SFS Group Fastening Technology Limited
Registered name: SFS GROUP FASTENING TECHNOLOGY LIMITED
SFS Group Fastening Technology Limited made £55.4m revenue and £4m profit in the year to 31 Dec 2025.
SFS Group Fastening Technology Limited’s revenue fell 10% to £55.4m in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with £4m profit and 162 employees. The company is classified under “activities of head offices”; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Yorkshire and The Humber
- Age
- 43 yrs · since 1983
- Type
- Private Limited Company
Pass-through vehicle. This looks like a holding, staffing or umbrella company. Its revenue and profit may largely pass through to or from other entities, so the figures may not reflect a standalone operating business. It is excluded from our opportunity lists.
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. From the filing: “SFS intec Holding AG”
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Dec 2022 | 31 Dec 2023 | 31 Dec 2024 | 31 Dec 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £58.2m | £61.5m | £61.4m | £55.4m |
| Cost of sales | £37.3m | £39.9m | £39.2m | £35.9m |
| Gross profit | £20.9m | £21.6m | £22.2m | £19.5m |
| Operating profit | — | — | £8.6m | £5.8m |
| Profit before tax | £8.3m | £8.7m | £8.8m | £5.9m |
| Profit after tax | £6.3m | £6.3m | £6.2m | £4m |
| Profit (best available) | £6.3m | £6.3m | £6.2m | £4m |
| Staff costs | £8.2m | £8.7m | £8.8m | £9m |
| Employees (average) | 164 | 168 | 163 | 162 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 10.8% | 10.3% | 10.1% | 7.3% |
| Gross margin | 36% | 35.1% | 36.2% | 35.2% |
| Revenue per employee | £355k | £366k | £377k | £342k |
| Profit per employee | £38.4k | £37.8k | £38.1k | £24.9k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲5.6% | ▼0.1% | ▼9.7% |
| Profit growth | — | ▲0.9% | ▼2.3% | ▼34.9% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲2.4% | ▼3% | ▼0.6% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £6.4m | £7.2m | £7.1m | £5.5m |
| Net assets | £36.9m | £33.1m | £29.2m | £23.2m |
| Fixed assets | £11.5m | £9.3m | £7.6m | £5.4m |
| Current assets | £32.2m | £31.2m | £28.1m | £23.5m |
| Debtors | £9.4m | £8m | £8.3m | £7.3m |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 7.3%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 35.2%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £342k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £24.9k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 9.7%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 13.1%
- 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
- ▼21%
- Now £23.2m
- Cash at bank
- ▼22%
- Now £5.5m
- Headcount
- ▼1%
- Now 162
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- ▼29%
- Now £5.4m
Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Dec 2025 (profit £4m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Sep 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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