Nova Group Limited
Registered name: NOVA GROUP LIMITED
Part of Nova Double Glazing Systems Limited groupNova Group Limited made £13.3m revenue and £35.4k profit in the year to 31 Dec 2025.
Nova Group Limited’s revenue fell 10% to £13.3m in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with £35.4k profit and 157 employees. The company is classified under “manufacture of other plastic products” and is based in Altrincham; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Altrincham, North West
- Age
- 46 yrs · since 1980
- 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: “Nova Double Glazing Systems 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 2022 | 31 Dec 2023 | 31 Dec 2024 | 31 Dec 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £18.6m | £16.2m | £14.8m | £13.3m |
| Cost of sales | £13.8m | £11.7m | £11m | £9.8m |
| Gross profit | £4.8m | £4.4m | £3.9m | £3.5m |
| Operating profit | — | — | £423k | £97.4k |
| Profit before tax | £497k | £375k | £352k | £49.2k |
| Profit after tax | £456k | £249k | £261k | £35.4k |
| Profit (best available) | £456k | £249k | £261k | £35.4k |
| Staff costs | — | £5.5m | £4.8m | £4.9m |
| Employees (average) | 197 | 171 | 160 | 157 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 2.5% | 1.5% | 1.8% | 0.3% |
| Gross margin | 25.9% | 27.4% | 26.1% | 26.3% |
| Revenue per employee | £94.3k | £94.6k | £92.7k | £84.7k |
| Profit per employee | £2.3k | £1.5k | £1.6k | £226 |
| Cash conversion | — | — | −78% | 430.4% |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▼12.9% | ▼8.3% | ▼10.4% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼45.5% | ▲5.1% | ▼86.4% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▼13.2% | ▼6.4% | ▼1.9% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £381k | £555k | £53.1k | £90k |
| Net assets | £7.7m | £7.9m | £8.2m | £8.2m |
| Fixed assets | £7.2m | £7.1m | £7m | £6.8m |
| Current assets | £7.3m | £7m | £6.6m | £7.1m |
| Debtors | £2.3m | £1.8m | £1.6m | £1.4m |
| Cash from operations | £2.4m | £876k | −£330k | £419k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 0.3%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 26.3%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £84.7k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £226
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- 430.4%
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 51.5%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 10.6%
- 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
- ▲0%
- Now £8.2m
- Cash at bank
- ▲70%
- Now £90k
- Headcount
- ▼2%
- Now 157
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- ▼2%
- Now £6.8m
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Nova Double Glazing Systems Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- Nova Group Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Subsidiaries (2)
- Altrincham Glass Company LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Novapane Insulating Glass 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 2025 (profit £35.4k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Sep 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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