Osl Cutting Technologies Limited
Registered name: OSL CUTTING TECHNOLOGIES LIMITED
Part of Osl Capital Limited groupOsl Cutting Technologies Limited made £11.6m revenue and £515k profit in the year to 31 Dec 2025. read from filing text
Osl Cutting Technologies Limited’s revenue fell 21% to £11.6m in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with £515k profit and 53 employees. The company is classified under “manufacture of power-driven hand tools” and is based in Sheffield; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Sheffield, Yorkshire and The Humber
- Age
- 24 yrs · since 2001
- 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. From the filing: “At the 31 December 2025, t”
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&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) | £16.4m | £16.4m | £14.7m | £11.6m |
| Cost of sales | £11.9m | £12m | £11.1m | £7.7m |
| Gross profit | £4.5m | £4.3m | £3.5m | £3.8m |
| Operating profit | £646k | −£35k | −£1.5m | £756k |
| Profit before tax | £613k | −£84k | −£1.6m | £729k |
| Profit after tax | £503k | −£135k | −£1.2m | £515k |
| Profit (best available) | £503k | −£135k | −£1.2m | £515k |
| Staff costs | £4.3m | £3.6m | £3.7m | £2.3m |
| Employees (average) | 108 | 97 | 95 | 53 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 3.1% | −0.8% | −8% | 4.5% |
| Gross margin | 27.4% | 26.6% | 24.2% | 33.1% |
| Revenue per employee | £152k | £169k | £154k | £218k |
| Profit per employee | £4.7k | −£1.4k | −£12.4k | £9.7k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲0% | ▼10.5% | ▼21.1% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼126.8% | — | — |
| Headcount growth | — | ▼10.2% | ▼2.1% | ▼44.2% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £547k | £457k | £597k | £163k |
| Net assets | £4.2m | £3.7m | £2m | £1.7m |
| Fixed assets | £1.1m | £2.9m | £1.9m | £1.1m |
| Current assets | £9.4m | £7.6m | £6.1m | £4.8m |
| Debtors | £3.5m | £3.1m | £1.9m | £1.6m |
| Deferred income | £528k | £436k | £796k | £453k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Aug 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Aug 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jul 2026 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jul 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 4.5%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 33.1%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £218k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £9.7k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 9.2%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 3.9%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 14%
- 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 £1.7m
- Cash at bank
- ▼73%
- Now £163k
- Headcount
- ▼44%
- Now 53
- Deferred income
- ▼43%
- Now £453k
- Fixed assets
- ▼43%
- Now £1.1m
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
- Osl Capital Limited (registered outside the UK register)ultimate parent75–100%
- Osl Group Holdings Limited75–100%
- Osl Cutting Technologies Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Sister companies (6)
- CQR Security LimitedRev. £12.4m · Profit −£479k
- Securefast LimitedRev. £0 · Profit −£8k
- British Springs LimitedFigures not disclosed
- G&J Hall LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Neepsend LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Osl Consulting 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 £515k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Jul 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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