Specialist Anodising Company Limited
Registered name: SPECIALIST ANODISING COMPANY LIMITED
Part of Lendlock Group Limited groupSpecialist Anodising Company Limited made £23.1m revenue and £3.2m profit in the year to 31 Jul 2024. read from filing text
Specialist Anodising Company Limited’s revenue fell 12% to £23.1m in the year to 31 Jul 2024, with £3.2m profit and 326 employees. The company is classified under “manufacture of basic pharmaceutical products” and is based in Chester; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Chester, North West
- Age
- 42 yrs · since 1984
- 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 company's ultimate parent undertaking and controlling party is Lendlock Group Limited and its immediate parent undertaking is Lendlock International Limited. The results of the Company is consolid”
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Jul 2022 | 31 Jul 2023 | 31 Jul 2024 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text |
| Profit & loss | |||
| Revenue (turnover) | £20.9m | £26.2m | £23.1m |
| Cost of sales | £15.2m | £19.6m | £17.4m |
| Gross profit | £5.8m | £6.5m | £5.7m |
| Operating profit | £2.5m | £3.2m | £2.2m |
| Profit before tax | £2.3m | £3.3m | £2.6m |
| Profit after tax | £2m | £2.9m | £3.2m |
| Profit (best available) | £2m | £2.9m | £3.2m |
| Staff costs | £8.5m | £10.5m | £10.3m |
| Employees (average) | 287 | 333 | 326 |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | 9.4% | 11.1% | 13.9% |
| Gross margin | 27.5% | 25% | 24.6% |
| Revenue per employee | £73k | £78.6k | £70.9k |
| Profit per employee | £6.9k | £8.7k | £9.9k |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲24.9% | ▼11.7% |
| Profit growth | — | ▲47.7% | ▲10.7% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲16% | ▼2.1% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Cash at bank | £12.3m | £13.3m | £11.4m |
| Net assets | £28.6m | £27.6m | £30.8m |
| Fixed assets | £10.9m | £10.5m | £13.1m |
| Current assets | £23.5m | £24.5m | £24.9m |
| Debtors | £5m | £4.7m | £4.2m |
| Deferred income | £671k | £1.7m | £850k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Jul 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jul 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jul 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 13.9%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 24.6%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £70.9k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £9.9k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 56.9%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 3.7%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 18.3%
- 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
- ▲12%
- Now £30.8m
- Cash at bank
- ▼14%
- Now £11.4m
- Headcount
- ▼2%
- Now 326
- Deferred income
- ▼49%
- Now £850k
- Fixed assets
- ▲26%
- Now £13.1m
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
- Lendlock Group Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- Lendlock International Ltd75–100%
- Specialist Anodising Company Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Subsidiaries (1)
- Integrated Aluminium Components LimitedActive - Proposal to Strike offRev. £4.8m · Profit £269k
Sister companies (1)
- Scott Closures International LimitedActive - Proposal to Strike offFigures 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 31 Jul 2024 (profit £3.2m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Jul 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Updated from Companies House on 15 Oct 2026
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