Newson Gale Limited
Registered name: NEWSON GALE LIMITED
Part of Hoerbiger UK Limited groupNewson Gale Limited made £8.6m revenue and £1.7m profit in the year to 31 Dec 2023. read from filing text
Newson Gale Limited’s revenue grew 6% to £8.6m in the year to 31 Dec 2023, with £1.7m profit and 53 employees. The company is classified under “manufacture of electronic industrial process control equipment” and is based in Nottingham; we hold 2 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Nottingham, East Midlands
- Age
- 38 yrs · since 1988
- 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: “Newson Gale Limited is a wholly owned subsidiary of Hoerbiger UK Limited.”
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text |
| Profit & loss | ||
| Revenue (turnover) | £8.1m | £8.6m |
| Cost of sales | £2.8m | £2.4m |
| Gross profit | £5.3m | £6.2m |
| Operating profit | £1.1m | £1.7m |
| Profit before tax | £1.1m | £1.8m |
| Profit after tax | £654k | £1.7m |
| Profit (best available) | £654k | £1.7m |
| Staff costs | £2.5m | £2.9m |
| Employees (average) | 51 | 53 |
| Ratios | ||
| Profit margin | 8.1% | 19.6% |
| Gross margin | 64.8% | 72.3% |
| Revenue per employee | £159k | £161k |
| Profit per employee | £12.8k | £31.6k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲5.6% |
| Profit growth | — | ▲156% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲3.9% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||
| Cash at bank | £3.7k | £4.1k |
| Net assets | £4.7m | £5.4m |
| Fixed assets | £2.2m | £2.1m |
| Current assets | £4.3m | £4.6m |
| Debtors | £721k | £658k |
| Deferred income | £247k | £253k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Jun 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jun 2024 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 19.6%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 72.3%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £161k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £31.6k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 24.4%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 3%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 7.7%
- 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
- ▲14%
- Now £5.4m
- Cash at bank
- ▲9%
- Now £4.1k
- Headcount
- ▲4%
- Now 53
- Deferred income
- ▲2%
- Now £253k
- Fixed assets
- ▼5%
- Now £2.1m
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
- Hoerbiger UK Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- Newson Gale Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Sister companies (1)
- Iep Technologies LimitedRev. £3.2m · Profit £45.7k
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 2023 (profit £1.7m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Jun 2024. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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