Slingsby Advanced Composites Limited
Registered name: SLINGSBY ADVANCED COMPOSITES LIMITED
Part of Slingsby Holdings Limited groupSlingsby 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.
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Dec 2024 | 31 Dec 2025 |
|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full 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) | 106 | 122 |
| Ratios | ||
| Profit margin | 14.3% | 18.1% |
| Gross margin | 63.4% | 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 |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Jun 2026 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jun 2026 |
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.
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
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Slingsby Holdings Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- Slingsby Advanced Composites Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Sister companies (1)
- Westfield International LimitedRev. — · Profit £84.9k
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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