Heller Machine Tools Limited
Registered name: HELLER MACHINE TOOLS LIMITED
Part of Heller Machine Tools Holdings Limited groupHeller Machine Tools Limited made £60.8m revenue and £133k profit in the year to 31 Dec 2024.
Heller Machine Tools Limited’s revenue was £60.8m in the year to 31 Dec 2024, with £133k profit and 147 employees. The company is classified under “manufacture of other machine tools” and is based in Worcestershire; we hold 2 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Worcestershire, West Midlands
- Age
- 47 yrs · since 1979
- 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: “Heller Machine Tools Holdings Limited”
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) | £60.6m | £60.8m |
| Operating profit | £1.1m | £608k |
| Profit before tax | £660k | £265k |
| Profit after tax | £398k | £133k |
| Profit (best available) | £398k | £133k |
| Staff costs | £6.8m | £6.4m |
| Employees (average) | 156 | 147 |
| Ratios | ||
| Profit margin | 0.7% | 0.2% |
| Revenue per employee | £389k | £414k |
| Profit per employee | £2.5k | £908 |
| Cash conversion | 139% | 653.8% |
| Growth (year on year) | ||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲0.3% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼66.4% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▼5.8% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||
| Cash at bank | £2.6k | £4.8k |
| Net assets | £9.9m | £10m |
| Fixed assets | £4.7m | £4.3m |
| Current assets | £23.8m | £13.6m |
| Debtors | £2.9m | £2.4m |
| Deferred income | £2m | £2.3m |
| Cash from operations | £1.5m | £4m |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Apr 2026 | FullAccounts · bulk data Apr 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 0.2%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- —
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £414k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £908
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- 653.8%
- 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
- 3.8%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 4%
- 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
- ▲1%
- Now £10m
- Cash at bank
- ▲83%
- Now £4.8k
- Headcount
- ▼6%
- Now 147
- Deferred income
- ▲16%
- Now £2.3m
- Fixed assets
- ▼7%
- Now £4.3m
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
- Heller Machine Tools Holdings Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- Heller Machine Tools 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 Dec 2024 (profit £133k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Apr 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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