Manchester Precision Engineering Limited
Registered name: MANCHESTER PRECISION ENGINEERING LIMITED
Part of Hyde Group Holdings Limited groupManchester Precision Engineering Limited made £5m revenue and a £16.8k loss in the year to 30 Sep 2025. read from filing text
Manchester Precision Engineering Limited’s revenue fell 8% to £5m in the year to 30 Sep 2025, with a loss of £16.8k and 31 employees. The company is classified under “manufacture of other special-purpose machinery” and is based in Stalybridge; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Stalybridge, North West
- Age
- 33 yrs · since 1993
- 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 | 30 Sep 2022 | 30 Sep 2023 | 30 Sep 2024 | 30 Sep 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £4.2m | £5m | £5.5m | £5m |
| Cost of sales | £3.9m | £4.6m | £5.5m | £5m |
| Gross profit | £386k | £378k | −£4.7k | £48.6k |
| Operating profit | £239k | £252k | −£149k | −£92.9k |
| Profit after tax | £268k | £229k | £343k | −£16.8k |
| Profit (best available) | £268k | £229k | £343k | −£16.8k |
| Employees (average) | 36 | 38 | 36 | 31 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 6.3% | 4.6% | 6.3% | −0.3% |
| Gross margin | 9.1% | 7.6% | −0.1% | 1% |
| Revenue per employee | £118k | £131k | £152k | £163k |
| Profit per employee | £7.4k | £6k | £9.5k | −£541 |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲17.2% | ▲10.2% | ▼7.9% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼14.6% | ▲49.7% | ▼104.9% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲5.6% | ▼5.3% | ▼13.9% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £105k | £224k | £21.9k | £27.9k |
| Net assets | £5.8m | £6.1m | £6.4m | £6.4m |
| Fixed assets | £1.2m | £2.5m | £2.2m | £2m |
| Current assets | £5.5m | £4.7m | £5m | £5.4m |
| Debtors | £21.5k | £185k | £321k | £210k |
| Deferred income | £132k | £58.3k | £26.2k | £38k |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Jun 2024 | Accounts · bulk data Jun 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jun 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jun 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- −0.3%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 1%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £163k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- −£541
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 40.2%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 0.8%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 4.2%
- 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
- ▼0%
- Now £6.4m
- Cash at bank
- ▲28%
- Now £27.9k
- Headcount
- ▼14%
- Now 31
- Deferred income
- ▲45%
- Now £38k
- Fixed assets
- ▼9%
- Now £2m
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
- Hyde Group Holdings Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- Hyde Group Limited75–100%
- Manchester Precision Engineering Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Sister companies (7)
- Park Engineering LimitedRev. £8.7m · Profit £389k
- Brinksway Tool LimitedRev. £6.4m · Profit £218k
- Crest Engineering Company LimitedRev. £4.5m · Profit £169k
- S G Equipment LimitedRev. £4.2m · Profit £80.2k
- Britannia Dynamics LimitedRev. £4.2m · Profit £229k
- North West (Aerotooling) Ltd.Rev. £3.6m · Profit £83.3k
- Hollygate Fabrications LimitedRev. £3.2m · Profit £102k
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 30 Sep 2025 (profit −£16.8k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Jun 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Updated from Companies House on 15 Oct 2026
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