Cutting & Wear Resistant Developments Limited
Registered name: CUTTING & WEAR RESISTANT DEVELOPMENTS LIMITED
Cutting & Wear Resistant Developments Limited made £8.8m revenue and £63k profit in the year to 30 Sep 2025.
Cutting & Wear Resistant Developments Limited’s revenue fell 27% to £8.8m in the year to 30 Sep 2025, with £63k profit and 72 employees. The company is classified under “other manufacturing” and is based in Sheffield; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Sheffield, Yorkshire and The Humber
- Age
- 57 yrs · since 1968
- 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 | 30 Sep 2022 | 30 Sep 2023 | 30 Sep 2024 | 30 Sep 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £8.5m | £10.7m | £12.2m | £8.8m |
| Cost of sales | £5.7m | £7m | £7.3m | £5.7m |
| Gross profit | £2.8m | £3.7m | £4.9m | £3.2m |
| Operating profit | £648k | £1m | £1.8m | −£58.4k |
| Profit before tax | £577k | £938k | £1.7m | −£143k |
| Profit after tax | £501k | £750k | £1.3m | £63k |
| Profit (best available) | £501k | £750k | £1.3m | £63k |
| Staff costs | £2.7m | £3.1m | £4m | £3.5m |
| Employees (average) | 70 | 66 | 72 | 72 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 5.9% | 7% | 10.4% | 0.7% |
| Gross margin | 32.5% | 34.5% | 39.8% | 36% |
| Revenue per employee | £121k | £162k | £169k | £123k |
| Profit per employee | £7.2k | £11.4k | £17.7k | £876 |
| Cash conversion | 43.5% | 94.7% | 94.4% | — |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲26.3% | ▲13.7% | ▼27.4% |
| Profit growth | — | ▲49.9% | ▲69.8% | ▼95% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▼5.7% | ▲9.1% | 0% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £256k | £658k | £1.2m | £1.1m |
| Net assets | £5.3m | £6.1m | £7.2m | £7.1m |
| Fixed assets | £3.4m | £4.1m | £4.7m | £4.3m |
| Current assets | £5.2m | £5.8m | £6.8m | £5.6m |
| Debtors | £1.6m | £1.6m | £2.2m | £1.3m |
| Deferred income | £261k | £288k | £457k | £115k |
| Cash from operations | £282k | £985k | £1.7m | £1m |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Jun 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jun 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jan 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Aug 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 0.7%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 36%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £123k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £876
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 48.3%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 1.3%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 15%
- 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
- ▼2%
- Now £7.1m
- Cash at bank
- ▼2%
- Now £1.1m
- Headcount
- 0%
- Now 72
- Deferred income
- ▼75%
- Now £115k
- Fixed assets
- ▼9%
- Now £4.3m
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 30 Sep 2025 (profit £63k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Aug 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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