Maycast-Nokes Precision Engineering Ltd
Registered name: MAYCAST-NOKES PRECISION ENGINEERING LTD
Maycast-Nokes Precision Engineering Ltd made £8.5m revenue and £1m profit in the year to 31 Mar 2025.
Maycast-Nokes Precision Engineering Ltd’s revenue grew 12% to £8.5m in the year to 31 Mar 2025, with £1m profit and 109 employees. The company is classified under “casting of light metals” and is based in Essex; we hold 2 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Essex, East of England
- Age
- 31 yrs · since 1995
- Type
- Private Limited Company
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Mar 2024 | 31 Mar 2025 |
|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||
| Revenue (turnover) | £7.6m | £8.5m |
| Cost of sales | £4.9m | £5.2m |
| Gross profit | £2.7m | £3.3m |
| Operating profit | £860k | £1.3m |
| Profit before tax | £701k | £1.1m |
| Profit after tax | £657k | £1m |
| Profit (best available) | £657k | £1m |
| Staff costs | £4m | £4.3m |
| Employees (average) | 114 | 109 |
| Ratios | ||
| Profit margin | 8.6% | 11.9% |
| Gross margin | 35.8% | 39% |
| Revenue per employee | £67k | £78.3k |
| Profit per employee | £5.8k | £9.3k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲11.8% |
| Profit growth | — | ▲55.1% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▼4.4% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||
| Cash at bank | £70.2k | £200k |
| Net assets | £6.6m | £7.5m |
| Fixed assets | £3.1m | £3m |
| Current assets | £6.8m | £7.7m |
| Debtors | £1.1m | £1.2m |
| Deferred income | £194k | £219k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 11.9%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 39%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £78.3k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £9.3k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 35.5%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 2.6%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 14.2%
- 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
- ▲14%
- Now £7.5m
- Cash at bank
- ▲185%
- Now £200k
- Headcount
- ▼4%
- Now 109
- Deferred income
- ▲13%
- Now £219k
- Fixed assets
- ▼1%
- Now £3m
Deferred income is reported together with accruals in this filing (“accruals and deferred income”), so it is an approximate signal only.
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Mar 2025 (profit £1m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Dec 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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