Citizen Machinery UK Ltd
Registered name: CITIZEN MACHINERY UK LTD
Part of Citizen Machinery Co., Ltd. groupCitizen Machinery UK Ltd made £32.5m revenue and £1.5m profit in the year to 31 Dec 2025. read from filing text
Citizen Machinery UK Ltd’s revenue fell 4% to £32.5m in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with £1.5m profit and 63 employees. The company is classified under “agents involved in the sale of machinery, industrial equipment, ships and aircraft”; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- East of England
- Age
- 52 yrs · since 1974
- 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: “Citizen Machinery Co., Ltd., a company incorporated in Japan, is the parent company of Citizen Machinery UK Ltd. Citizen Watch Co., Ltd., a company also incorporated in Japan, is the ultimate parent c”
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&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) | £43.4m | £32.3m | £33.9m | £32.5m |
| Cost of sales | £32.3m | £22.2m | £23.4m | £22.6m |
| Gross profit | £11.1m | £10.1m | £10.6m | £9.9m |
| Operating profit | £3m | £1.8m | £1.8m | £2m |
| Profit before tax | £3m | £1.9m | £1.9m | £2m |
| Profit after tax | £2.4m | £1.4m | £1.3m | £1.5m |
| Profit (best available) | £2.4m | £1.4m | £1.3m | £1.5m |
| Staff costs | £5.1m | £5.1m | £5.7m | £5.2m |
| Employees (average) | 61 | 65 | 64 | 63 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 5.6% | 4.3% | 3.9% | 4.6% |
| Gross margin | 25.5% | 31.3% | 31.1% | 30.5% |
| Revenue per employee | £712k | £497k | £530k | £516k |
| Profit per employee | £39.7k | £21.5k | £20.8k | £23.6k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▼25.5% | ▲4.9% | ▼4.2% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼42.2% | ▼5.1% | ▲11.7% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲6.6% | ▼1.5% | ▼1.6% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £4.2m | £4.5m | £3.7m | £3.2m |
| Net assets | £12m | £11m | £10.9m | £11.1m |
| Fixed assets | £4.5m | £4.7m | £4.7m | £4.3m |
| Current assets | £19.9m | £21.1m | £18.8m | £18m |
| Debtors | £8.7m | £5.9m | £7.5m | £6.4m |
| Deferred income | £1.8m | £1.3m | £1.3m | £1.2m |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Apr 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Apr 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Apr 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Aug 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 4.6%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 30.5%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £516k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £23.6k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 13.2%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 3.8%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 19.8%
- 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 £11.1m
- Cash at bank
- ▼13%
- Now £3.2m
- Headcount
- ▼2%
- Now 63
- Deferred income
- ▼7%
- Now £1.2m
- Fixed assets
- ▼8%
- Now £4.3m
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
- Citizen Machinery Co., Ltd. (registered outside the UK register)ultimate parent75–100%
- Citizen Machinery UK Ltdthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Subsidiaries (2)
- Miyano Machinery UK LimitedFigures not disclosed
- N.C. Engineering 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 £1.5m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Aug 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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