Cornelius Electronics Limited
Registered name: CORNELIUS ELECTRONICS LIMITED
Part of Cornelius Investments Holdings Ltd groupCornelius Electronics Limited made £19.7m revenue and £500k profit in the year to 30 Jun 2025.
Cornelius Electronics Limited’s revenue grew 15% to £19.7m in the year to 30 Jun 2025, with £500k profit and 184 employees. The company is classified under “manufacture of electronic components” and is based in West Glamorgan; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- West Glamorgan, Wales
- 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 | 30 Jun 2022 | 30 Jun 2023 | 30 Jun 2024 | 30 Jun 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £17.2m | £19.1m | £17.2m | £19.7m |
| Cost of sales | £14.3m | £15.6m | £14.9m | £16.4m |
| Gross profit | £2.8m | £3.5m | £2.3m | £3.3m |
| Operating profit | £624k | £727k | £180k | £689k |
| Profit before tax | £615k | £718k | £163k | £673k |
| Profit after tax | £586k | £482k | £129k | £500k |
| Profit (best available) | £586k | £482k | £129k | £500k |
| Staff costs | £5.1m | £5.4m | £5m | £5.6m |
| Employees (average) | 226 | 221 | 187 | 184 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 3.4% | 2.5% | 0.8% | 2.5% |
| Gross margin | 16.4% | 18.3% | 13.4% | 16.7% |
| Revenue per employee | £75.9k | £86.3k | £92.1k | £107k |
| Profit per employee | £2.6k | £2.2k | £691 | £2.7k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲11.1% | ▼9.7% | ▲14.6% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼17.8% | ▼73.2% | ▲286.9% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▼2.2% | ▼15.4% | ▼1.6% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £18.9k | £172k | £280k | £227k |
| Net assets | £3m | £3.1m | £3.2m | £3.6m |
| Fixed assets | £1.3m | £1.3m | £1.4m | £1.6m |
| Current assets | £6.7m | £7m | £7.5m | £8.1m |
| Debtors | £4m | £3.2m | £3.8m | £4.7m |
| Deferred income | £265k | £280k | £298k | £688k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Feb 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Feb 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Mar 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Mar 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 2.5%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 16.7%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £107k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £2.7k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 8.3%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 3.5%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 23.8%
- 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
- ▲14%
- Now £3.6m
- Cash at bank
- ▼19%
- Now £227k
- Headcount
- ▼2%
- Now 184
- Deferred income
- ▲131%
- Now £688k
- Fixed assets
- ▲15%
- Now £1.6m
Deferred income is reported together with accruals in this filing (“accruals and deferred income”), so it is an approximate signal only.
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Cornelius Investments Holdings Ltdultimate parent75–100%
- Cornelius (Holdings) Limited75–100%
- Cornelius Electronics Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Sister companies (1)
- Cornelius Design to Print LimitedFigures not disclosed
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 30 Jun 2025 (profit £500k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Mar 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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