Laminating Technology Limited
Registered name: LAMINATING TECHNOLOGY LIMITED
Part of Teal Family Holdings Limited groupLaminating Technology Limited made £6.7m revenue and a £310k loss in the year to 31 Mar 2025. read from filing text
Laminating Technology Limited’s revenue was £6.7m in the year to 31 Mar 2025, with a loss of £310k and 73 employees. The company is classified under “manufacture of other furniture” and is based in Kirkby in Ashfield; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Kirkby in Ashfield, East Midlands
- Age
- 37 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: “Teal Family Holdings Limited is the immediate parent undertaking of the company.”
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Mar 2022 | 31 Mar 2023 | 31 Mar 2024 | 31 Mar 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Profit only | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | — | £6.8m | £6.7m | £6.7m |
| Cost of sales | £5.7m | £5.5m | £5.1m | £5m |
| Gross profit | — | £2.1m | £1.6m | £1.7m |
| Operating profit | — | £82.3k | −£456k | −£277k |
| Profit before tax | — | £129k | −£752k | −£392k |
| Profit after tax | £712k | −£62.4k | −£482k | −£310k |
| Profit (best available) | £712k | −£62.4k | −£482k | −£310k |
| Staff costs | £2.6m | £2.3m | £2.3m | £2.3m |
| Employees (average) | 81 | 73 | 75 | 73 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | — | −0.9% | −7.2% | −4.6% |
| Gross margin | — | 31% | 23.8% | 25.6% |
| Revenue per employee | — | £93.7k | £89.8k | £92k |
| Profit per employee | £8.8k | −£854 | −£6.4k | −£4.3k |
| Cash conversion | — | −305.9% | — | — |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | — | ▼1.6% | ▼0.2% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼108.7% | — | — |
| Headcount growth | — | ▼9.9% | ▲2.7% | ▼2.7% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £2.7m | £2.3m | £935k | £471k |
| Net assets | £10.1m | £8.9m | £8.2m | £7.6m |
| Fixed assets | £5.5m | £6m | £6.5m | £6.2m |
| Current assets | £5.6m | £4m | £2.6m | £2.2m |
| Debtors | £1.1m | £934k | £1m | £1.1m |
| Deferred income | £259k | £93.6k | £67.9k | £66.6k |
| Cash from operations | −£1.2m | −£252k | — | — |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Nov 2023 | Accounts · bulk data Nov 2023 | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- −4.6%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 25.6%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £92k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- −£4.3k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 92%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 1%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 15.9%
- 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
- ▼8%
- Now £7.6m
- Cash at bank
- ▼50%
- Now £471k
- Headcount
- ▼3%
- Now 73
- Deferred income
- ▼2%
- Now £66.6k
- Fixed assets
- ▼5%
- Now £6.2m
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
- Teal Family Holdings Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- Laminating Technology Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Subsidiaries (1)
- Ideal Distribution 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 2025 (profit −£310k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Sep 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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