Apex Stainless Fasteners Limited
Registered name: APEX STAINLESS FASTENERS LIMITED
Part of Bult Finnveden Aktiebolag groupApex Stainless Fasteners Limited made £26.2m revenue and £1.6m profit in the year to 31 Dec 2025.
Apex Stainless Fasteners Limited’s revenue fell 10% to £26.2m in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with £1.6m profit and 80 employees. The company is classified under “other specialised construction activities” and is based in Wednesbury; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Wednesbury
- Age
- 35 yrs · since 1991
- Type
- Private Limited Company
Key figures
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Dec 2023 | 31 Dec 2024 | 31 Dec 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | |||
| Revenue (turnover) | £34.2m | £29.1m | £26.2m |
| Cost of sales | −£21m | −£18m | −£15.9m |
| Gross profit | £13.3m | £11.1m | £10.2m |
| Operating profit | £5.5m | £2.9m | £1.8m |
| Profit before tax | £5.7m | £3.4m | £2.2m |
| Profit after tax | £4.4m | £2.5m | £1.6m |
| Profit (best available) | £4.4m | £2.5m | £1.6m |
| Employees (average) | 90 | 87 | 80 |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | 12.8% | 8.8% | 6.1% |
| Gross margin | 38.8% | 38.1% | 39.2% |
| Revenue per employee | £380k | £334k | £327k |
| Profit per employee | £48.5k | £29.3k | £20.1k |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Revenue growth | — | ▼15% | ▼10.1% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼41.7% | ▼36.9% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▼3.3% | ▼8.1% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Net assets | — | — | — |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Dec 2025 | Accounts · bulk data Dec 2025 | Accounts · bulk data Oct 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 6.1%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 39.2%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £327k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £20.1k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- —
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- —
- 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 —
- Cash at bank
- —
- Now —
- Headcount
- ▼8%
- Now 80
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now —
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Bult Finnveden Aktiebolag (registered outside the UK register)ultimate parent75–100%
- Apex Stainless Holdings Limited75–100%
- Apex Stainless Fasteners Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Sister companies (4)
- Aerotight Manufacturing LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Apex Inox LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Apex Marinetech LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Precision Stainless Fasteners LimitedFigures not disclosed
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
Sources
Latest figures from accounts for the year to 31 Dec 2025 (profit £1.6m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Oct 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Updated from Companies House on 22 Oct 2026
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