Stolle Machinery UK Ltd
Registered name: STOLLE MACHINERY UK LTD
Part of Toyo Seikan Group Holdings, Ltd. groupStolle Machinery UK Ltd made £27m revenue and a £11.5m loss in the year to 31 Dec 2025.
Stolle Machinery UK Ltd’s revenue grew 28% to £27m in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with a loss of £11.5m and 180 employees. The company is classified under “manufacture of ovens, furnaces and furnace burners” and is based in Burnley; we hold 6 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Burnley, North West
- Age
- 17 yrs · since 2008
- 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: “Stolle EMS Group Limited”
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 29 Dec 2021 | 30 Dec 2022 | 30 Dec 2023 | 30 Dec 2024 | 31 Dec 2024 | 31 Dec 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £57.1m | £58.6m | £64.7m | £21.1m | £21.1m | £27m |
| Cost of sales | £52.5m | £56.6m | −£58.2m | −£22.1m | −£22.1m | −£29.7m |
| Gross profit | £4.6m | £2.1m | £6.5m | −£958k | −£958k | −£2.6m |
| Operating profit | −£3m | −£7.6m | −£7.9m | −£13.8m | −£13.8m | −£11.3m |
| Profit before tax | −£3m | −£7.6m | −£8.3m | −£13.8m | −£13.8m | −£11.5m |
| Profit after tax | −£3m | −£7.6m | −£5.1m | −£15.7m | −£15.7m | −£11.5m |
| Profit (best available) | −£3m | −£7.6m | −£5.1m | −£15.7m | −£15.7m | −£11.5m |
| Staff costs | £8.8m | £9.6m | — | — | — | — |
| Employees (average) | 196 | 210 | 204 | 185 | 185 | 180 |
| Ratios | ||||||
| Profit margin | −5.3% | −13% | −7.9% | −74.2% | −74.2% | −42.5% |
| Gross margin | 8.1% | 3.5% | 10% | −4.5% | −4.5% | −9.7% |
| Revenue per employee | £292k | £279k | £317k | £114k | £114k | £150k |
| Profit per employee | −£15.5k | −£36.4k | −£25.2k | −£84.8k | −£84.8k | −£63.8k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲2.6% | ▲10.3% | ▼67.3% | — | ▲27.9% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲7.1% | ▼2.9% | ▼9.3% | — | ▼2.7% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||||
| Cash at bank | £4.8m | £2.9m | — | — | — | — |
| Net assets | −£4.6m | −£12.3m | — | — | — | — |
| Fixed assets | £1.2m | £1.1m | — | — | — | — |
| Current assets | £38m | £77.4m | — | — | — | — |
| Debtors | £3.5m | £18.4m | — | — | — | — |
| Deferred income | £38.4m | £63.8m | — | — | — | — |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Dec 2023 | Accounts · bulk data Dec 2023 | Accounts · bulk data Aug 2025 | Accounts · bulk data Aug 2025 | Accounts · bulk data Oct 2026 | Accounts · bulk data Oct 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- −42.5%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- −9.7%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £150k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- −£63.8k
- 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
- —
- Now —
- Cash at bank
- —
- Now —
- Headcount
- ▼3%
- Now 180
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now —
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Toyo Seikan Group Holdings, Ltd. (registered outside the UK register)ultimate parent75–100%
- Stolle Ems Group Limited75–100%
- Stolle Machinery UK Ltdthis 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 accounts for the year to 31 Dec 2025 (profit −£11.5m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Oct 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Updated from Companies House on 20 Oct 2026
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