Mipa Paints Limited.
Registered name: MIPA PAINTS LIMITED.
Mipa Paints Limited. made £11.7m revenue and £716k profit in the year to 31 Dec 2025.
Mipa Paints Limited.’s revenue grew 3% to £11.7m in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with £716k profit and 37 employees. The company is classified under “manufacture of paints, varnishes and similar coatings, mastics and sealants” and is based in Havant; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Havant, South East
- 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: “MIPA SE”
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) | £12m | £11.3m | £11.4m | £11.7m |
| Cost of sales | £8.1m | £8m | £7.7m | £8m |
| Gross profit | £3.9m | £3.2m | £3.6m | £3.8m |
| Operating profit | £1.2m | £850k | £877k | £1m |
| Profit before tax | £1m | £809k | £828k | £990k |
| Profit after tax | £886k | £618k | £595k | £716k |
| Profit (best available) | £886k | £618k | £595k | £716k |
| Staff costs | £1.4m | £1.5m | £1.6m | £1.7m |
| Employees (average) | 31 | 31 | 36 | 37 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 7.4% | 5.5% | 5.2% | 6.1% |
| Gross margin | 32.6% | 28.6% | 32% | 32% |
| Revenue per employee | £386k | £363k | £316k | £317k |
| Profit per employee | £28.6k | £19.9k | £16.5k | £19.4k |
| Cash conversion | 88.4% | 129.2% | 113.5% | 143.2% |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▼5.9% | ▲1.1% | ▲3% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼30.2% | ▼3.8% | ▲20.5% |
| Headcount growth | — | 0% | ▲16.1% | ▲2.8% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £1.2m | £664k | £609k | £1.2m |
| Net assets | £5.6m | £6.3m | £6.9m | £7.6m |
| Fixed assets | £5.2m | £5m | £5m | £4.9m |
| Current assets | £5.6m | £5m | £5.7m | £5.9m |
| Debtors | £2m | £1.6m | £1.6m | £1.7m |
| Cash from operations | £1m | £1.1m | £996k | £1.5m |
| 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
- 6.1%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 32%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £317k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £19.4k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- 143.2%
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 42.1%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 14.3%
- 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
- ▲10%
- Now £7.6m
- Cash at bank
- ▲90%
- Now £1.2m
- Headcount
- ▲3%
- Now 37
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- ▼2%
- Now £4.9m
Group structure
Subsidiaries (1)
- Monofil 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 31 Dec 2025 (profit £716k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Sep 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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