North West (Aerotooling) Ltd.
Registered name: NORTH WEST (AEROTOOLING) LTD.
Part of Hyde Group Holdings Limited groupNorth West (Aerotooling) Ltd. made £3.6m revenue and £83.3k profit in the year to 30 Sep 2025. read from filing text
North West (Aerotooling) Ltd.’s revenue grew 18% to £3.6m in the year to 30 Sep 2025, with £83.3k profit and 22 employees. The company is classified under “manufacture of other special-purpose machinery” and is based in Stalybridge; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Stalybridge, North West
- 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.
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 30 Sep 2022 | 30 Sep 2023 | 30 Sep 2024 | 30 Sep 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) | £3.8m | £4.8m | £3.1m | £3.6m |
| Cost of sales | £3.2m | £4.3m | £2.7m | £3.3m |
| Gross profit | £559k | £411k | £344k | £333k |
| Operating profit | £428k | £305k | £230k | £210k |
| Profit after tax | £402k | £246k | £184k | £83.3k |
| Profit (best available) | £402k | £246k | £184k | £83.3k |
| Employees (average) | 22 | 23 | 23 | 22 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 10.7% | 5.2% | 6% | 2.3% |
| Gross margin | 14.8% | 8.6% | 11.2% | 9.1% |
| Revenue per employee | £171k | £207k | £134k | £166k |
| Profit per employee | £18.3k | £10.7k | £8k | £3.8k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲26.2% | ▼35.2% | ▲18.2% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼38.8% | ▼25.1% | ▼54.8% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲4.5% | 0% | ▼4.3% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £191k | £25.8k | £12.4k | £26.2k |
| Net assets | £4.2m | £4.5m | £4.6m | £4.7m |
| Fixed assets | £52.8k | £194k | £190k | £248k |
| Current assets | £4.7m | £5m | £5.3m | £5.3m |
| Debtors | £76.6k | £182k | £161k | £124k |
| Deferred income | £187k | £179k | £89.6k | £227k |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Jun 2024 | Accounts · bulk data Jun 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jun 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jun 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 2.3%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 9.1%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £166k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £3.8k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 6.8%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 6.2%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 3.4%
- 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
- ▲2%
- Now £4.7m
- Cash at bank
- ▲111%
- Now £26.2k
- Headcount
- ▼4%
- Now 22
- Deferred income
- ▲153%
- Now £227k
- Fixed assets
- ▲30%
- Now £248k
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
- Hyde Group Holdings Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- Hyde Group Limited75–100%
- North West (Aerotooling) Ltd.this company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Sister companies (7)
- Park Engineering LimitedRev. £8.7m · Profit £389k
- Brinksway Tool LimitedRev. £6.4m · Profit £218k
- Manchester Precision Engineering LimitedRev. £5m · Profit −£16.8k
- Crest Engineering Company LimitedRev. £4.5m · Profit £169k
- S G Equipment LimitedRev. £4.2m · Profit £80.2k
- Britannia Dynamics LimitedRev. £4.2m · Profit £229k
- Hollygate Fabrications LimitedRev. £3.2m · Profit £102k
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 30 Sep 2025 (profit £83.3k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Jun 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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