Gleason Metrology Systems Limited
Registered name: GLEASON METROLOGY SYSTEMS LIMITED
Part of Gleason Holdings (UK) Limited groupGleason Metrology Systems Limited made £16.9m revenue and £2.8m profit in the year to 31 Dec 2025. read from filing text
Gleason Metrology Systems Limited’s revenue grew 9% to £16.9m in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with £2.8m profit and 33 employees. The company is classified under “manufacture of electronic industrial process control equipment” and is based in Coventry; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Coventry, West Midlands
- Age
- 22 yrs · since 2004
- 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 immediate parent company is Gleason Cutting Tools Limited, a company registered in England and Wales”
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 | No P&L | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | — | £12.5m | £15.5m | £16.9m |
| Cost of sales | — | £9.6m | £11.8m | £11.7m |
| Gross profit | — | £2.9m | £3.7m | £5.2m |
| Operating profit | — | £1.5m | £1.7m | £3.2m |
| Profit before tax | — | £1.4m | £1.5m | £3.2m |
| Profit after tax | — | £1.1m | £1.2m | £2.8m |
| Profit (best available) | — | £1.1m | £1.2m | £2.8m |
| Staff costs | — | £1.9m | £2m | £2.3m |
| Employees (average) | 31 | 28 | 29 | 33 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | — | 8.5% | 7.4% | 16.5% |
| Gross margin | — | 22.9% | 23.8% | 30.7% |
| Revenue per employee | — | £447k | £535k | £511k |
| Profit per employee | — | £37.8k | £39.8k | £84.4k |
| Cash conversion | — | −10.9% | −80.9% | — |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | — | ▲24% | ▲8.7% |
| Profit growth | — | — | ▲9.3% | ▲141.2% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▼9.7% | ▲3.6% | ▲13.8% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £1.7m | £2.1m | £2.2m | £885k |
| Net assets | £1.8m | £2.8m | £4m | £5m |
| Fixed assets | £291k | £336k | £450k | £737k |
| Current assets | £6.1m | £8.6m | £9.5m | £8.3m |
| Debtors | £1.6m | £2.6m | £4.3m | £4.8m |
| Deferred income | — | £1.8m | £1.8m | £2m |
| Cash from operations | — | −£167k | −£1.4m | — |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Jul 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jul 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data May 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 16.5%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 30.7%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £511k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £84.4k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 4.4%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 12%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 28.3%
- 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
- ▲26%
- Now £5m
- Cash at bank
- ▼59%
- Now £885k
- Headcount
- ▲14%
- Now 33
- Deferred income
- ▲16%
- Now £2m
- Fixed assets
- ▲64%
- Now £737k
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
- Gleason Holdings (UK) Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- Gleason Cutting Tools Limited75–100%
- Gleason Metrology Systems Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Sister companies (1)
- Gleason UK Pension Trustee Company 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 £2.8m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Sep 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Updated from Companies House on 24 Oct 2026
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