Met-Seam Limited
Registered name: MET-SEAM LIMITED
Part of International Metal Industries Limited groupMet-Seam Limited made £2.6m revenue and £136k profit in the year to 31 Dec 2025. read from filing text
Met-Seam Limited’s revenue grew 10% to £2.6m in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with £136k profit and 3 employees. The company is classified under “other business support service activities” and is based in Herts; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Herts, East of England
- 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: “The company's immediate parent undertaking is Envirolead Distribution Limited”
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&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £2.7m | £2.4m | £2.4m | £2.6m |
| Cost of sales | £2.1m | £1.9m | £1.9m | £2m |
| Gross profit | £641k | £504k | £532k | £587k |
| Operating profit | £186k | £88k | £92.9k | £160k |
| Profit before tax | £172k | £62.7k | £66.4k | £136k |
| Profit after tax | £172k | £62.7k | £66.4k | £136k |
| Profit (best available) | £172k | £62.7k | £66.4k | £136k |
| Employees (average) | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 6.3% | 2.6% | 2.8% | 5.2% |
| Gross margin | 23.6% | 20.8% | 22.3% | 22.4% |
| Revenue per employee | £679k | £807k | £796k | £874k |
| Profit per employee | £43k | £20.9k | £22.1k | £45.4k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▼10.8% | ▼1.4% | ▲9.9% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼63.5% | ▲5.9% | ▲105.2% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▼25% | 0% | 0% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £23.5k | £9.6k | £44.2k | £0 |
| Net assets | −£899k | −£836k | −£770k | −£634k |
| Fixed assets | £12k | £8.4k | £4.8k | — |
| Current assets | £450k | £348k | £375k | £505k |
| Debtors | £360k | £263k | £256k | £369k |
| Deferred income | £32.8k | £33.7k | £61.1k | £110k |
| 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
- 5.2%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 22.4%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £874k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £45.4k
- 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
- 4.2%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 14.1%
- 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 −£634k
- Cash at bank
- ▼100%
- Now £0
- Headcount
- 0%
- Now 3
- Deferred income
- ▲80%
- Now £110k
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now —
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
- International Metal Industries Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- Envirolead Midco Limited75–100%
- Envirolead Distribution Limited75–100%
- Met-Seam Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Sister companies (5)
- Associated Lead Mills Ltd.Rev. £63.9m · Profit £150k
- Jamestown Industries LimitedRev. £63.3m · Profit £25.9k
- Royston Lead LimitedRev. £12m · Profit −£1.1m
- Royston Sheet Lead LimitedRev. £1.1m · Profit −£76.2k
- Premium Roofing Products LimitedRev. £0 · Profit −£673
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 £136k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Sep 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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