Rheinmetall Electronics UK Ltd
Registered name: RHEINMETALL ELECTRONICS UK LTD
Part of Rheinmetall Defence Uk Ltd groupRheinmetall Electronics UK Ltd made £8.6m revenue and a £691k loss in the year to 31 Dec 2023. read from filing text
Rheinmetall Electronics UK Ltd’s revenue fell 1% to £8.6m in the year to 31 Dec 2023, with a loss of £691k and 66 employees. The company is classified under “other research and experimental development on natural sciences and engineering” and is based in Newport; we hold 2 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Newport, South East
- 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 immediate parent company is Rheinmetall Defence 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) | £8.7m | £8.6m |
| Cost of sales | £5.4m | £6m |
| Gross profit | £3.4m | £2.7m |
| Operating profit | £1.1m | −£558k |
| Profit before tax | £998k | −£858k |
| Profit after tax | £768k | −£691k |
| Profit (best available) | £768k | −£691k |
| Staff costs | £2.9m | £3.8m |
| Employees (average) | 52 | 66 |
| Ratios | ||
| Profit margin | 8.8% | −8% |
| Gross margin | 38.7% | 31% |
| Revenue per employee | £168k | £131k |
| Profit per employee | £14.8k | −£10.5k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||
| Revenue growth | — | ▼1.1% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼189.9% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲26.9% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||
| Cash at bank | £1.7k | £40k |
| Net assets | £3.7m | £3m |
| Fixed assets | £670k | £779k |
| Current assets | £8.3m | £13.5m |
| Debtors | £2.2m | £3.6m |
| Deferred income | £1.9m | £944k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Jul 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jul 2024 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- −8%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 31%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £131k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- −£10.5k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 9%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 10.9%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 42%
- 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
- ▼19%
- Now £3m
- Cash at bank
- ▲2324%
- Now £40k
- Headcount
- ▲27%
- Now 66
- Deferred income
- ▼51%
- Now £944k
- Fixed assets
- ▲16%
- Now £779k
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
- Rheinmetall Defence Uk Ltd (registered outside the UK register)ultimate parent75–100%
- Rheinmetall Electronics UK Ltdthis 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 Dec 2023 (profit −£691k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Jul 2024. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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