Vanguard Foundry Limited
Registered name: VANGUARD FOUNDRY LIMITED
Part of Vanguard 2024 Limited groupVanguard Foundry Limited made £13.3m revenue and £1.1m profit in the year to 30 Sep 2025. read from filing text
Vanguard Foundry Limited’s revenue grew 3% to £13.3m in the year to 30 Sep 2025, with £1.1m profit and 106 employees. The company is classified under “casting of iron” and is based in Stourbridge; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Stourbridge, 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. From the filing: “The parent company of Vanguard Foundry Limited is Vanguard 2024 Limited, a company registered in England and Wales.”
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 30 Sep 2022 | 30 Sep 2023 | 30 Sep 2024 | 30 Sep 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | No P&L | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | — | £11.2m | £12.9m | £13.3m |
| Cost of sales | — | £9m | £9.9m | £9.5m |
| Gross profit | — | £2.2m | £3m | £3.7m |
| Operating profit | — | £337k | £722k | £1.2m |
| Profit before tax | — | £314k | £672k | £1.1m |
| Profit after tax | — | £314k | £817k | £1.1m |
| Profit (best available) | — | £314k | £817k | £1.1m |
| Staff costs | — | £4.2m | £4.5m | £4.8m |
| Employees (average) | 94 | 102 | 102 | 106 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | — | 2.8% | 6.4% | 8% |
| Gross margin | — | 19.6% | 23.3% | 28.2% |
| Revenue per employee | — | £109k | £126k | £125k |
| Profit per employee | — | £3.1k | £8k | £10k |
| Cash conversion | — | −76.5% | −77% | — |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | — | ▲15.1% | ▲3.3% |
| Profit growth | — | — | ▲159.9% | ▲29.8% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲8.5% | 0% | ▲3.9% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £111k | £61.2k | £64.8k | £62.3k |
| Net assets | £846k | £1.1m | £1.9m | £3m |
| Fixed assets | £432k | £875k | £1.3m | £1.9m |
| Current assets | £3.5m | £3m | £3.8m | £4.4m |
| Debtors | £2.2m | £1.6m | £2.3m | £2.3m |
| Deferred income | £202k | £216k | £409k | £448k |
| Cash from operations | — | −£257k | −£555k | — |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Jun 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jun 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data May 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jun 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 8%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 28.2%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £125k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £10k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 14.3%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 3.4%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 17.6%
- 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
- ▲53%
- Now £3m
- Cash at bank
- ▼4%
- Now £62.3k
- Headcount
- ▲4%
- Now 106
- Deferred income
- ▲10%
- Now £448k
- Fixed assets
- ▲51%
- Now £1.9m
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
- Vanguard 2024 Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- Vanguard Foundry Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 30 Sep 2025 (profit £1.1m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Jun 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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