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Company No. 02281932 · Incorporated 29 Jul 1988

Newson Gale Limited

Registered name: NEWSON GALE LIMITED

Part of Hoerbiger UK Limited group

Newson 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.”

Latest accounts · year to 31 Dec 2023

Key figures

Operating leverage
Revenue
£8.6m
Growth ▲5.6%
Profit
£1.7m
Growth ▲156%
Profit margin
19.6%
Gross 72.3%
Employees
53
Change ▲3.9%
Profit / employee
£31.6k
Revenue/employee £161k
Profitable streak
2yrs
Consecutive profitable years in our data

Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.

2 filed years

Financial history

Multi-year financials, oldest to newest
Year to31 Dec 202231 Dec 2023
DisclosureFull P&Lread from filing textFull 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)5153
Ratios
Profit margin8.1%19.6%
Gross margin64.8%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
SourceFullAccounts · bulk data Jun 2024FullAccounts · bulk data Jun 2024
Derived from the latest filing

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.
Indirect — not revenue

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.

Corporate ownership

Group structure

Ownership chain

  1. Hoerbiger UK Limitedultimate parent75–100%
  2. Newson Gale Limitedthis company

Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.

Sister companies (1)

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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