Armorduct Systems Limited
Registered name: ARMORDUCT SYSTEMS LIMITED
Part of Hudson Cable Management Group Limited groupArmorduct Systems Limited made £9.9m revenue and a £528k loss in the year to 31 Dec 2025.
Armorduct Systems Limited’s revenue was £9.9m in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with a loss of £528k and 103 employees. The company is classified under “forging, pressing, stamping and roll-forming of metal; powder metallurgy” and is based in Andover; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Andover, South West
- Age
- 28 yrs · since 1998
- 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 | 31 Dec 2022 | 31 Dec 2023 | 31 Dec 2024 | 31 Dec 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £8.9m | £8.2m | £9.8m | £9.9m |
| Cost of sales | £5.6m | £5.2m | £6.4m | £6.6m |
| Gross profit | £3.4m | £3.1m | £3.4m | £3.2m |
| Operating profit | £762k | £18.4k | £58.2k | −£625k |
| Profit before tax | £752k | £12.3k | £25.1k | −£682k |
| Profit after tax | £576k | −£61.4k | £70.9k | −£528k |
| Profit (best available) | £576k | −£61.4k | £70.9k | −£528k |
| Staff costs | £2.5m | £2.5m | £3.1m | £3.5m |
| Employees (average) | 79 | 80 | 86 | 103 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 6.5% | −0.7% | 0.7% | −5.4% |
| Gross margin | 37.7% | 37.4% | 34.9% | 32.8% |
| Revenue per employee | £113k | £103k | £114k | £95.6k |
| Profit per employee | £7.3k | −£768 | £825 | −£5.1k |
| Cash conversion | −106.4% | −2397% | 457% | — |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▼7.5% | ▲19.1% | ▲0.3% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼110.7% | — | ▼845% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲1.3% | ▲7.5% | ▲19.8% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £1.2m | £1.2m | £475k | £32.2k |
| Net assets | £3.1m | £3m | £3.1m | £2.5m |
| Fixed assets | £1.1m | £1.2m | £1.8m | £2.2m |
| Current assets | £4.4m | £4.4m | £4.5m | £3.7m |
| Debtors | £2m | £1.9m | £2.6m | £2.2m |
| Deferred income | £718k | £488k | £529k | £717k |
| Cash from operations | −£811k | −£442k | £266k | −£415k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- −5.4%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 32.8%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £95.6k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- −£5.1k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 22.6%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 7.3%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 22.1%
- 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
- ▼17%
- Now £2.5m
- Cash at bank
- ▼93%
- Now £32.2k
- Headcount
- ▲20%
- Now 103
- Deferred income
- ▲35%
- Now £717k
- Fixed assets
- ▲23%
- Now £2.2m
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
- Hudson Cable Management Group Limitedultimate parent50–75%
- Armorduct Systems Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Sister companies (3)
- Armorduct LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Milton Cable Management Systems LimitedFigures not disclosed
- R.M.S. 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 −£528k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Sep 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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