Rawlplug Limited
Registered name: RAWLPLUG LIMITED
Part of Rawlplug Sa groupRawlplug Limited made £25.1m revenue and £1.7m profit in the year to 31 Dec 2025.
Rawlplug Limited’s revenue fell 5% to £25.1m in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with £1.7m profit and 47 employees. The company is classified under “manufacture of wire products, chain and springs”; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- London
- 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.
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) | £23.3m | £25m | £26.5m | £25.1m |
| Cost of sales | £16.2m | £17.6m | £18.6m | £17.6m |
| Gross profit | £7.1m | £7.4m | £8m | £7.5m |
| Operating profit | £2.4m | £2.6m | £2.7m | £2.3m |
| Profit before tax | £2.4m | £2.6m | £2.7m | £2.2m |
| Profit after tax | £1.9m | £2m | £2m | £1.7m |
| Profit (best available) | £1.9m | £2m | £2m | £1.7m |
| Staff costs | £2.7m | £2.6m | £2.7m | £2.6m |
| Employees (average) | 49 | 46 | 48 | 47 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 8.2% | 7.8% | 7.4% | 6.6% |
| Gross margin | 30.4% | 29.4% | 30% | 29.9% |
| Revenue per employee | £475k | £543k | £553k | £535k |
| Profit per employee | £39k | £42.5k | £41k | £35.2k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲7.4% | ▲6.2% | ▼5.3% |
| Profit growth | — | ▲2.3% | ▲0.7% | ▼15.8% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▼6.1% | ▲4.3% | ▼2.1% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £730k | £2.7m | £1.7m | £1.2m |
| Net assets | £12.8m | £14.8m | £13.5m | £13.2m |
| Fixed assets | £1.8m | £1.7m | £1.6m | £1.6m |
| Current assets | £13.4m | £15.6m | £14.7m | £14.2m |
| Debtors | £4.7m | £4.1m | £5.3m | £4.5m |
| Deferred income | £1.1m | £1.3m | £1.5m | £1.1m |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 6.6%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 29.9%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £535k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £35.2k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 6.2%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 4.6%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 18%
- 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
- ▼2%
- Now £13.2m
- Cash at bank
- ▼28%
- Now £1.2m
- Headcount
- ▼2%
- Now 47
- Deferred income
- ▼25%
- Now £1.1m
- Fixed assets
- ▼4%
- Now £1.6m
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
- Rawlplug Sa (registered outside the UK register)ultimate parent75–100%
- Rawlplug Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
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 £1.7m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Sep 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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