Construction Metal Forming Limited
Registered name: CONSTRUCTION METAL FORMING LIMITED
Construction Metal Forming Limited made £21.2m revenue and a £1.1m loss in the year to 31 Mar 2026.
Construction Metal Forming Limited’s revenue was £21.2m in the year to 31 Mar 2026, with a loss of £1.1m and 78 employees. The company is classified under “manufacture of other fabricated metal products” and is based in Pontypool; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Pontypool, Wales
- Age
- 21 yrs · since 2005
- Type
- Private Limited Company
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 Mar 2025 | 31 Mar 2026 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £40.1m | £31.5m | £33.5m | £21.2m |
| Cost of sales | £35.7m | £26.6m | £27.5m | £18.1m |
| Gross profit | £4.4m | £4.9m | £6.1m | £3.1m |
| Operating profit | £1.3m | £609k | £436k | −£1.4m |
| Profit before tax | £1m | £31.3k | −£239k | −£2m |
| Profit after tax | £643k | £23.9k | −£69.1k | −£1.1m |
| Profit (best available) | £643k | £23.9k | −£69.1k | −£1.1m |
| Staff costs | £3.5m | £4m | £5.4m | £4.1m |
| Employees (average) | 75 | 88 | 91 | 78 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 1.6% | 0.1% | −0.2% | −5.3% |
| Gross margin | 11% | 15.6% | 18.1% | 14.8% |
| Revenue per employee | £534k | £358k | £368k | £272k |
| Profit per employee | £8.6k | £272 | −£759 | −£14.3k |
| Cash conversion | 56.5% | −636.4% | −1078% | — |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▼21.5% | — | — |
| Profit growth | — | ▼96.3% | — | — |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲17.3% | — | — |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | — | — | −£209k | −£1.4m |
| Net assets | £8.4m | £8.5m | £8.4m | £7.3m |
| Fixed assets | £10.8m | £11.4m | £12.3m | £11.9m |
| Current assets | £21.4m | £17.3m | £15.5m | £11.7m |
| Debtors | £7.4m | £8.1m | £4.3m | £4.3m |
| Deferred income | — | — | £375k | £403k |
| Cash from operations | £749k | −£3.9m | −£4.7m | £1.1m |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jun 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jul 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- −5.3%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 14.8%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £272k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- −£14.3k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 56.2%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 1.9%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 20.4%
- 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 £7.3m
- Cash at bank
- —
- Now −£1.4m
- Headcount
- —
- Now 78
- Deferred income
- —
- Now £403k
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now £11.9m
Deferred income is reported together with accruals in this filing (“accruals and deferred income”), so it is an approximate signal only.
Group structure
Subsidiaries (1)
- Composite Shear Connectors LimitedFigures not disclosed
Minority corporate shareholders
- Kenai Holdings Limited 25–50%
- Severfield PLC 25–50%
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Mar 2026 (profit −£1.1m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Jul 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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