Metallisation Limited
Registered name: METALLISATION LIMITED
Part of Alchemy UK Holdco 1 Limited groupMetallisation Limited made £14m revenue and £1.2m profit in the year to 31 Dec 2025.
Metallisation Limited’s revenue fell 3% to £14m in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with £1.2m profit and 45 employees. The company is classified under “manufacture of machinery for metallurgy” and is based in West Midlands; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- West Midlands, West Midlands
- Age
- 22 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 is a wholly owned subsidiary of Metallisation Holdings Limited, a company registered in England and Wales. With effect from 13 December 2023 the ultimate parent undertaking is PEP Alchemy ”
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&L | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £16.5m | £14m | £14.4m | £14m |
| Cost of sales | £12m | £9.6m | £9.7m | £9.6m |
| Gross profit | £4.5m | £4.4m | £4.7m | £4.4m |
| Operating profit | £2.4m | £2.1m | £2m | £1.6m |
| Profit before tax | £2.4m | £2.1m | £2m | £1.6m |
| Profit after tax | £2m | £1.7m | £1.7m | £1.2m |
| Profit (best available) | £2m | £1.7m | £1.7m | £1.2m |
| Staff costs | £2.1m | £2.5m | — | — |
| Employees (average) | 46 | 48 | 45 | 45 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 12.3% | 12.2% | 12% | 8.6% |
| Gross margin | 27.3% | 31.6% | 32.7% | 31.7% |
| Revenue per employee | £358k | £292k | £320k | £311k |
| Profit per employee | £44.2k | £35.6k | £38.5k | £26.7k |
| Cash conversion | 117.5% | 19.2% | — | — |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▼15% | ▲2.9% | ▼2.9% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼16.1% | ▲1.5% | ▼30.6% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲4.3% | ▼6.3% | 0% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £1.2m | £942k | — | — |
| Net assets | £8m | £9.7m | — | — |
| Fixed assets | £246k | £279k | — | — |
| Current assets | £11m | £12.3m | — | — |
| Debtors | £2.7m | £1.7m | — | — |
| Deferred income | £419k | £379k | — | — |
| Cash from operations | £2.8m | £404k | — | — |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Aug 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Aug 2024 | Accounts · bulk data Aug 2025 | Accounts · bulk data Oct 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 8.6%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 31.7%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £311k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £26.7k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- —
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- —
- 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
- —
- Now —
- Cash at bank
- —
- Now —
- Headcount
- 0%
- Now 45
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now —
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Alchemy UK Holdco 1 Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- Alchemy UK Holdco 2 Limited75–100%
- Alchemy UK Holdco 3 Limited75–100%
- Metallisation Holdings Limited75–100%
- Metallisation Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Subsidiaries (1)
- Metallisation Projects LimitedFigures not disclosed
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
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Sources
Latest figures from accounts for the year to 31 Dec 2025 (profit £1.2m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Oct 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Updated from Companies House on 16 Oct 2026
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