Holroyd Precision Ltd
Registered name: HOLROYD PRECISION LTD
Holroyd Precision Ltd made £7.8m revenue and a £676k loss in the year to 31 Dec 2025.
Holroyd Precision Ltd’s revenue fell 9% to £7.8m in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with a loss of £676k and 55 employees. The company is classified under “manufacture of other machine tools” and is based in Rochdale; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Rochdale, North West
- Age
- 20 yrs · since 2006
- 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 Dec 2024 | 31 Dec 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £5.9m | £7.7m | £8.5m | £7.8m |
| Cost of sales | £3.6m | £5.5m | £5.4m | £4.2m |
| Gross profit | £2.2m | £2.2m | £3.1m | £3.6m |
| Operating profit | −£544k | −£1.2m | −£958k | £75.3k |
| Profit before tax | −£703k | −£2m | −£1.9m | −£684k |
| Profit after tax | −£703k | −£2m | −£1.8m | −£676k |
| Profit (best available) | −£703k | −£2m | −£1.8m | −£676k |
| Staff costs | £2.9m | £3.2m | £3.1m | £3.3m |
| Employees (average) | 60 | 58 | 56 | 55 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | −12% | −26.2% | −21.5% | −8.7% |
| Gross margin | 37.8% | 28.5% | 36.8% | 46.4% |
| Revenue per employee | £97.6k | £132k | £153k | £142k |
| Profit per employee | −£11.7k | −£34.7k | −£32.8k | −£12.3k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲30.9% | ▲11.4% | ▼8.8% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▼3.3% | ▼3.5% | ▼1.8% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £5.5m | £5.1m | £1.1m | £964k |
| Net assets | −£6.8m | −£8.8m | −£10.7m | −£11.3m |
| Fixed assets | £3.6m | £3.5m | £2.2m | £1.8m |
| Current assets | £21.8m | £15.7m | £10m | £9.7m |
| Debtors | £1.5m | £287k | £527k | £806k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data May 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data May 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Aug 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- −8.7%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 46.4%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £142k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- −£12.3k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 23%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 10.3%
- 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 −£11.3m
- Cash at bank
- ▼11%
- Now £964k
- Headcount
- ▼2%
- Now 55
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- ▼18%
- Now £1.8m
Group structure
Minority corporate shareholders
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 −£676k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Aug 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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