Tensor PLC
Registered name: TENSOR PLC
Tensor PLC made £4.9m revenue and £1.2m profit in the year to 31 Mar 2026. read from filing text
Tensor PLC’s revenue fell 58% to £4.9m in the year to 31 Mar 2026, with £1.2m profit and 72 employees. The company is classified under “manufacture of electronic industrial process control equipment” and is based in ST. Neots; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- ST. Neots, East of England
- Age
- 27 yrs · since 1998
- Type
- Public 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 2023 | 31 Mar 2024 | 31 Mar 2025 | 31 Mar 2026 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £4.7m | £6.9m | £11.4m | £4.9m |
| Cost of sales | £1.7m | £2.5m | £7.1m | £820k |
| Gross profit | £3m | £4.4m | £4.3m | £4m |
| Operating profit | £618k | £1.4m | £1.3m | £1.2m |
| Profit before tax | £611k | £1.4m | £1.3m | £1.2m |
| Profit after tax | £611k | £1.4m | £1.3m | £1.2m |
| Profit (best available) | £611k | £1.4m | £1.3m | £1.2m |
| Employees (average) | 67 | 75 | 74 | 72 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 12.9% | 20.4% | 11.1% | 23.8% |
| Gross margin | 63.1% | 64.3% | 37.7% | 83.1% |
| Revenue per employee | £70.5k | £92.1k | £154k | £67.4k |
| Profit per employee | £9.1k | £18.8k | £17.2k | £16k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | — | ▲65.4% | ▼57.5% |
| Profit growth | — | — | ▼9.8% | ▼9% |
| Headcount growth | — | — | ▼1.3% | ▼2.7% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £504k | £1.5m | £9.6k | £9.4k |
| Net assets | £1.3m | £1.3m | £233k | £400k |
| Fixed assets | £350k | £350k | £350k | £350k |
| Current assets | £1.6m | £2.8m | £974k | £799k |
| Debtors | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 |
| Deferred income | £5.8k | £5.8k | £6.8k | £0 |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Sep 2024 | Accounts · bulk data Sep 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jan 2026 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 23.8%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 83.1%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £67.4k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £16k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 7.2%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 0%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 0%
- 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
- ▲72%
- Now £400k
- Cash at bank
- ▼2%
- Now £9.4k
- Headcount
- ▼3%
- Now 72
- Deferred income
- ▼100%
- Now £0
- Fixed assets
- 0%
- Now £350k
Deferred income is reported together with accruals in this filing (“accruals and deferred income”), so it is an approximate signal only.
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Mar 2026 (profit £1.2m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Sep 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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