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Company No. 04745998 · Incorporated 28 Apr 2003

Manufacturing Service Solutions Limited

Registered name: MANUFACTURING SERVICE SOLUTIONS LIMITED

Part of Atlas Copco Airpower N.V. group

Manufacturing Service Solutions Limited made £9.3m revenue and a £242k loss in the year to 31 Dec 2025. read from filing text

Manufacturing Service Solutions Limited’s revenue fell 22% to £9.3m in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with a loss of £242k and 37 employees. The company is classified under “manufacture of other general-purpose machinery” and is based in Hemel Hempstead; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.

Full P&L filedSection C · ManufacturingSIC 28290Manufacture of other general-purpose machinery n.e.c.
Status
Active
Location
Hemel Hempstead, South East
Age
23 yrs · since 2003
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 immediate parent company and controlling party is Atlas Copco UK Holdings Limited, a company incorporated in England.”

Latest accounts · year to 31 Dec 2025

Key figures

Capital-lightCash flow filed
Revenue
£9.3m
Growth ▼21.7%
Profit
−£242k
Growth ▼127.2%
Profit margin
−2.6%
Gross 28.2%
Employees
37
Change ▼2.6%
Profit / employee
−£6.5k
Revenue/employee £252k
Profitable streak
0yrs
Consecutive profitable years in our data

Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.

4 filed years

Financial history

Multi-year financials, oldest to newest
Year to31 Dec 202231 Dec 202331 Dec 202431 Dec 2025
DisclosureNo P&LFull P&Lread from filing textFull P&Lread from filing textFull P&Lread from filing text
Profit & loss
Revenue (turnover)—£14.3m£11.9m£9.3m
Cost of sales—£10.4m£8.6m£6.7m
Gross profit—£3.9m£3.3m£2.6m
Operating profit—£2.1m£1m−£323k
Profit before tax—£2.1m£1m−£322k
Profit after tax—£1.8m£891k−£242k
Profit (best available)—£1.8m£891k−£242k
Staff costs—£2.2m£2.5m£3.1m
Employees (average)27363837
Ratios
Profit margin—12.7%7.5%−2.6%
Gross margin—27.2%27.6%28.2%
Revenue per employee—£398k£313k£252k
Profit per employee—£50.4k£23.4k−£6.5k
Cash conversion—−55%−254.6%—
Growth (year on year)
Revenue growth——▼17%▼21.7%
Profit growth——▼50.9%▼127.2%
Headcount growth—▲33.3%▲5.6%▼2.6%
Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue
Cash at bank£1.2m£1.5m£1.2m£2.8m
Net assets£2.8m£4.7m£5.5m£5.3m
Fixed assets£358k£296k£391k£356k
Current assets£5.9m£6.9m£8.6m£8.2m
Debtors£1.6m£1.9m£1.7m£1.9m
Deferred income—£235k£273k£1.3m
Cash from operations—−£1.2m−£2.6m£695k
SourceFullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2024FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2024FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2025FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2026
Derived from the latest filing

How the business works

Profit margin
−2.6%
Profit ÷ revenue.
Gross margin
28.2%
Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
Revenue per employee
£252k
Revenue ÷ average employees.
Profit per employee
−£6.5k
Profit ÷ average employees.
Cash conversion
—
Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
Fixed assets ÷ revenue
3.8%
Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
Deferred income ÷ revenue
14%
Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
Debtors ÷ revenue
20.6%
Money owed by customers. Low = customers pay quickly.
Indirect — not revenue

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
▼4%
Now £5.3m
Cash at bank
▲130%
Now £2.8m
Headcount
▼3%
Now 37
Deferred income
▲376%
Now £1.3m
Fixed assets
▼9%
Now £356k

Deferred income is reported together with accruals in this filing (“accruals and deferred income”), so it is an approximate signal only.

Corporate ownership

Group structure

Ownership chain

  1. Atlas Copco Airpower N.V. (registered outside the UK register)ultimate parent75–100%
  2. Atlas Copco UK Holdings Limited75–100%
  3. Manufacturing Service Solutions Limitedthis company

Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.

Sister companies (15)

From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).

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Sources

Companies House profile Filing history & original accounts

Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Dec 2025 (profit −£242k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Sep 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.

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