Elmleigh Electrical Systems Limited
Registered name: ELMLEIGH ELECTRICAL SYSTEMS LIMITED
Part of Leadec Automation & Engineering Gmbh groupElmleigh Electrical Systems Limited made £11.8m revenue and a £150k loss in the year to 31 Dec 2025.
Elmleigh Electrical Systems Limited’s revenue grew 79% to £11.8m in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with a loss of £150k and 88 employees. The company is classified under “manufacture of electronic industrial process control equipment” and is based in Hinckley; we hold 2 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Hinckley, East Midlands
- Age
- 20 yrs · since 2006
- 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: “Leadec Automation & Engineering GmbH”
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Dec 2024 | 31 Dec 2025 |
|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||
| Revenue (turnover) | £6.6m | £11.8m |
| Cost of sales | £4.3m | £8.8m |
| Gross profit | £2.2m | £3m |
| Operating profit | £449k | −£240k |
| Profit before tax | £484k | −£216k |
| Profit after tax | £444k | −£150k |
| Profit (best available) | £444k | −£150k |
| Staff costs | £2.3m | £4.3m |
| Employees (average) | 78 | 88 |
| Ratios | ||
| Profit margin | 6.8% | −1.3% |
| Gross margin | 33.8% | 25.6% |
| Revenue per employee | £84.2k | £134k |
| Profit per employee | £5.7k | −£1.7k |
| Cash conversion | 51.4% | — |
| Growth (year on year) | ||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲79.3% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼133.7% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲12.8% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||
| Cash at bank | £995k | £429k |
| Net assets | £3.3m | £2.9m |
| Fixed assets | £915k | £793k |
| Current assets | £5.3m | £6.3m |
| Debtors | £3m | £3.7m |
| Cash from operations | £231k | −£247k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2026 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- −1.3%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 25.6%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £134k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- −£1.7k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 6.7%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 31%
- 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
- ▼11%
- Now £2.9m
- Cash at bank
- ▼57%
- Now £429k
- Headcount
- ▲13%
- Now 88
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- ▼13%
- Now £793k
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Leadec Automation & Engineering Gmbh (registered outside the UK register)ultimate parent75–100%
- Elmleigh Electrical Systems 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 −£150k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Sep 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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