Tubetrade PLC
Registered name: TUBETRADE PLC
Part of South West Structurals Limited groupTubetrade PLC made £11.2m revenue and £113k profit in the year to 31 Mar 2026. read from filing text
Tubetrade PLC’s revenue grew 1% to £11.2m in the year to 31 Mar 2026, with £113k profit and 13 employees. The company is classified under “other business support service activities” and is based in London; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- London, London
- Age
- 38 yrs · since 1987
- Type
- Public 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 parent company and both the largest and smallest group of undertakings for which group accounts are prepared is South West Structurals Limited, a company incorporated in England and Wale”
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Mar 2023 | 31 Mar 2024 | 31 Mar 2025 | 31 Mar 2026 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £14.2m | £12.5m | £11.1m | £11.2m |
| Cost of sales | £10.9m | £9.8m | £8.7m | £8.9m |
| Gross profit | £3.3m | £2.8m | £2.4m | £2.3m |
| Operating profit | £480k | £689k | £727k | £540k |
| Profit before tax | £178k | £148k | £240k | £149k |
| Profit after tax | £160k | £88.8k | £173k | £113k |
| Profit (best available) | £160k | £88.8k | £173k | £113k |
| Staff costs | £971k | £769k | £600k | £791k |
| Employees (average) | 10 | 12 | 12 | 13 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 1.1% | 0.7% | 1.6% | 1% |
| Gross margin | 23% | 22% | 21.3% | 20.8% |
| Revenue per employee | £1.4m | £1m | £925k | £864k |
| Profit per employee | £16k | £7.4k | £14.4k | £8.7k |
| Cash conversion | −299.9% | −324.3% | −26.5% | −233.7% |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▼11.8% | ▼11.3% | ▲1.1% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼44.6% | ▲94.3% | ▼34.4% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲20% | 0% | ▲8.3% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £23.9k | £641k | £277k | £1.1m |
| Net assets | £1.4m | £1.5m | £1.7m | £1.8m |
| Fixed assets | £781k | £800k | £779k | £752k |
| Current assets | £10.7m | £9.1m | £8.4m | £8.6m |
| Debtors | £2.9m | £2.7m | £2.2m | £2.2m |
| Deferred income | £720k | £568k | £370k | £401k |
| Cash from operations | −£1.4m | −£2.2m | −£192k | −£1.3m |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Aug 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Aug 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Aug 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 1%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 20.8%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £864k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £8.7k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- −233.7%
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 6.7%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 3.6%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 19.5%
- 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
- ▲7%
- Now £1.8m
- Cash at bank
- ▲281%
- Now £1.1m
- Headcount
- ▲8%
- Now 13
- Deferred income
- ▲8%
- Now £401k
- Fixed assets
- ▼3%
- Now £752k
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
- South West Structurals Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- Tubetrade PLCthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Subsidiaries (1)
- Ramsteel Tubes 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 Mar 2026 (profit £113k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Sep 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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