Steelite International Limited
Registered name: STEELITE INTERNATIONAL LIMITED
Part of St Athena Global Llc groupSteelite International Limited made £119m revenue and £1.5m profit in the year to 31 Dec 2025.
Steelite International Limited’s revenue grew 22% to £119m in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with £1.5m profit and 776 employees. The company is classified under “manufacture of other ceramic products” and is based in Stoke-on-Trent; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Stoke-on-Trent, West Midlands
- Age
- 43 yrs · since 1983
- 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 2023 | 31 Dec 2024 | 31 Dec 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | |||
| Revenue (turnover) | £79m | £97.4m | £119m |
| Cost of sales | −£51.2m | −£65.6m | −£75.1m |
| Gross profit | £27.8m | £31.8m | £43.6m |
| Operating profit | £7.4m | −£1.9m | £2.6m |
| Profit before tax | £7.4m | −£1.9m | £2.6m |
| Profit after tax | £5.4m | −£1.4m | £1.5m |
| Profit (best available) | £5.4m | −£1.4m | £1.5m |
| Employees (average) | 916 | 858 | 776 |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | 6.8% | −1.5% | 1.2% |
| Gross margin | 35.2% | 32.7% | 36.7% |
| Revenue per employee | £86.3k | £113k | £153k |
| Profit per employee | £5.9k | −£1.7k | £1.9k |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲23.2% | ▲22% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼126.4% | — |
| Headcount growth | — | ▼6.3% | ▼9.6% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Net assets | — | — | — |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Sep 2025 | Accounts · bulk data Sep 2025 | Accounts · bulk data Sep 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 1.2%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 36.7%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £153k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £1.9k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- —
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- —
- 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
- —
- Now —
- Cash at bank
- —
- Now —
- Headcount
- ▼10%
- Now 776
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now —
Group structure
Ownership chain
- St Athena Global Llc (registered outside the UK register)ultimate parent75–100%
- ST Athena Global Holdings Limited75–100%
- Steelite International Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Subsidiaries (3)
- Steelite International Exports LtdFigures not disclosed
- Utopia Tableware Trading LimitedLiquidationFigures not disclosed
- William Edwards LtdFigures not disclosed
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
Sources
Latest figures from accounts for the year to 31 Dec 2025 (profit £1.5m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Sep 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Updated from Companies House on 24 Oct 2026
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