Hepco Slide Systems Limited
Registered name: HEPCO SLIDE SYSTEMS LIMITED
Part of Hepco (Holdings) Limited groupHepco Slide Systems Limited made £46.8m revenue and £4.8m profit in the year to 31 Dec 2025.
Hepco Slide Systems Limited’s revenue grew 5% to £46.8m in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with £4.8m profit and 322 employees. The company is classified under “manufacture of other fabricated metal products” and is based in London; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- London, London
- Age
- 50 yrs · since 1976
- 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) | £45.6m | £46.5m | £44.4m | £46.8m |
| Cost of sales | £26.2m | £26.9m | £25.1m | £26.3m |
| Gross profit | £19.4m | £19.6m | £19.2m | £20.5m |
| Operating profit | £3.7m | £2m | £2m | £4.9m |
| Profit before tax | £3.1m | £3.1m | £3.2m | £6.4m |
| Profit after tax | £2.2m | £2.6m | £2.9m | £4.8m |
| Profit (best available) | £2.2m | £2.6m | £2.9m | £4.8m |
| Staff costs | £16.3m | £17.8m | £16m | £16.3m |
| Employees (average) | 320 | 321 | 314 | 322 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 4.9% | 5.6% | 6.5% | 10.3% |
| Gross margin | 42.6% | 42.1% | 43.4% | 43.7% |
| Revenue per employee | £142k | £145k | £141k | £145k |
| Profit per employee | £7k | £8.2k | £9.1k | £15k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲2% | ▼4.6% | ▲5.5% |
| Profit growth | — | ▲17.3% | ▲9.4% | ▲67.9% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲0.3% | ▼2.2% | ▲2.5% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £10.8m | £14.8m | £12.3m | £14.5m |
| Net assets | £50.3m | £52.9m | £55.8m | £60.6m |
| Fixed assets | £15.4m | £14.6m | £15.1m | £18.9m |
| Current assets | £42.2m | £48m | £47.1m | £48.5m |
| Debtors | £8m | £5.5m | £6.4m | £6m |
| Deferred income | £1.1m | £3.9m | £1.5m | £1.2m |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Sep 2024 | Accounts · bulk data Sep 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 10.3%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 43.7%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £145k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £15k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 40.5%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 2.6%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 12.9%
- 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 £60.6m
- Cash at bank
- ▲18%
- Now £14.5m
- Headcount
- ▲3%
- Now 322
- Deferred income
- ▼17%
- Now £1.2m
- Fixed assets
- ▲26%
- Now £18.9m
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
- Hepco (Holdings) Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- Hepco Slide Systems Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Sister companies (2)
- Braintree Precision Components LimitedRev. £8.5m · Profit £24.8k
- Hepcoautomation 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 £4.8m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Sep 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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