Adm Pressings Limited
Registered name: ADM PRESSINGS LIMITED
Part of GCH Corporation Limited groupAdm Pressings Limited made £21.1m revenue and a £552k loss in the year to 31 Dec 2025. read from filing text
Adm Pressings Limited’s revenue fell 12% to £21.1m in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with a loss of £552k and 235 employees. The company is classified under “forging, pressing, stamping and roll-forming of metal; powder metallurgy” and is based in Newcastle Upon Tyne; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Newcastle Upon Tyne, North East
- 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: “The ultimate controlling party is G F Hutchings.”
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&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £25.9m | £28.5m | £23.9m | £21.1m |
| Cost of sales | £16.8m | £20.8m | £16.4m | £13.3m |
| Gross profit | £9.1m | £7.8m | £7.5m | £7.8m |
| Operating profit | £1.1m | −£2.4m | −£903k | −£711k |
| Profit before tax | £998k | −£2.6m | −£1.1m | −£865k |
| Profit after tax | £761k | −£2m | −£812k | −£552k |
| Profit (best available) | £761k | −£2m | −£812k | −£552k |
| Staff costs | £9.3m | £11.5m | £9.8m | £9.3m |
| Employees (average) | 288 | 303 | 258 | 235 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 2.9% | −6.9% | −3.4% | −2.6% |
| Gross margin | 35.2% | 27.2% | 31.5% | 36.9% |
| Revenue per employee | £89.9k | £94.2k | £92.8k | £89.8k |
| Profit per employee | £2.6k | −£6.5k | −£3.1k | −£2.3k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲10.2% | ▼16.1% | ▼11.9% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼357.7% | — | — |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲5.2% | ▼14.8% | ▼8.9% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £1.2k | £127k | £40.1k | £38.4k |
| Net assets | £4.1m | £2.1m | £1.3m | £370k |
| Fixed assets | £3.3m | £3.3m | £3.6m | £3.7m |
| Current assets | £12.5m | £8.7m | £9.9m | £8.1m |
| Debtors | £6.6m | £4.1m | £5.8m | £4.3m |
| Deferred income | £26.8k | £0 | £432k | £289k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jul 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- −2.6%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 36.9%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £89.8k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- −£2.3k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 17.7%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 1.4%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 20.6%
- 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
- ▼72%
- Now £370k
- Cash at bank
- ▼4%
- Now £38.4k
- Headcount
- ▼9%
- Now 235
- Deferred income
- ▼33%
- Now £289k
- Fixed assets
- ▲4%
- Now £3.7m
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
- GCH Corporation Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- Adm Pressings Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Sister companies (14)
- Whiteline (Group) LtdRev. £25.6m · Profit £1m
- Newspace Containers LimitedRev. £15.6m · Profit −£176k
- Stackright North West LimitedRev. £300k · Profit £157k
- Adm Pressings (Holdings) LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Crompton Lamps LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Dent Steel Holdings LimitedRev. — · Profit £2.7m
- GCH Systems & Technology LimitedFigures not disclosed
- GCH Trading Company 067 LtdFigures not disclosed
- HK Timbers LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Lightbulbs Direct LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Sycamore Lighting LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Thurston Group Estates 2025 LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Thurston Group LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Unitruck LtdFigures 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 31 Dec 2025 (profit −£552k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Jul 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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