Canning Conveyor Co. Limited
Registered name: CANNING CONVEYOR CO. LIMITED
Canning Conveyor Co. Limited made £12.6m revenue and £254k profit in the year to 31 Aug 2025.
Canning Conveyor Co. Limited’s revenue fell 16% to £12.6m in the year to 31 Aug 2025, with £254k profit and 62 employees. The company is classified under “manufacture of machinery for mining” and is based in Sandy Lane, Worksop; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Sandy Lane, Worksop, Yorkshire and The Humber
- Age
- 61 yrs · since 1965
- Type
- Private Limited Company
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Aug 2022 | 31 Aug 2023 | 31 Aug 2024 | 31 Aug 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £14.6m | £14.7m | £15.1m | £12.6m |
| Cost of sales | £12.1m | £11.1m | £10.7m | £9.1m |
| Gross profit | £2.5m | £3.6m | £4.4m | £3.6m |
| Operating profit | −£524k | £487k | £1.1m | £464k |
| Profit before tax | −£592k | £376k | £990k | £350k |
| Profit after tax | −£462k | £308k | £716k | £254k |
| Profit (best available) | −£462k | £308k | £716k | £254k |
| Staff costs | £3.5m | £3.4m | £3.4m | £3.4m |
| Employees (average) | 71 | 62 | 59 | 62 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | −3.2% | 2.1% | 4.8% | 2% |
| Gross margin | 17.4% | 24.5% | 29.1% | 28.2% |
| Revenue per employee | £206k | £237k | £255k | £204k |
| Profit per employee | −£6.5k | £5k | £12.1k | £4.1k |
| Cash conversion | — | −268.1% | −6.7% | 69.2% |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲0.7% | ▲2.4% | ▼16.1% |
| Profit growth | — | — | ▲133% | ▼64.6% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▼12.7% | ▼4.8% | ▲5.1% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £8.6k | £2.9k | £415k | £110k |
| Net assets | £3.1m | £3.4m | £5.7m | £5.8m |
| Fixed assets | £2.7m | £2.6m | £4.8m | £4.6m |
| Current assets | £8.2m | £7.6m | £8.2m | £7.2m |
| Debtors | £2.8m | £2.1m | £3.6m | £2.9m |
| Deferred income | £133k | £256k | £617k | £884k |
| Cash from operations | £2.3m | −£1.3m | −£75.7k | £321k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Mar 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Mar 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data May 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Apr 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 2%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 28.2%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £204k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £4.1k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- 69.2%
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 36.6%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 7%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 22.6%
- 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
- ▲1%
- Now £5.8m
- Cash at bank
- ▼74%
- Now £110k
- Headcount
- ▲5%
- Now 62
- Deferred income
- ▲43%
- Now £884k
- Fixed assets
- ▼3%
- Now £4.6m
Deferred income is reported together with accruals in this filing (“accruals and deferred income”), so it is an approximate signal only.
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Aug 2025 (profit £254k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Apr 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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