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Company No. 01572550 · Incorporated 6 Jul 1981

Stovax Gazco Ltd

Registered name: STOVAX GAZCO LTD

Part of Nibe Industrier Ab group

Stovax 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.

Latest accounts · year to 31 Dec 2025

Key figures

Capital-light
Revenue
£36m
Growth ▲84.5%
Profit
£18m
Growth —
Profit margin
50.1%
Gross 28.3%
Employees
230
Change ▲62%
Profit / employee
£78.4k
Revenue/employee £157k
Profitable streak
1yr
Consecutive profitable years in our data

Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.

4 filed years

Financial history

Multi-year financials, oldest to newest
Year to31 Dec 202231 Dec 202331 Dec 202431 Dec 2025
DisclosureFull P&LFull P&LFull P&LFull 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)110120142230
Ratios
Profit margin10.5%5.7%−1.1%50.1%
Gross margin34.9%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
SourceFullAccounts · bulk data Jun 2024FullAccounts · bulk data Jun 2024FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2025FullAccounts · bulk data May 2026
Derived from the latest filing

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.
Indirect — not revenue

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.

Corporate ownership

Group structure

Ownership chain

  1. Nibe Industrier Ab (registered outside the UK register)ultimate parent75–100%
  2. Stovax Heating Group Limited75–100%
  3. Stovax Gazco Ltdthis company

Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.

Subsidiaries (1)

Sister companies (2)

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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