Thermoteknix Systems Limited
Registered name: THERMOTEKNIX SYSTEMS LIMITED
Thermoteknix Systems Limited made £14.3m revenue and a £1.9m loss in the year to 30 Apr 2025.
Thermoteknix Systems Limited’s revenue fell 12% to £14.3m in the year to 30 Apr 2025, with a loss of £1.9m and 68 employees. The company is classified under “manufacture of other special-purpose machinery” and is based in Cambridge; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Cambridge, East of England
- Age
- 44 yrs · since 1982
- Type
- Private Limited Company
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 30 Apr 2022 | 30 Apr 2023 | 30 Apr 2024 | 30 Apr 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £10.2m | £17.4m | £16.2m | £14.3m |
| Cost of sales | £4.4m | £7.8m | £4.7m | £4.2m |
| Gross profit | £5.7m | £9.6m | £11.5m | £10.1m |
| Operating profit | £1.5m | £1.2m | £683k | −£2.2m |
| Profit before tax | £1.5m | £1.3m | £1.1m | −£1.9m |
| Profit after tax | £1.9m | £1.7m | £2.3m | −£1.9m |
| Profit (best available) | £1.9m | £1.7m | £2.3m | −£1.9m |
| Staff costs | — | — | £8.2m | £9.1m |
| Employees (average) | 59 | 66 | 69 | 68 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 18.3% | 9.8% | 14% | −13.1% |
| Gross margin | 56.5% | 55.1% | 71.1% | 70.6% |
| Revenue per employee | £172k | £263k | £235k | £210k |
| Profit per employee | £31.6k | £25.8k | £32.7k | −£27.6k |
| Cash conversion | −168.6% | −255.7% | −46% | — |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲70.5% | ▼6.7% | ▼11.6% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼8.6% | ▲32.5% | ▼183% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲11.9% | ▲4.5% | ▼1.5% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £9.7m | £12.8m | £13.5m | £10.3m |
| Net assets | £8.1m | £9.8m | £12.1m | £8.3m |
| Fixed assets | £283k | £307k | £336k | £259k |
| Current assets | £15.9m | £17.7m | £19.8m | £20.5m |
| Debtors | £3.5m | £543k | £1.3m | £5.7m |
| Deferred income | £1.4m | £2.7m | £4.2m | £4.9m |
| Cash from operations | −£2.5m | −£3.1m | −£314k | −£3.5m |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2023 | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2023 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jan 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Apr 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- −13.1%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 70.6%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £210k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- −£27.6k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 1.8%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 34.4%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 39.7%
- 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
- ▼31%
- Now £8.3m
- Cash at bank
- ▼23%
- Now £10.3m
- Headcount
- ▼1%
- Now 68
- Deferred income
- ▲18%
- Now £4.9m
- Fixed assets
- ▼23%
- Now £259k
Deferred income is reported together with accruals in this filing (“accruals and deferred income”), so it is an approximate signal only.
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 30 Apr 2025 (profit −£1.9m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Apr 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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