Moog Reading Limited
Registered name: MOOG READING LIMITED
Part of Moog Inc groupMoog Reading Limited made £21.3m revenue and a £8.1m loss in the year to 27 Sep 2025. read from filing text
Moog Reading Limited’s revenue grew 7% to £21.3m in the year to 27 Sep 2025, with a loss of £8.1m and 117 employees. The company is classified under “manufacture of other electronic and electric wires and cables” and is based in Reading; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Reading, South East
- Age
- 69 yrs · since 1957
- 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 company's immediate parent undertaking is Moog Controls Limited.”
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 1 Oct 2022 | 30 Sep 2023 | 28 Sep 2024 | 27 Sep 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £18.4m | £20.4m | £19.9m | £21.3m |
| Cost of sales | £15.7m | £18.8m | £18.4m | £20.9m |
| Gross profit | £2.7m | £1.7m | £1.5m | £423k |
| Operating profit | −£1.9m | −£1.9m | −£5.7m | −£7.7m |
| Profit before tax | −£5.5m | −£2.2m | −£6.1m | −£8.1m |
| Profit (best available) | −£5.5m | −£2.2m | −£6.1m | −£8.1m |
| Staff costs | £5.6m | £6.4m | £6.8m | £8m |
| Employees (average) | 117 | 127 | 130 | 117 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | −30% | −11% | −30.8% | −37.9% |
| Gross margin | 14.6% | 8.3% | 7.5% | 2% |
| Revenue per employee | £157k | £161k | £153k | £182k |
| Profit per employee | −£47.2k | −£17.7k | −£47.2k | −£68.9k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲11.2% | ▼2.6% | ▲6.8% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲8.6% | ▲2.4% | ▼10% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £584k | £167k | £321 | £474 |
| Net assets | £13.1m | £10.9m | £5.6m | −£2.3m |
| Fixed assets | — | — | £2.6m | £498k |
| Current assets | £28.9m | £18.5m | £15.8m | £15.4m |
| Debtors | £3.7m | £4.8m | £3.7m | £5.8m |
| Deferred income | £447k | £859k | £664k | £675k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jul 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- −37.9%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 2%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £182k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- −£68.9k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 2.3%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 3.2%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 27.2%
- 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
- ▼141%
- Now −£2.3m
- Cash at bank
- ▲48%
- Now £474
- Headcount
- ▼10%
- Now 117
- Deferred income
- ▲2%
- Now £675k
- Fixed assets
- ▼80%
- Now £498k
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Moog Inc (registered outside the UK register)ultimate parent75–100%
- Moog Controls Limited75–100%
- Moog Reading Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Sister companies (1)
- Moog Fernau 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 27 Sep 2025 (profit −£8.1m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Jul 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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