MB Aerospace Newton Abbot Limited
Registered name: MB AEROSPACE NEWTON ABBOT LIMITED
Part of Apollo Global Management, Inc. groupMB Aerospace Newton Abbot Limited made £24.5m profit in the year to 31 Dec 2025 (revenue not disclosed).
MB Aerospace Newton Abbot Limited reported £24.5m profit in the year to 31 Dec 2025, up 6% on the year before; its revenue was not disclosed. It had 375 employees. The company is classified under “manufacture of other fabricated metal products” and is based in London; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- London, London
- 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: “On 27 January 2025, Barnes Group Inc. was acquired by Goat Holdco, LLC, an affiliate of Apollo Global Management Inc. (“Apollo”) and delisted from the New York Stock Exchange.”
Key figures
This company published its profit but not its turnover, so revenue and margins are not disclosed. We never estimate them.
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 | Profit only |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £35.5m | £39.8m | £47.4m | — |
| Cost of sales | £12m | £19.4m | £17.9m | — |
| Gross profit | £23.5m | £20.4m | £29.5m | — |
| Operating profit | −£1.1m | −£1.6m | £7.4m | — |
| Profit before tax | £5.6m | £10.8m | £27.3m | £27.9m |
| Profit after tax | £5.7m | £9m | £23.1m | £24.5m |
| Profit (best available) | £5.7m | £9m | £23.1m | £24.5m |
| Staff costs | £13.7m | £14.4m | £15m | £17m |
| Employees (average) | 359 | 363 | 355 | 375 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 16% | 22.7% | 48.8% | — |
| Gross margin | 66.2% | 51.2% | 62.3% | — |
| Revenue per employee | £98.8k | £110k | £134k | — |
| Profit per employee | £15.8k | £24.9k | £65.2k | £65.3k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲12.3% | ▲19.1% | — |
| Profit growth | — | ▲58.7% | ▲156.2% | ▲5.8% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲1.1% | ▼2.2% | ▲5.6% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £0 | £1k | £0 | — |
| Net assets | £39.6m | £48.6m | £71.8m | £96.3m |
| Fixed assets | £58.5m | £54.6m | £54.1m | £54.4m |
| Current assets | £18.5m | £16m | £24.2m | £48.5m |
| Debtors | £4.3m | £5.1m | £4.7m | £4.9m |
| Deferred income | £643k | £1.3m | £1.6m | £1.6m |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Jul 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jul 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Apr 2026 | FullAccounts · bulk data Oct 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- —
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- —
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- —
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £65.3k
- 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
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- —
- 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
- ▲34%
- Now £96.3m
- Cash at bank
- —
- Now —
- Headcount
- ▲6%
- Now 375
- Deferred income
- ▼4%
- Now £1.6m
- Fixed assets
- ▲1%
- Now £54.4m
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
- Apollo Global Management, Inc. (registered outside the UK register)ultimate parent75–100%
- MB Aerospace Holdings I Limited75–100%
- MB Aerospace Holdings Limited75–100%
- MB Aerospace Newton Abbot Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Sister companies (1)
- MB Aerospace LimitedRev. £28.9m · Profit £8m
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 £24.5m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Oct 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Updated from Companies House on 11 Oct 2026
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