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Company No. 01688938 · Incorporated 24 Dec 1982

Slingsby Advanced Composites Limited

Registered name: SLINGSBY ADVANCED COMPOSITES LIMITED

Part of Slingsby Holdings Limited group

Slingsby Advanced Composites Limited made £22.4m revenue and £4.1m profit in the year to 31 Dec 2025.

Slingsby Advanced Composites Limited’s revenue grew 46% to £22.4m in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with £4.1m profit and 122 employees. The company is classified under “manufacture of air and spacecraft and related machinery” and is based in North Yorkshire; we hold 2 years of its filed accounts.

Status
Active
Location
North Yorkshire, Yorkshire and The Humber
Age
43 yrs · since 1982
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

Operating leverage
Revenue
£22.4m
Growth ▲46.3%
Profit
£4.1m
Growth ▲85.7%
Profit margin
18.1%
Gross 57.9%
Employees
122
Change ▲15.1%
Profit / employee
£33.2k
Revenue/employee £184k
Profitable streak
2yrs
Consecutive profitable years in our data

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

2 filed years

Financial history

Multi-year financials, oldest to newest
Year to31 Dec 202431 Dec 2025
DisclosureFull P&LFull P&L
Profit & loss
Revenue (turnover)£15.3m£22.4m
Cost of sales£5.6m£9.4m
Gross profit£9.7m£13m
Operating profit£2.2m£5.3m
Profit before tax£2.2m£5.3m
Profit after tax£2.2m£4.1m
Profit (best available)£2.2m£4.1m
Staff costs£5.4m£6.8m
Employees (average)106122
Ratios
Profit margin14.3%18.1%
Gross margin63.4%57.9%
Revenue per employee£144k£184k
Profit per employee£20.6k£33.2k
Growth (year on year)
Revenue growth—▲46.3%
Profit growth—▲85.7%
Headcount growth—▲15.1%
Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue
Cash at bank£8k£5.5m
Net assets£9.3m£13.4m
Fixed assets£4.7m£6.6m
Current assets£10.9m£13.3m
Debtors£1.3m£1.9m
SourceFullAccounts · bulk data Jun 2026FullAccounts · bulk data Jun 2026
Derived from the latest filing

How the business works

Profit margin
18.1%
Profit ÷ revenue.
Gross margin
57.9%
Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
Revenue per employee
£184k
Revenue ÷ average employees.
Profit per employee
£33.2k
Profit ÷ average employees.
Cash conversion
—
Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
Fixed assets ÷ revenue
29.6%
Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
Deferred income ÷ revenue
—
Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
Debtors ÷ revenue
8.6%
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
▲44%
Now £13.4m
Cash at bank
▲69482%
Now £5.5m
Headcount
▲15%
Now 122
Deferred income
—
Now —
Fixed assets
▲40%
Now £6.6m
Corporate ownership

Group structure

Ownership chain

  1. Slingsby Holdings Limitedultimate parent75–100%
  2. Slingsby Advanced Composites Limitedthis company

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

Sister companies (1)

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 £4.1m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Jun 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.

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