The Monobuoy Company Ltd.
Registered name: THE MONOBUOY COMPANY LTD.
The Monobuoy Company Ltd. made £9.4m revenue and a £53.1k loss in the year to 31 Dec 2025.
The Monobuoy Company Ltd.’s revenue fell 9% to £9.4m in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with a loss of £53.1k and 1 employee. The company is classified under “manufacture of other special-purpose machinery” and is based in Scunthorpe; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Scunthorpe, Yorkshire and The Humber
- Age
- 28 yrs · since 1998
- Type
- Private Limited Company
Pass-through vehicle. This looks like a holding, staffing or umbrella company. Its revenue and profit may largely pass through to or from other entities, so the figures may not reflect a standalone operating business. It is excluded from our opportunity lists.
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) | £13.3m | £13m | £10.3m | £9.4m |
| Cost of sales | £12m | £12.2m | £9.1m | £9.1m |
| Gross profit | £1.4m | £859k | £1.2m | £259k |
| Profit before tax | £2.3m | −£4.9k | £210k | −£85.3k |
| Profit after tax | £1.9m | −£4.9k | £178k | −£53.1k |
| Profit (best available) | £1.9m | −£4.9k | £178k | −£53.1k |
| Staff costs | £190k | £490 | — | — |
| Employees (average) | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 14.1% | 0% | 1.7% | −0.6% |
| Gross margin | 10.3% | 6.6% | 11.7% | 2.8% |
| Revenue per employee | £4.4m | £13m | £10.3m | £9.4m |
| Profit per employee | £627k | −£4.9k | £178k | −£53.1k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▼2.1% | ▼21.2% | ▼8.8% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼100.3% | — | ▼129.9% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▼66.7% | 0% | 0% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £4.3m | £2.7m | £2.4m | £2.4m |
| Net assets | £1.7m | £1.6m | £1.8m | £1.8m |
| Fixed assets | £2.2k | £57.8k | £44.3k | £35.3k |
| Current assets | £9.8m | £11.5m | £4m | £7.2m |
| Debtors | £3.9m | £3.1m | £737k | £900k |
| Cash from operations | £10.3m | −£988k | −£370k | −£73.2k |
| 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
- −0.6%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 2.8%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £9.4m
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- −£53.1k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 0.4%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 9.6%
- 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
- ▼3%
- Now £1.8m
- Cash at bank
- ▼2%
- Now £2.4m
- Headcount
- 0%
- Now 1
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- ▼20%
- Now £35.3k
Group structure
Subsidiaries (1)
- Monobuoy (UK) LtdFigures 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 −£53.1k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Sep 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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