Transformers & Rectifiers Limited
Registered name: TRANSFORMERS & RECTIFIERS LIMITED
Part of Cranwell Investments UK Limited groupTransformers & Rectifiers Limited made £17.8m revenue and £2.1m profit in the year to 31 Dec 2025.
Transformers & Rectifiers Limited’s revenue fell 5% to £17.8m in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with £2.1m profit and 102 employees. The company is classified under “manufacture of electric motors, generators and transformers” and is based in Surrey; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Surrey, South East
- Age
- 75 yrs · since 1951
- 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 | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £13.5m | £18.3m | £18.8m | £17.8m |
| Cost of sales | £8.8m | £11.3m | £12.2m | £10.6m |
| Gross profit | £4.7m | £7m | £6.6m | £7.2m |
| Operating profit | £2.1m | £3.7m | £3.5m | £2.8m |
| Profit before tax | £2.1m | £3.8m | £3.5m | £2.8m |
| Profit after tax | £1.7m | £2.9m | £2.6m | £2.1m |
| Profit (best available) | £1.7m | £2.9m | £2.6m | £2.1m |
| Staff costs | £3.7m | £4.3m | £4.6m | £5.4m |
| Employees (average) | 101 | 97 | 107 | 102 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 12.8% | 15.7% | 13.7% | 11.8% |
| Gross margin | 34.8% | 38.4% | 35.3% | 40.4% |
| Revenue per employee | £134k | £189k | £176k | £175k |
| Profit per employee | £17.1k | £29.7k | £24.1k | £20.6k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲35.5% | ▲2.9% | ▼5.3% |
| Profit growth | — | ▲66.3% | ▼10.5% | ▼18.3% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▼4% | ▲10.3% | ▼4.7% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £2.4m | £3.6m | £3.4m | £4.9m |
| Net assets | £8.9m | £11.8m | £13.4m | £13.5m |
| Fixed assets | £1.4m | £1.6m | £1.7m | £1.7m |
| Current assets | £12.8m | £14.5m | £16.2m | £17.4m |
| Debtors | £5.1m | £5.8m | £7m | £6.7m |
| Deferred income | £287k | £875k | £1.9m | £2.4m |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Jun 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jun 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jul 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jun 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 11.8%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 40.4%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £175k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £20.6k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 9.7%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 13.3%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 37.7%
- 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 £13.5m
- Cash at bank
- ▲45%
- Now £4.9m
- Headcount
- ▼5%
- Now 102
- Deferred income
- ▲23%
- Now £2.4m
- Fixed assets
- ▲4%
- Now £1.7m
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
- Cranwell Investments UK Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- Transformers & Rectifiers (Holdings) Limited75–100%
- Transformers & Rectifiers Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Sister companies (3)
- Brentford Electric LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Brentford Regulators LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Southern Transformer Products 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 Dec 2025 (profit £2.1m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Jun 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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