Masteel (UK) Limited
Registered name: MASTEEL (UK) LIMITED
Part of Bradley McLaren Holdings Limited groupMasteel (UK) Limited made £16.5m revenue and £679k profit in the year to 31 Aug 2025.
Masteel (UK) Limited’s revenue fell 17% to £16.5m in the year to 31 Aug 2025, with £679k profit and 47 employees. The company is classified under “wholesale of metals and metal ores” 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 2002
- 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 | 31 Aug 2022 | 31 Aug 2023 | 31 Aug 2024 | 31 Aug 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £19.5m | £18.6m | £20m | £16.5m |
| Cost of sales | £15.7m | £14.4m | £15.3m | £12.6m |
| Gross profit | £3.7m | £4.2m | £4.7m | £3.9m |
| Operating profit | £1.8m | £2m | £1.7m | £768k |
| Profit before tax | £1.9m | £2.1m | £2m | £910k |
| Profit after tax | £1.5m | £1.6m | £1.5m | £679k |
| Profit (best available) | £1.5m | £1.6m | £1.5m | £679k |
| Staff costs | £1.3m | £1.5m | £2.1m | £2.2m |
| Employees (average) | 24 | 25 | 43 | 47 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 7.9% | 8.6% | 7.4% | 4.1% |
| Gross margin | 19.2% | 22.5% | 23.5% | 23.5% |
| Revenue per employee | £812k | £746k | £464k | £352k |
| Profit per employee | £64.1k | £64.5k | £34.4k | £14.5k |
| Cash conversion | −86.6% | −128.3% | −8.7% | −17.8% |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▼4.4% | ▲7.1% | ▼17.2% |
| Profit growth | — | ▲4.8% | ▼8.2% | ▼54.1% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲4.2% | ▲72% | ▲9.3% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £245k | £1.1m | £269k | £503k |
| Net assets | £5.2m | £6.1m | £6.8m | £7.2m |
| Fixed assets | £330k | £647k | £645k | £862k |
| Current assets | £10.8m | £10.5m | £11.5m | £11.2m |
| Debtors | £3.9m | £3.3m | £3.3m | £2.9m |
| Deferred income | £378k | £348k | £455k | £90.5k |
| Cash from operations | −£1.6m | −£2.5m | −£150k | −£137k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Feb 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Feb 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Feb 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Feb 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 4.1%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 23.5%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £352k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £14.5k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- −17.8%
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 5.2%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 0.5%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 17.6%
- 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
- ▲6%
- Now £7.2m
- Cash at bank
- ▲87%
- Now £503k
- Headcount
- ▲9%
- Now 47
- Deferred income
- ▼80%
- Now £90.5k
- Fixed assets
- ▲34%
- Now £862k
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
- Bradley McLaren Holdings Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- Masteel (UK) Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Sister companies (1)
- D.S. Willetts (Stainless) 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 Aug 2025 (profit £679k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Feb 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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