Fine-Cast Foundry Limited
Registered name: FINE-CAST FOUNDRY LIMITED
Part of Beacon Cast Assets Ltd groupFine-Cast Foundry Limited made £9m revenue and £1.3m profit in the year to 31 Mar 2026. read from filing text
Fine-Cast Foundry Limited’s revenue grew 59% to £9m in the year to 31 Mar 2026, with £1.3m profit and 55 employees. The company is classified under “casting of light metals” and is based in Worthing; we hold 5 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Worthing, South East
- 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. From the filing: “The company's results are consolidated in the financial statements of its ultimate parent company, Beacon Cast Assets Ltd, registered at 1 Lineside Way, Wick, Littlehampton, BN17 7EH.”
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Mar 2022 | 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 | Full P&Lread from filing text |
| Profit & loss | |||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £6.3m | £8.7m | £9.1m | £5.6m | £9m |
| Cost of sales | £4m | £5.3m | £5.5m | £3.8m | £5.2m |
| Gross profit | £2.3m | £3.4m | £3.6m | £1.9m | £3.8m |
| Operating profit | £964k | £1.7m | £1.1m | −£32.3k | £1.8m |
| Profit before tax | £970k | £1.7m | £1m | £12.8k | £1.8m |
| Profit after tax | £1m | £1.6m | £994k | £23.6k | £1.3m |
| Profit (best available) | £1m | £1.6m | £994k | £23.6k | £1.3m |
| Staff costs | £1.7m | £2.1m | £2.6m | £1.9m | £2.3m |
| Employees (average) | 60 | 63 | 60 | 46 | 55 |
| Ratios | |||||
| Profit margin | 16.1% | 18.1% | 10.9% | 0.4% | 14.2% |
| Gross margin | 36.4% | 38.9% | 39.3% | 33.4% | 42.7% |
| Revenue per employee | £106k | £138k | £152k | £123k | £164k |
| Profit per employee | £17k | £25k | £16.6k | £514 | £23.3k |
| Cash conversion | −118.8% | −167.3% | −164.8% | — | −119.9% |
| Growth (year on year) | |||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲37.2% | ▲4.6% | ▼38% | ▲59.4% |
| Profit growth | — | ▲54.5% | ▼37% | ▼97.6% | ▲5315% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲5% | ▼4.8% | ▼23.3% | ▲19.6% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||||
| Cash at bank | £955k | £1.4m | £1.9m | £745k | £1.8m |
| Net assets | £5m | £5.8m | £5.9m | £4.3m | £4.9m |
| Fixed assets | £1.3m | £2.4m | £2m | £1.6m | £1.4m |
| Current assets | £5.6m | £5.8m | £5.9m | £4.2m | £5.7m |
| Debtors | £1.7m | £1.9m | £1.6m | £1.5m | £2.2m |
| Deferred income | £42k | £47.4k | £53.9k | £57.1k | £109k |
| Cash from operations | −£1.1m | −£2.9m | −£1.8m | −£789k | −£2.1m |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2023 | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2023 | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Mar 2026 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jul 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 14.2%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 42.7%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £164k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £23.3k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- −119.9%
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 15.1%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 1.2%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 24.2%
- 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
- ▲13%
- Now £4.9m
- Cash at bank
- ▲138%
- Now £1.8m
- Headcount
- ▲20%
- Now 55
- Deferred income
- ▲92%
- Now £109k
- Fixed assets
- ▼15%
- Now £1.4m
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
- Beacon Cast Assets Ltdultimate parent50–75%
- Fine-Cast Foundry Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Sister companies (1)
- Fine-Cast Properties 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 Mar 2026 (profit £1.3m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Jul 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Updated from Companies House on 16 Oct 2026
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