Claydon Yield-O-Meter Limited
Registered name: CLAYDON YIELD-O-METER LIMITED
Part of Claydon Family Holdings Limited groupClaydon Yield-O-Meter Limited made £8.5m revenue and a £437k loss in the year to 31 Oct 2025.
Claydon Yield-O-Meter Limited’s revenue fell 39% to £8.5m in the year to 31 Oct 2025, with a loss of £437k and 66 employees. The company is classified under “manufacture of agricultural and forestry machinery other than tractors” and is based in Newmarket; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Newmarket, East of England
- 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 Oct 2022 | 31 Oct 2023 | 31 Oct 2024 | 31 Oct 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £10.8m | £13.5m | £13.9m | £8.5m |
| Cost of sales | £7m | £8.7m | £8.6m | £5.8m |
| Gross profit | £3.8m | £4.8m | £5.2m | £2.7m |
| Operating profit | £2.1m | £2.2m | £2.4m | −£354k |
| Profit before tax | £2m | £2.2m | £2.3m | −£503k |
| Profit after tax | £1.6m | £1.6m | £1.7m | −£437k |
| Profit (best available) | £1.6m | £1.6m | £1.7m | −£437k |
| Staff costs | £1.9m | £2.6m | £3m | £2.6m |
| Employees (average) | 60 | 68 | 75 | 66 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 15.3% | 12.2% | 12.5% | −5.2% |
| Gross margin | 35.3% | 35.7% | 37.9% | 31.6% |
| Revenue per employee | £179k | £199k | £185k | £128k |
| Profit per employee | £27.4k | £24.2k | £23.1k | −£6.6k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲25.7% | ▲2.5% | ▼38.9% |
| Profit growth | — | ▲0.4% | ▲5% | ▼125.3% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲13.3% | ▲10.3% | ▼12% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £2.6m | £1.2m | £2.7m | £1.9m |
| Net assets | £5.9m | £6.3m | £7.9m | £5.6m |
| Fixed assets | £1.9m | £2m | £2.4m | £474k |
| Current assets | £7.8m | £8.3m | £8.9m | £7.6m |
| Debtors | £690k | £568k | £317k | £447k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Oct 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Oct 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jul 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jul 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- −5.2%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 31.6%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £128k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- −£6.6k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 5.6%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 5.3%
- 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
- ▼30%
- Now £5.6m
- Cash at bank
- ▼27%
- Now £1.9m
- Headcount
- ▼12%
- Now 66
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- ▼80%
- Now £474k
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Claydon Family Holdings Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- Claydon Yield-O-Meter 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 Oct 2025 (profit −£437k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Jul 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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