Preci-Spark Limited
Registered name: PRECI-SPARK LIMITED
Part of Preci-Spark Holdings Limited groupPreci-Spark Limited made £48.4m revenue and £1.7m profit in the year to 31 Dec 2025.
Preci-Spark Limited’s revenue grew 11% to £48.4m in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with £1.7m profit and 543 employees. The company is classified under “manufacture of air and spacecraft and related machinery” and is based in Syston; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Syston, East Midlands
- Age
- 66 yrs · since 1960
- 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) | £33.1m | £39.5m | £43.5m | £48.4m |
| Cost of sales | £25m | £29.7m | £34.1m | £35.7m |
| Gross profit | £8.1m | £9.7m | £9.4m | £12.7m |
| Operating profit | £983k | £998k | £327k | £2.2m |
| Profit before tax | £986k | £1.1m | £420k | £2.3m |
| Profit after tax | £916k | £841k | £69.3k | £1.7m |
| Profit (best available) | £916k | £841k | £69.3k | £1.7m |
| Staff costs | £19m | £23.2m | £26.1m | £29.4m |
| Employees (average) | 406 | 483 | 508 | 543 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 2.8% | 2.1% | 0.2% | 3.5% |
| Gross margin | 24.4% | 24.6% | 21.6% | 26.2% |
| Revenue per employee | £81.4k | £81.7k | £85.7k | £89.1k |
| Profit per employee | £2.3k | £1.7k | £136 | £3.1k |
| Cash conversion | 48.3% | 172.3% | −297.8% | −64.9% |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲19.4% | ▲10.3% | ▲11.2% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼8.2% | ▼91.8% | ▲2348% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲19% | ▲5.2% | ▲6.9% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £5.2m | £5.8m | £3.5m | £3.8m |
| Net assets | £18.9m | £19.7m | £19.8m | £21.5m |
| Fixed assets | £4.1m | £4.4m | £4.8m | £5.9m |
| Current assets | £21.4m | £24.2m | £23.8m | £29.5m |
| Debtors | £6.4m | £6m | £7.5m | £10.3m |
| Deferred income | £3.4m | £5.3m | £5m | £7.9m |
| Cash from operations | £474k | £1.7m | −£975k | −£1.4m |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 3.5%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 26.2%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £89.1k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £3.1k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- −64.9%
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 12.1%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 16.3%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 21.3%
- 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
- ▲9%
- Now £21.5m
- Cash at bank
- ▲11%
- Now £3.8m
- Headcount
- ▲7%
- Now 543
- Deferred income
- ▲57%
- Now £7.9m
- Fixed assets
- ▲23%
- Now £5.9m
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
- Preci-Spark Holdings Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- Preci-Spark Limitedthis 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 31 Dec 2025 (profit £1.7m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Sep 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Updated from Companies House on 16 Oct 2026
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