Matrix Tooling Services Limited
Registered name: MATRIX TOOLING SERVICES LIMITED
Part of Rubix Limited groupMatrix Tooling Services Limited made £20.8m revenue and £955k profit in the year to 31 Dec 2025. read from filing text
Matrix Tooling Services Limited’s revenue fell 5% to £20.8m in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with £955k profit and 60 employees. The company is classified under “wholesale of machine tools” and is based in Manchester; we hold 5 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Manchester, North West
- Age
- 28 yrs · since 1997
- 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: “The immediate parent company is Rubix U.K. Limited (company registration number 00569290), a company incorporated in England and Wales. The registered office of Rubix U.K. Limited is at Dakota House, ”
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Dec 2021 | 31 Dec 2022 | 31 Dec 2023 | 31 Dec 2024 | 31 Dec 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 | Full P&Lread from filing text |
| Profit & loss | |||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £17.7m | £18.8m | £20.7m | £21.8m | £20.8m |
| Cost of sales | £13m | £14.1m | £15.5m | £16.4m | £15.5m |
| Gross profit | £4.7m | £4.7m | £5.2m | £5.4m | £5.3m |
| Operating profit | £1.1m | £1.1m | £1.3m | £1.5m | £1.3m |
| Profit before tax | £1.1m | £1.3m | £1.2m | £1.5m | £1.2m |
| Profit after tax | £1m | £964k | £971k | £1.1m | £955k |
| Profit (best available) | £1m | £964k | £971k | £1.1m | £955k |
| Staff costs | £2.4m | £2.4m | £2.6m | £2.7m | £2.7m |
| Employees (average) | 66 | 62 | 66 | 66 | 60 |
| Ratios | |||||
| Profit margin | 5.9% | 5.1% | 4.7% | 5.1% | 4.6% |
| Gross margin | 26.8% | 24.9% | 25.2% | 24.9% | 25.3% |
| Revenue per employee | £268k | £304k | £314k | £330k | £346k |
| Profit per employee | £15.9k | £15.6k | £14.7k | £16.9k | £15.9k |
| Growth (year on year) | |||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲6.3% | ▲10.2% | ▲5.1% | ▼4.8% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼8.1% | ▲0.7% | ▲14.9% | ▼14.4% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▼6.1% | ▲6.5% | 0% | ▼9.1% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||||
| Cash at bank | £760k | £1.1m | £425k | £853k | £452k |
| Net assets | £4.3m | £2.9m | £2m | £2.1m | £2.1m |
| Fixed assets | £704k | £679k | £575k | £566k | £479k |
| Current assets | £8.8m | £7.2m | £8.1m | £6.9m | £9.2m |
| Debtors | £2.3m | £1.9m | £2.7m | £2.8m | £2.3m |
| Deferred income | £259k | £221k | £401k | £268k | £393k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Nov 2023 | FullAccounts · bulk data Nov 2023 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jul 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 4.6%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 25.3%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £346k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £15.9k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 2.3%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 1.9%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 10.9%
- 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
- ▼1%
- Now £2.1m
- Cash at bank
- ▼47%
- Now £452k
- Headcount
- ▼9%
- Now 60
- Deferred income
- ▲47%
- Now £393k
- Fixed assets
- ▼15%
- Now £479k
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
- Rubix Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- Rubix Group Midco Limited75–100%
- Rubix Group Midco 2 Limited75–100%
- Rubix Group Midco 3 Limited75–100%
- Rubix Group International Limited75–100%
- Rubix Group Midco 4 Limited75–100%
- Rubix International Limited75–100%
- Rubix U.K. Limited75–100%
- Matrix Tooling Services Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Sister companies (9)
- Knowlton and Newman LimitedRev. £12m · Profit £1.4m
- Compcare Compressed Air LtdFigures not disclosed
- Gapp Automation LtdFigures not disclosed
- K.J.N. Automation LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Matara UK LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Peter Campbell (Sales) Ltd.Figures not disclosed
- TDGL 1 LimitedFigures not disclosed
- West Country Tool Company LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Wyko UK Holdings LimitedFigures not disclosed
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Dec 2025 (profit £955k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Jul 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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