CMBF Products (U.K.) Limited
Registered name: CMBF PRODUCTS (U.K.) LIMITED
CMBF Products (U.K.) Limited made £28.3m revenue and a £478k loss in the year to 31 Dec 2023.
CMBF Products (U.K.) Limited’s revenue grew 5% to £28.3m in the year to 31 Dec 2023, with a loss of £478k and 103 employees. The company is classified under “manufacture of other parts and accessories for motor vehicles” and is based in Pontypool; we hold 2 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Pontypool, Wales
- 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: “Power Packer Europa B.V”
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||
| Revenue (turnover) | £26.9m | £28.3m |
| Cost of sales | £22.6m | £24.4m |
| Gross profit | £4.3m | −£201k |
| Operating profit | £2m | −£578k |
| Profit before tax | £2m | −£572k |
| Profit after tax | £1.6m | −£478k |
| Profit (best available) | £1.6m | −£478k |
| Staff costs | £4.8m | £5.1m |
| Employees (average) | 97 | 103 |
| Ratios | ||
| Profit margin | 5.8% | −1.7% |
| Gross margin | 16% | −0.7% |
| Revenue per employee | £277k | £275k |
| Profit per employee | £16k | −£4.6k |
| Cash conversion | 98.9% | — |
| Growth (year on year) | ||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲5.2% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼130.8% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲6.2% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||
| Cash at bank | £2.1m | £1.4m |
| Net assets | £10.6m | £6.9m |
| Fixed assets | £4.1m | £4.1m |
| Current assets | £14.7m | £12m |
| Debtors | £4.2m | £4.2m |
| Deferred income | £683k | £359k |
| Cash from operations | £2m | £3.3m |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Sep 2024 | Accounts · bulk data Sep 2024 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- −1.7%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- −0.7%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £275k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- −£4.6k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 14.3%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 1.3%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 14.8%
- 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
- ▼35%
- Now £6.9m
- Cash at bank
- ▼34%
- Now £1.4m
- Headcount
- ▲6%
- Now 103
- Deferred income
- ▼47%
- Now £359k
- Fixed assets
- ▼0%
- Now £4.1m
Deferred income is reported together with accruals in this filing (“accruals and deferred income”), so it is an approximate signal only.
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Sources
Latest figures from accounts for the year to 31 Dec 2023 (profit −£478k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Sep 2024. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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