Armstrong Pumps Limited
Registered name: ARMSTRONG PUMPS LIMITED
Armstrong Pumps Limited made £57.8m revenue and £370k profit in the year to 31 Dec 2024.
Armstrong Pumps Limited’s revenue grew 19% to £57.8m in the year to 31 Dec 2024, with £370k profit and 232 employees. The company is classified under “manufacture of pumps” and is based in Manchester; we hold 2 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Manchester, North West
- Age
- 49 yrs · since 1977
- 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||
| Revenue (turnover) | £48.4m | £57.8m |
| Cost of sales | £31.4m | £38.5m |
| Gross profit | £17m | £19.3m |
| Operating profit | £1.3m | £523k |
| Profit before tax | £1.3m | £370k |
| Profit after tax | £1.3m | £370k |
| Profit (best available) | £1.3m | £370k |
| Employees (average) | 218 | 232 |
| Ratios | ||
| Profit margin | 2.7% | 0.6% |
| Gross margin | 35.1% | 33.4% |
| Revenue per employee | £222k | £249k |
| Profit per employee | £5.9k | £1.6k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲19.4% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼71.4% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲6.4% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||
| Cash at bank | £2.2m | £1.5m |
| Net assets | −£11.7k | £470k |
| Fixed assets | £4.4m | £4.1m |
| Current assets | £21m | £27.1m |
| Debtors | £11.8m | £15.6m |
| Deferred income | £4.7m | £3.9m |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Oct 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Oct 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 0.6%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 33.4%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £249k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £1.6k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 7.1%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 6.8%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 27%
- 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 £470k
- Cash at bank
- ▼29%
- Now £1.5m
- Headcount
- ▲6%
- Now 232
- Deferred income
- ▼17%
- Now £3.9m
- Fixed assets
- ▼5%
- Now £4.1m
Deferred income is reported together with accruals in this filing (“accruals and deferred income”), so it is an approximate signal only.
Group structure
Subsidiaries (4)
- Armstrong Integrated LimitedRev. £57m · Profit £619k
- Baric Pumps LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Holden and Brooke LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Pullen Pumps 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 2024 (profit £370k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Oct 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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