Speedwell Automation Ltd
Registered name: SPEEDWELL AUTOMATION LTD
Speedwell Automation Ltd made £458k revenue and £4.7k profit in the year to 31 Mar 2025.
Speedwell Automation Ltd’s revenue fell 12% to £458k in the year to 31 Mar 2025, with £4.7k profit and 4 employees. The company is classified under “manufacture of other special-purpose machinery” and is based in Newbury; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Newbury, South East
- Age
- 30 yrs · since 1996
- 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 2022 | 31 Mar 2023 | 31 Mar 2024 | 31 Mar 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | No P&L | No P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | — | — | £522k | £458k |
| Profit after tax | — | — | £18.7k | £4.7k |
| Profit (best available) | — | — | £18.7k | £4.7k |
| Staff costs | — | — | £161k | £177k |
| Employees (average) | 4 | 3 | 3 | 4 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | — | — | 3.6% | 1% |
| Revenue per employee | — | — | £174k | £114k |
| Profit per employee | — | — | £6.2k | £1.2k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | — | — | ▼12.3% |
| Profit growth | — | — | — | ▼75% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▼25% | 0% | ▲33.3% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Net assets | £31.2k | £32.7k | £9.1k | −£9.3k |
| Fixed assets | £30.2k | £17.8k | £5.5k | £22.1k |
| Current assets | £55.4k | £59.4k | £110k | £95.3k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2023 | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2023 | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 1%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- —
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £114k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £1.2k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 4.8%
- 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
- ▼202%
- Now −£9.3k
- Cash at bank
- —
- Now —
- Headcount
- ▲33%
- Now 4
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- ▲302%
- Now £22.1k
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Mar 2025 (profit £4.7k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Dec 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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