Cembre Ltd.
Registered name: CEMBRE LTD.
Cembre Ltd. made £34.5m revenue and £3.1m profit in the year to 31 Dec 2025.
Cembre Ltd.’s revenue grew 20% to £34.5m in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with £3.1m profit and 124 employees. The company is classified under “manufacture of other electrical equipment” and is based in Sutton Coldfield; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Sutton Coldfield, West Midlands
- Age
- 39 yrs · since 1986
- 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: “Cembre S.p.A”
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) | £23.6m | £26.1m | £28.8m | £34.5m |
| Cost of sales | £14.4m | £17.5m | £18.5m | £21.7m |
| Gross profit | £9.2m | £8.6m | £10.3m | £12.8m |
| Operating profit | £2.6m | £1.8m | £3.2m | £4.2m |
| Profit before tax | £2.5m | £1.7m | £3.1m | £4.1m |
| Profit after tax | £2.1m | £1.3m | £2.3m | £3.1m |
| Profit (best available) | £2.1m | £1.3m | £2.3m | £3.1m |
| Staff costs | £4.8m | £4.9m | £5.6m | £6.3m |
| Employees (average) | 117 | 115 | 123 | 124 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 8.8% | 5% | 8.1% | 8.9% |
| Gross margin | 39.1% | 33% | 35.8% | 37.2% |
| Revenue per employee | £202k | £227k | £234k | £278k |
| Profit per employee | £17.9k | £11.4k | £19k | £24.7k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲10.2% | ▲10.6% | ▲19.8% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼37.2% | ▲77.9% | ▲31.1% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▼1.7% | ▲7% | ▲0.8% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £3.1m | £1.1m | £1.4m | £1.3m |
| Net assets | £14.5m | £15m | £17.3m | £19.3m |
| Fixed assets | £5.3m | £7.3m | £9.6m | £9.6m |
| Current assets | £14.8m | £14.6m | £16.4m | £18.2m |
| Debtors | £6m | £7.6m | £8.5m | £9.1m |
| Deferred income | £426k | £561k | £549k | £1.2m |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Feb 2024 | Accounts · bulk data Feb 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Feb 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Mar 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 8.9%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 37.2%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £278k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £24.7k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 27.9%
- 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
- 26.3%
- 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 £19.3m
- Cash at bank
- ▼6%
- Now £1.3m
- Headcount
- ▲1%
- Now 124
- Deferred income
- ▲114%
- Now £1.2m
- Fixed assets
- ▲0%
- Now £9.6m
Deferred income is reported together with accruals in this filing (“accruals and deferred income”), so it is an approximate signal only.
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Dec 2025 (profit £3.1m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Mar 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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