Solent Steel Engineering Limited
Registered name: SOLENT STEEL ENGINEERING LIMITED
Solent Steel Engineering Limited made £4.8m revenue and a £412k loss in the year to 31 Dec 2025.
Solent Steel Engineering Limited’s revenue fell 7% to £4.8m in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with a loss of £412k and 34 employees. The company is classified under “other business support service activities” and is based in Waterlooville; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Waterlooville, South East
- Age
- 49 yrs · since 1976
- 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 Dec 2023 | 31 Dec 2024 | 31 Dec 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | |||
| Revenue (turnover) | £3.8m | £5.1m | £4.8m |
| Cost of sales | −£2.3m | −£3.1m | −£2.9m |
| Gross profit | £1.5m | £2m | £1.8m |
| Operating profit | −£1.8m | −£1.3m | −£426k |
| Profit before tax | −£1.8m | −£1.3m | −£426k |
| Profit after tax | −£1.8m | −£1.3m | −£412k |
| Profit (best available) | −£1.8m | −£1.3m | −£412k |
| Employees (average) | — | 40 | 34 |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | −47.9% | −24.7% | −8.6% |
| Gross margin | 39.3% | 39.3% | 38.1% |
| Revenue per employee | — | £128k | £140k |
| Profit per employee | — | −£31.7k | −£12.1k |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲36.5% | ▼7.3% |
| Headcount growth | — | — | ▼15% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Net assets | — | — | — |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Nov 2025 | Accounts · bulk data Nov 2025 | Accounts · bulk data Sep 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- −8.6%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 38.1%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £140k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- −£12.1k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- —
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- —
- 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
- —
- Now —
- Cash at bank
- —
- Now —
- Headcount
- ▼15%
- Now 34
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now —
Group structure
Subsidiaries (2)
- Bigneat LimitedRev. £4.8m · Profit −£412k
- Carbon Filters Direct LtdFigures not disclosed
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
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Sources
Latest figures from accounts for the year to 31 Dec 2025 (profit −£412k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Sep 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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