Industrial & Marine Silencers Limited
Registered name: INDUSTRIAL & MARINE SILENCERS LIMITED
Part of Bradgate Containers (Holdings) Limited groupIndustrial & Marine Silencers Limited made £13.3m revenue and £2m profit in the year to 31 Aug 2025.
Industrial & Marine Silencers Limited’s revenue fell 20% to £13.3m in the year to 31 Aug 2025, with £2m profit and 81 employees. The company is classified under “manufacture of other fabricated metal products” and is based in Loughborough; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Loughborough, East Midlands
- Age
- 35 yrs · since 1991
- 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 Aug 2022 | 31 Aug 2023 | 31 Aug 2024 | 31 Aug 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £8.2m | £12.7m | £16.7m | £13.3m |
| Cost of sales | £5.9m | £8.2m | £10.5m | £7.6m |
| Gross profit | £2.2m | £4.5m | £6.2m | £5.7m |
| Operating profit | £461k | £2.4m | £3.6m | £2.7m |
| Profit before tax | £455k | £2.4m | £3.6m | £2.7m |
| Profit after tax | £365k | £1.9m | £2.7m | £2m |
| Profit (best available) | £365k | £1.9m | £2.7m | £2m |
| Staff costs | £2.5m | £3m | £3.5m | £3.6m |
| Employees (average) | 66 | 69 | 80 | 81 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 4.5% | 14.8% | 16.3% | 15.2% |
| Gross margin | 27.4% | 35.2% | 37.3% | 43% |
| Revenue per employee | £124k | £184k | £208k | £164k |
| Profit per employee | £5.5k | £27.2k | £34k | £24.8k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲55.2% | ▲31.3% | ▼20.4% |
| Profit growth | — | ▲413.2% | ▲45.1% | ▼26.2% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲4.5% | ▲15.9% | ▲1.3% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £782k | £2.9m | £3.7m | £5.9m |
| Net assets | £3.8m | £5.7m | £7.8m | £9.8m |
| Fixed assets | £1.8m | £1.9m | £2.2m | £2.1m |
| Current assets | £3.9m | £6.4m | £9.3m | £11.4m |
| Debtors | £1.7m | £2.2m | £2.9m | £3m |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Jan 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jan 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Feb 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 15.2%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 43%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £164k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £24.8k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 16%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 22.9%
- 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
- ▲26%
- Now £9.8m
- Cash at bank
- ▲58%
- Now £5.9m
- Headcount
- ▲1%
- Now 81
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- ▼4%
- Now £2.1m
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Bradgate Containers (Holdings) Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- Industrial & Marine Silencers Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Sister companies (2)
- Bradgate Containers LimitedRev. £22.3m · Profit £1.4m
- Bradgate Industrial Properties LimitedRev. — · Profit £248k
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Aug 2025 (profit £2m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Feb 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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