Leen Gate Metals Limited
Registered name: LEEN GATE METALS LIMITED
Part of Leen Gate Stockholders Limited groupLeen Gate Metals Limited made £11.6m revenue and a £90.9k loss in the year to 30 Sep 2025.
Leen Gate Metals Limited’s revenue fell 6% to £11.6m in the year to 30 Sep 2025, with a loss of £90.9k and 28 employees. The company is classified under “wholesale of metals and metal ores” and is based in Nottingham; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Nottingham, East Midlands
- Age
- 26 yrs · since 2000
- 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) | £15.4m | £12.6m | £12.3m | £11.6m |
| Cost of sales | £11.6m | £10m | £10m | £9.5m |
| Gross profit | £3.8m | £2.5m | £2.3m | £2.1m |
| Operating profit | £1.5m | £428k | £284k | −£87.6k |
| Profit before tax | £1.5m | £374k | £236k | −£113k |
| Profit after tax | £1.3m | £323k | £233k | −£90.9k |
| Profit (best available) | £1.3m | £323k | £233k | −£90.9k |
| Staff costs | £1.2m | £1.1m | £1m | £1.1m |
| Employees (average) | 35 | 35 | 33 | 28 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 8.2% | 2.6% | 1.9% | −0.8% |
| Gross margin | 24.9% | 20.3% | 18.9% | 18.2% |
| Revenue per employee | £440k | £359k | £373k | £413k |
| Profit per employee | £36k | £9.2k | £7k | −£3.2k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▼18.4% | ▼2.1% | ▼6.1% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼74.4% | ▼28% | ▼139.1% |
| Headcount growth | — | 0% | ▼5.7% | ▼15.2% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £27.2k | £42.8k | £89.5k | £231k |
| Net assets | £2.8m | £2.9m | £3m | £2.8m |
| Fixed assets | £319k | £311k | £258k | £211k |
| Current assets | £8.8m | £8.2m | £8.6m | £8.3m |
| Debtors | £3.2m | £2.8m | £2.6m | £2.2m |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Jun 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jun 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jun 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jun 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- −0.8%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 18.2%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £413k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- −£3.2k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 1.8%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 19%
- 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
- ▼6%
- Now £2.8m
- Cash at bank
- ▲158%
- Now £231k
- Headcount
- ▼15%
- Now 28
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- ▼18%
- Now £211k
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Leen Gate Stockholders Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- Leen Gate Metal Holdings Limited75–100%
- Leen Gate Metals Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Subsidiaries (1)
- Leen Gate Metals (Bedford) LimitedFigures not disclosed
Sister companies (1)
- Leen Gate Metal Supplies 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 30 Sep 2025 (profit −£90.9k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Jun 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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