The Commonwealth Mint & Philatelic Bureau Ltd
Registered name: THE COMMONWEALTH MINT & PHILATELIC BUREAU LTD
Part of Heimerle + Meule Gmbh groupThe Commonwealth Mint & Philatelic Bureau Ltd made £3.7m profit in the year to 31 Dec 2025 (revenue not disclosed).
The Commonwealth Mint & Philatelic Bureau Ltd reported £3.7m profit in the year to 31 Dec 2025, up 19% on the year before; its revenue was not disclosed. It had 49 employees. The company is classified under “casting of other non-ferrous metals” and is based in Birmingham; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Birmingham, West Midlands
- Age
- 21 yrs · since 2005
- 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: “100% of the share capital of the company is now held by Heimerle + Meule group, Heimerle + Meule GmbH is owned by L.Possehl & Co. GmbH.”
Key figures
This company published its profit but not its turnover, so revenue and margins are not disclosed. We never estimate them.
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 | Profit only | Profit only | Profit only | Profit only |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | — | — | — | — |
| Cost of sales | £27.3m | £66.8m | £53m | £85.6m |
| Profit before tax | — | — | £4.1m | £5.1m |
| Profit after tax | £6.5m | £6.7m | £3.1m | £3.7m |
| Profit (best available) | £6.5m | £6.7m | £3.1m | £3.7m |
| Staff costs | £2.2m | £2.2m | £2.2m | £2.2m |
| Employees (average) | 55 | 59 | 52 | 49 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | — | — | — | — |
| Profit per employee | £118k | £114k | £59.7k | £75.3k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Profit growth | — | ▲3.1% | ▼53.7% | ▲18.8% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲7.3% | ▼11.9% | ▼5.8% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £9.4m | £10.3m | £3m | £2.9m |
| Net assets | £26.1m | £25.8m | £18.4m | £17.1m |
| Fixed assets | £4.1m | £4.1m | £3.9m | £3.7m |
| Current assets | £24.4m | £24.4m | £16.3m | £21.3m |
| Debtors | £2.7m | £6m | £7.1m | £7m |
| Deferred income | £191k | £192k | £484k | £658k |
| Cash from operations | −£8.1m | −£10.1m | −£6.6m | −£6.2m |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Apr 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Apr 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jul 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Mar 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- —
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- —
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- —
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £75.3k
- 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
- ▼7%
- Now £17.1m
- Cash at bank
- ▼2%
- Now £2.9m
- Headcount
- ▼6%
- Now 49
- Deferred income
- ▲36%
- Now £658k
- Fixed assets
- ▼5%
- Now £3.7m
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
- Heimerle + Meule Gmbh (registered outside the UK register)ultimate parent75–100%
- The Commonwealth Mint & Philatelic Bureau Ltdthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Subsidiaries (5)
- Commonwealth Mint Worldwide LtdFigures not disclosed
- Heaton Mint LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Soho Mint LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Techgrave LimitedFigures not disclosed
- The Commonwealth Mint 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 £3.7m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Mar 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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