Telford Copper & Stainless Cylinders Limited
Registered name: TELFORD COPPER & STAINLESS CYLINDERS LIMITED
Part of RDN Holdings Limited groupTelford Copper & Stainless Cylinders Limited made £24.1m revenue and £696k profit in the year to 31 Mar 2025. read from filing text
Telford Copper & Stainless Cylinders Limited’s revenue fell 11% to £24.1m in the year to 31 Mar 2025, with £696k profit and 170 employees. The company is classified under “manufacture of other tanks, reservoirs and containers of metal” and is based in Telford; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Telford, West Midlands
- Age
- 37 yrs · since 1989
- 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 parent company of Telford Copper & Stainless Cylinders”
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 | 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) | £22.5m | £24.9m | £27.1m | £24.1m |
| Cost of sales | £17.6m | £20.2m | £22m | £19m |
| Gross profit | £5m | £4.7m | £5.1m | £5.1m |
| Operating profit | £1.9m | £1.3m | £1.2m | £886k |
| Profit before tax | £1.9m | £1.2m | £1.2m | £823k |
| Profit after tax | £1.4m | £1.1m | £755k | £696k |
| Profit (best available) | £1.4m | £1.1m | £755k | £696k |
| Staff costs | £4.5m | £5.2m | £5.9m | £5.8m |
| Employees (average) | 145 | 158 | 174 | 170 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 6.4% | 4.3% | 2.8% | 2.9% |
| Gross margin | 22.1% | 19% | 19% | 21.1% |
| Revenue per employee | £155k | £158k | £156k | £142k |
| Profit per employee | £10k | £6.8k | £4.3k | £4.1k |
| Cash conversion | −94.7% | −160% | −126.5% | −94.6% |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲10.4% | ▲8.9% | ▼11.1% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼25.7% | ▼29.8% | ▼7.8% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲9% | ▲10.1% | ▼2.3% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £746 | £1.3k | £1.5k | £592k |
| Net assets | £3.8m | £4.3m | £4.6m | £4.9m |
| Fixed assets | £2.9m | £4m | £3.9m | £4m |
| Current assets | £6.7m | £7.4m | £8.6m | £6.7m |
| Debtors | £3.7m | £4.5m | £4.8m | £3.8m |
| Deferred income | £429k | £389k | £582k | £524k |
| Cash from operations | −£1.8m | −£2m | −£1.5m | −£838k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2023 | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2023 | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 2.9%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 21.1%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £142k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £4.1k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- −94.6%
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 16.6%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 2.2%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 15.6%
- 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 £4.9m
- Cash at bank
- ▲39843%
- Now £592k
- Headcount
- ▼2%
- Now 170
- Deferred income
- ▼10%
- Now £524k
- Fixed assets
- ▲2%
- 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
- RDN Holdings Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- Telford Consumer Products Limited75–100%
- Telford Copper & Stainless Cylinders Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
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 £696k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Dec 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Updated from Companies House on 24 Oct 2026
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