Norton Cast Products Limited
Registered name: NORTON CAST PRODUCTS LIMITED
Part of J.B. Ingall Eot Limited groupNorton Cast Products Limited made £11.3m revenue and £210k profit in the year to 31 Jan 2025. read from filing text
Norton Cast Products Limited’s revenue fell 14% to £11.3m in the year to 31 Jan 2025, with £210k profit and 76 employees. The company is classified under “casting of steel” and is based in Sheffield; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Sheffield, Yorkshire and The Humber
- Age
- 48 yrs · since 1978
- 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 is J B Ingall Limited, a company registered in England and Wales. J B Ingall Limited prepares group financial statements and copies can be obtained from Companies House.”
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Jan 2022 | 31 Jan 2023 | 31 Jan 2024 | 31 Jan 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) | £9.3m | £12.4m | £13.1m | £11.3m |
| Cost of sales | £7.2m | £9.7m | £10.1m | £8.6m |
| Gross profit | £2.1m | £2.7m | £3m | £2.7m |
| Operating profit | — | — | £386k | £220k |
| Profit before tax | £76.4k | £423k | £413k | £210k |
| Profit after tax | £131k | £464k | £467k | £210k |
| Profit (best available) | £131k | £464k | £467k | £210k |
| Staff costs | £2.4m | £2.6m | £3m | £2.9m |
| Employees (average) | 77 | 75 | 80 | 76 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 1.4% | 3.8% | 3.6% | 1.9% |
| Gross margin | 22.2% | 21.7% | 23% | 24.2% |
| Revenue per employee | £121k | £165k | £163k | £149k |
| Profit per employee | £1.7k | £6.2k | £5.8k | £2.8k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲33% | ▲5.8% | ▼13.6% |
| Profit growth | — | ▲253.4% | ▲0.6% | ▼55% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▼2.6% | ▲6.7% | ▼5% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £2.2m | £2.3m | £2.3m | £636k |
| Net assets | £2.5m | £2.7m | £3m | £688k |
| Fixed assets | £762k | £937k | £1.1m | £1.4m |
| Current assets | £5m | £6m | £5.9m | £4.1m |
| Debtors | £1.6m | £2.1m | £2.2m | £1.5m |
| Deferred income | £171k | £296k | £300k | £178k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Oct 2023 | FullAccounts · bulk data Oct 2023 | FullAccounts · bulk data Oct 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Oct 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 1.9%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 24.2%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £149k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £2.8k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 12.4%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 1.6%
- 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
- ▼77%
- Now £688k
- Cash at bank
- ▼73%
- Now £636k
- Headcount
- ▼5%
- Now 76
- Deferred income
- ▼40%
- Now £178k
- Fixed assets
- ▲29%
- Now £1.4m
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
- J.B. Ingall Eot Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- J.B. Ingall Limited75–100%
- Norton Cast Products 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 31 Jan 2025 (profit £210k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Oct 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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