Metals and Chemicals (Holdings) Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- Newmet Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Sister companies (3)
- New Metals and Chemicals LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Newmet Properties LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Packstat LimitedFigures not disclosed
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 May 2025 (profit £1.5m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Jan 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Updated from Companies House on 11 Oct 2026
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