Sumac Precision Engineering Limited
Registered name: SUMAC PRECISION ENGINEERING LIMITED
Part of Sumac Manufacturing (Holdings) Limited groupSumac Precision Engineering Limited made £8.7m revenue and £503k profit in the year to 30 Sep 2025.
Sumac Precision Engineering Limited’s revenue fell 9% to £8.7m in the year to 30 Sep 2025, with £503k profit and 106 employees. The company is classified under “machining” and is based in Weymouth; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Weymouth, South West
- Age
- 31 yrs · since 1995
- 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. From the filing: “Sumac Manufacturing (Holdings) Limited”
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&L | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £8.8m | £8.5m | £9.6m | £8.7m |
| Cost of sales | £6m | £5.8m | £6.1m | £5.8m |
| Gross profit | £2.8m | £2.7m | £3.6m | £2.9m |
| Operating profit | £779k | £380k | £1.1m | £652k |
| Profit before tax | £756k | £338k | £1.1m | £653k |
| Profit after tax | £623k | £547k | £1m | £503k |
| Profit (best available) | £623k | £547k | £1m | £503k |
| Staff costs | £3.8m | £3.9m | £4m | £4.1m |
| Employees (average) | 109 | 110 | 112 | 106 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 7.1% | 6.5% | 10.5% | 5.8% |
| Gross margin | 31.5% | 31.8% | 37.1% | 33.8% |
| Revenue per employee | £80.9k | £76.8k | £86.1k | £82.4k |
| Profit per employee | £5.7k | £5k | £9k | £4.7k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▼4.1% | ▲14% | ▼9.4% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼12.1% | ▲84.8% | ▼50.2% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲0.9% | ▲1.8% | ▼5.4% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £1.4m | £1.4m | £2.8m | £2.1m |
| Net assets | £4.2m | £3.9m | £4.6m | £4.6m |
| Fixed assets | £1.7m | £1.5m | £1.5m | £1.4m |
| Current assets | £5.1m | £5.4m | £6m | £6.1m |
| Debtors | £1.7m | £1.6m | £1.4m | £2m |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Jun 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jun 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jun 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jun 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 5.8%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 33.8%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £82.4k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £4.7k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 16.5%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 23.3%
- 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 £4.6m
- Cash at bank
- ▼23%
- Now £2.1m
- Headcount
- ▼5%
- Now 106
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- ▼6%
- Now £1.4m
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Sumac Manufacturing (Holdings) Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- Sumac Precision Engineering 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 30 Sep 2025 (profit £503k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Jun 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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