Cambustion Limited
Registered name: CAMBUSTION LIMITED
Part of Fidion Eot Limited groupCambustion Limited made £10.6m revenue and £2.5m profit in the year to 30 Apr 2023.
Cambustion Limited’s revenue fell 1% to £10.6m in the year to 30 Apr 2023, with £2.5m profit and 66 employees. The company is classified under “manufacture of other special-purpose machinery” and is based in Cambridge; we hold 2 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Cambridge, East of England
- Age
- 39 yrs · since 1987
- 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 immediate parent company and controlling party is Fidion Limited, a company incorporated 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 Apr 2022 | 30 Apr 2023 |
|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||
| Revenue (turnover) | £10.7m | £10.6m |
| Cost of sales | £5m | £5.2m |
| Gross profit | £5.7m | £5.4m |
| Operating profit | £2.7m | £2.4m |
| Profit before tax | £2.7m | £2.4m |
| Profit after tax | £2.5m | £2.5m |
| Profit (best available) | £2.5m | £2.5m |
| Staff costs | £3.9m | £4.1m |
| Employees (average) | 67 | 66 |
| Ratios | ||
| Profit margin | 23.4% | 23.3% |
| Gross margin | 53.5% | 51.2% |
| Revenue per employee | £159k | £160k |
| Profit per employee | £37.3k | £37.3k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||
| Revenue growth | — | ▼0.8% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼1.4% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▼1.5% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||
| Cash at bank | £5.5m | £3.8m |
| Net assets | £11.8m | £12.2m |
| Fixed assets | £1.7m | £4m |
| Current assets | £11.7m | £9.6m |
| Debtors | £3.1m | £2.3m |
| Deferred income | £883k | £855k |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Dec 2023 | Accounts · bulk data Dec 2023 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 23.3%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 51.2%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £160k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £37.3k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 38.3%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 8.1%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 22.1%
- 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
- ▲4%
- Now £12.2m
- Cash at bank
- ▼31%
- Now £3.8m
- Headcount
- ▼1%
- Now 66
- Deferred income
- ▼3%
- Now £855k
- Fixed assets
- ▲132%
- Now £4m
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
- Fidion Eot Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- Fidion Limited75–100%
- Cambustion Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Sister companies (1)
- Cammotive LimitedFigures not disclosed
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
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Sources
Latest figures from accounts for the year to 30 Apr 2023 (profit £2.5m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Dec 2023. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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