Ellis Patents Limited
Registered name: ELLIS PATENTS LIMITED
Part of Ellis Patents Holdings Limited groupEllis Patents Limited made £12.4m revenue and £1.9m profit in the year to 28 Feb 2025. read from filing text
Ellis Patents Limited’s revenue grew 27% to £12.4m in the year to 28 Feb 2025, with £1.9m profit and 84 employees. The company is classified under “manufacture of other plastic products” and is based in Malton; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Malton, Yorkshire and The Humber
- Age
- 49 yrs · since 1977
- 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: “The ultimate parent company and controlling party is Ellis Patents Holdings Limited. Ellis Patents Holdings Limited prepares consolidated accounts that can be obtained from its registered office at El”
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 28 Feb 2022 | 28 Feb 2023 | 29 Feb 2024 | 28 Feb 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Profit & lossread from filing text | Profit & lossread from filing text | Profit & lossread from filing text | Profit & lossread from filing text |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £7.5m | £9.2m | £9.8m | £12.4m |
| Cost of sales | £4.5m | £5.6m | £5.9m | £6.7m |
| Gross profit | £3m | £3.6m | £3.8m | £5.7m |
| Operating profit | £1m | £1m | £1m | £2.5m |
| Profit before tax | £1m | £1.1m | £1m | £2.6m |
| Profit after tax | £817k | £948k | £787k | £1.9m |
| Profit (best available) | £817k | £948k | £787k | £1.9m |
| Staff costs | £2.3m | £2.8m | £2.9m | £3.5m |
| Employees (average) | 66 | 69 | 74 | 84 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 10.9% | 10.3% | 8.1% | 15.7% |
| Gross margin | 40.4% | 39.3% | 39.3% | 46.1% |
| Revenue per employee | £114k | £133k | £132k | £147k |
| Profit per employee | £12.4k | £13.7k | £10.6k | £23.1k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲22.4% | ▲6.1% | ▲26.7% |
| Profit growth | — | ▲16.1% | ▼17.1% | ▲146.3% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲4.5% | ▲7.2% | ▲13.5% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £1.1m | £846k | £1.1m | £2.5m |
| Net assets | £4.7m | £5.2m | £5.6m | £7.1m |
| Fixed assets | £2m | £1.9m | £1.8m | £2.2m |
| Current assets | £4.9m | £5.2m | £5.2m | £6.6m |
| Debtors | £1.5m | £1.7m | £1.9m | £1.6m |
| Deferred income | £687k | £593k | £246k | £316k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Nov 2023 | FullAccounts · bulk data Nov 2023 | FullAccounts · bulk data Nov 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Nov 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 15.7%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 46.1%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £147k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £23.1k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 17.8%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 2.5%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 13.3%
- 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
- ▲28%
- Now £7.1m
- Cash at bank
- ▲128%
- Now £2.5m
- Headcount
- ▲14%
- Now 84
- Deferred income
- ▲28%
- Now £316k
- Fixed assets
- ▲20%
- Now £2.2m
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
- Ellis Patents Holdings Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- Ellis Patents Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 28 Feb 2025 (profit £1.9m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Nov 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Updated from Companies House on 15 Oct 2026