Nasmyth Henton Limited
Registered name: NASMYTH HENTON LIMITED
Part of Sigma Advanced Systems Ltd groupNasmyth Henton Limited made £6.7m revenue and a £388k loss in the year to 30 Apr 2025.
Nasmyth Henton Limited’s revenue fell 3% to £6.7m in the year to 30 Apr 2025, with a loss of £388k and 48 employees. The company is classified under “manufacture of metal structures and parts of structures” and is based in Coventry; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Coventry, West Midlands
- Age
- 18 yrs · since 2007
- 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.
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 30 Apr 2022 | 30 Apr 2023 | 30 Apr 2024 | 30 Apr 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £6.3m | £4.6m | £7m | £6.7m |
| Cost of sales | £5.6m | £4.1m | £6.1m | £6.1m |
| Gross profit | £626k | £514k | £811k | £629k |
| Operating profit | −£561k | −£140k | £146k | −£194k |
| Profit before tax | −£706k | −£216k | −£50k | −£405k |
| Profit after tax | −£573k | −£188k | −£123k | −£388k |
| Profit (best available) | −£573k | −£188k | −£123k | −£388k |
| Employees (average) | 45 | 43 | 44 | 48 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | −9.1% | −4.1% | −1.8% | −5.8% |
| Gross margin | 10% | 11.1% | 11.7% | 9.3% |
| Revenue per employee | £139k | £108k | £158k | £140k |
| Profit per employee | −£12.7k | −£4.4k | −£2.8k | −£8.1k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | — | ▲49.9% | ▼3% |
| Headcount growth | — | — | ▲2.3% | ▲9.1% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £58k | £74k | £0 | £13k |
| Net assets | £845k | £657k | £534k | £146k |
| Fixed assets | £1m | £854k | £686k | £498k |
| Current assets | £2m | £3.1m | £3.3m | £3.3m |
| Debtors | £728k | £1.3m | £1.7m | £1.5m |
| Deferred income | £118k | £41k | £120k | £58k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Apr 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Apr 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Apr 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jan 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- −5.8%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 9.3%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £140k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- −£8.1k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 7.4%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 0.9%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 22.3%
- 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
- ▼73%
- Now £146k
- Cash at bank
- —
- Now £13k
- Headcount
- ▲9%
- Now 48
- Deferred income
- ▼52%
- Now £58k
- Fixed assets
- ▼27%
- Now £498k
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
- Sigma Advanced Systems Ltd (registered outside the UK register)ultimate parent75–100%
- Sigma Advanced Systems UK Ltd75–100%
- Nasmyth Group Limited75–100%
- Nasmyth Henton Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Sister companies (7)
- Nasmyth Bulwell LimitedRev. £28.9m · Profit −£1m
- Nasmyth Coventry LimitedRev. £10.8m · Profit −£1.1m
- Nasmyth Iec LimitedRev. £8.1m · Profit −£582k
- Nasmyth Technologies LimitedRev. £4.5m · Profit £475k
- Geb Surface Treatments LimitedRev. £2.3m · Profit £436k
- Nasmyth Enterprises LimitedRev. £848k · Profit −£1.2m
- Nasmyth Doughty LimitedLiquidationFigures not disclosed
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 30 Apr 2025 (profit −£388k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Jan 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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