Megasteel Ltd
Registered name: MEGASTEEL LTD
Part of Capital27 Limited groupMegasteel Ltd made £11.4m revenue and £728k profit in the year to 31 Oct 2025.
Megasteel Ltd’s revenue fell 7% to £11.4m in the year to 31 Oct 2025, with £728k profit and 4 employees. The company is classified under “wholesale of metals and metal ores” and is based in Malmesbury; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Malmesbury, South West
- Age
- 34 yrs · since 1991
- Type
- Private Limited Company
Pass-through vehicle. This looks like a holding, staffing or umbrella company. Its revenue and profit may largely pass through to or from other entities, so the figures may not reflect a standalone operating business. It is excluded from our opportunity lists.
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 Oct 2022 | 31 Oct 2023 | 31 Oct 2024 | 31 Oct 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | No P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | — | £18.3m | £12.2m | £11.4m |
| Cost of sales | — | £14.3m | £9.9m | £9.4m |
| Gross profit | — | £4.1m | £2.2m | £2m |
| Operating profit | — | £3.2m | £1.3m | £825k |
| Profit before tax | — | £4.2m | £1.5m | £1m |
| Profit after tax | — | £3.5m | £1.1m | £728k |
| Profit (best available) | — | £3.5m | £1.1m | £728k |
| Staff costs | — | £259k | £232k | £363k |
| Employees (average) | 46 | 48 | 4 | 4 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | — | 18.9% | 9.1% | 6.4% |
| Gross margin | — | 22.3% | 18.5% | 17.3% |
| Revenue per employee | — | £382k | £3m | £2.8m |
| Profit per employee | — | £72.2k | £276k | £182k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | — | ▼33.7% | ▼6.6% |
| Profit growth | — | — | ▼68.2% | ▼34% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲4.3% | ▼91.7% | 0% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £8.5m | £4.7m | £6.6m | £5.1m |
| Net assets | £14.6m | £15m | £16.1m | £16.9m |
| Fixed assets | — | £7.9m | £5.2m | £5.1m |
| Current assets | £20.6m | £9.9m | £16.7m | £14.7m |
| Debtors | £3.8m | £1.7m | £2.1m | £1.8m |
| Deferred income | £0 | £0 | — | — |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Jul 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jul 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Feb 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jul 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 6.4%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 17.3%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £2.8m
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £182k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 44.9%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 15.8%
- 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
- ▲5%
- Now £16.9m
- Cash at bank
- ▼24%
- Now £5.1m
- Headcount
- 0%
- Now 4
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- ▼1%
- Now £5.1m
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Capital27 Limitedultimate parent50–75%
- Engineering Acquisitions Limited75–100%
- Megasteel Ltdthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Sister companies (2)
- Sweetnam & Bradley LimitedRev. £3.6m · Profit £222k
- Megasteel Ropes LimitedRev. £1m · Profit £39.2k
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Oct 2025 (profit £728k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Jul 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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