Stovax Gazco Ltd
Registered name: STOVAX GAZCO LTD
Part of Nibe Industrier Ab groupStovax Gazco Ltd made £36m revenue and £18m profit in the year to 31 Dec 2025.
Stovax Gazco Ltd’s revenue grew 85% to £36m in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with £18m profit and 230 employees. The company is classified under “manufacture of other fabricated metal products” and is based in Exeter; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Exeter, South West
- Age
- 45 yrs · since 1981
- 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.
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) | £26.7m | £25.5m | £19.5m | £36m |
| Cost of sales | £17.4m | £17.7m | £13.5m | £25.8m |
| Gross profit | £9.3m | £7.8m | £6m | £10.2m |
| Operating profit | £3.2m | £1.4m | −£908k | −£614k |
| Profit before tax | £3.4m | £2m | −£281k | £18.2m |
| Profit after tax | £2.8m | £1.5m | −£215k | £18m |
| Profit (best available) | £2.8m | £1.5m | −£215k | £18m |
| Employees (average) | 110 | 120 | 142 | 230 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 10.5% | 5.7% | −1.1% | 50.1% |
| Gross margin | 34.9% | 30.6% | 30.6% | 28.3% |
| Revenue per employee | £243k | £213k | £137k | £157k |
| Profit per employee | £25.5k | £12.2k | −£1.5k | £78.4k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▼4.5% | ▼23.4% | ▲84.5% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼47.8% | ▼114.7% | — |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲9.1% | ▲18.3% | ▲62% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £18.5m | £14.3m | £25.8m | £28m |
| Net assets | £23.8m | £23.4m | £21.8m | £39.8m |
| Fixed assets | £2.4m | £1.7m | £2.9m | £2.3m |
| Current assets | £26.4m | £25.2m | £42.4m | £43.4m |
| Debtors | £3.6m | £2.5m | £5.6m | £4.8m |
| Deferred income | £2.4m | £1.6m | £2.1m | £2.3m |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Jun 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jun 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data May 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 50.1%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 28.3%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £157k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £78.4k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 6.4%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 6.5%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 13.2%
- 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
- ▲83%
- Now £39.8m
- Cash at bank
- ▲9%
- Now £28m
- Headcount
- ▲62%
- Now 230
- Deferred income
- ▲13%
- Now £2.3m
- Fixed assets
- ▼21%
- Now £2.3m
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
- Nibe Industrier Ab (registered outside the UK register)ultimate parent75–100%
- Stovax Heating Group Limited75–100%
- Stovax Gazco Ltdthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Subsidiaries (1)
- Gazco LimitedRev. £0 · Profit £0
Sister companies (2)
- Stovax LimitedRev. £0 · Profit £3m
- Stovax Heating Group (Ni) 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 £18m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published May 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Updated from Companies House on 15 Oct 2026
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