Swiftool Precision Engineering Limited
Registered name: SWIFTOOL PRECISION ENGINEERING LIMITED
Part of Spe Holdings Limited groupSwiftool Precision Engineering Limited made £15.5m revenue and a £137k loss in the year to 30 Sep 2025.
Swiftool Precision Engineering Limited’s revenue fell 44% to £15.5m in the year to 30 Sep 2025, with a loss of £137k and 125 employees. The company is classified under “manufacture of other fabricated metal products” and is based in Sutton-in-Ashfield; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Sutton-in-Ashfield, East Midlands
- 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 | 30 Sep 2022 | 30 Sep 2023 | 30 Sep 2024 | 30 Sep 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £11.7m | £21.1m | £27.8m | £15.5m |
| Cost of sales | £6.7m | £13.4m | £18.1m | £9.2m |
| Gross profit | £4.9m | £7.7m | £9.8m | £6.3m |
| Operating profit | £455k | £3m | £3.1m | £318 |
| Profit before tax | £186k | £2.4m | £2.3m | −£601k |
| Profit after tax | £265k | £2.1m | £1.8m | −£137k |
| Profit (best available) | £265k | £2.1m | £1.8m | −£137k |
| Staff costs | £4.5m | £4.9m | £6.2m | £5.7m |
| Employees (average) | 120 | 115 | 133 | 125 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 2.3% | 10.1% | 6.3% | −0.9% |
| Gross margin | 42.4% | 36.6% | 35.1% | 40.5% |
| Revenue per employee | £97.2k | £183k | £209k | £124k |
| Profit per employee | £2.2k | £18.6k | £13.2k | −£1.1k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲80.8% | ▲32% | ▼44.3% |
| Profit growth | — | ▲706.2% | ▼17.5% | ▼107.7% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▼4.2% | ▲15.7% | ▼6% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £62.2k | £796 | £1.7k | £760 |
| Net assets | £4.2m | £5.6m | £6.4m | £5.6m |
| Fixed assets | £8.6m | £9.6m | £10.4m | £9.6m |
| Current assets | £7.5m | £14.6m | £18.9m | £10.1m |
| Debtors | £4m | £9.3m | £12.3m | £5.5m |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Feb 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Feb 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data May 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jun 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- −0.9%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 40.5%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £124k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- −£1.1k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 62.1%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 35.5%
- 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
- ▼12%
- Now £5.6m
- Cash at bank
- ▼56%
- Now £760
- Headcount
- ▼6%
- Now 125
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- ▼7%
- Now £9.6m
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Spe Holdings Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- Swiftool Precision Engineering Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 30 Sep 2025 (profit −£137k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Jun 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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