Metric Group Limited
Registered name: METRIC GROUP LIMITED
Part of Tri Star Security Pte groupMetric Group Limited made £11.2m revenue and a £1.4m loss in the year to 31 Dec 2024.
Metric Group Limited’s revenue fell 1% to £11.2m in the year to 31 Dec 2024, with a loss of £1.4m and 98 employees. The company is classified under “manufacture of other electrical equipment” and is based in Swindon; we hold 2 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Swindon, South West
- Age
- 35 yrs · since 1990
- 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 | 31 Dec 2023 | 31 Dec 2024 |
|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||
| Revenue (turnover) | £11.3m | £11.2m |
| Cost of sales | £6.5m | £7m |
| Gross profit | £4.8m | £4.1m |
| Operating profit | −£2m | −£810k |
| Profit before tax | −£2.6m | −£1.4m |
| Profit after tax | −£2.6m | −£1.4m |
| Profit (best available) | −£2.6m | −£1.4m |
| Staff costs | £4.6m | £3.9m |
| Employees (average) | 114 | 98 |
| Ratios | ||
| Profit margin | −23.2% | −12.1% |
| Gross margin | 42.7% | 37.1% |
| Revenue per employee | £99.3k | £114k |
| Profit per employee | −£23.1k | −£13.8k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||
| Revenue growth | — | ▼1.3% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▼14% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||
| Cash at bank | £15k | £14k |
| Net assets | −£12.7m | −£13.4m |
| Fixed assets | £2m | £3.9m |
| Current assets | £8.2m | £8.1m |
| Debtors | £3.2m | £1.1m |
| Deferred income | £1.5m | £2.3m |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- −12.1%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 37.1%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £114k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- −£13.8k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 35.1%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 20.8%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 10%
- 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
- —
- Now −£13.4m
- Cash at bank
- ▼7%
- Now £14k
- Headcount
- ▼14%
- Now 98
- Deferred income
- ▲52%
- Now £2.3m
- Fixed assets
- ▲100%
- Now £3.9m
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
- Tri Star Security Pte (registered outside the UK register)ultimate parent75–100%
- Metric Group Holdings Limited75–100%
- Metric Group 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 Dec 2024 (profit −£1.4m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Sep 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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