Tait International Ltd
Registered name: TAIT INTERNATIONAL LTD
Part of Tait Group International Limited groupTait International Ltd made £2.7m revenue and a £6.5m loss in the year to 31 Dec 2025.
Tait International Ltd’s revenue fell 33% to £2.7m in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with a loss of £6.5m and 31 employees. The company is classified under “manufacture of other electrical equipment” and is based in Pontefract; we hold 2 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Pontefract, Yorkshire and The Humber
- Age
- 17 yrs · since 2009
- 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 | 31 Dec 2024 | 31 Dec 2025 |
|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||
| Revenue (turnover) | £4m | £2.7m |
| Cost of sales | £390k | £0 |
| Gross profit | £3.6m | £2.7m |
| Operating profit | −£467k | −£5.3m |
| Profit before tax | £4m | −£6.8m |
| Profit after tax | £3.2m | −£6.5m |
| Profit (best available) | £3.2m | −£6.5m |
| Staff costs | £3m | £2.3m |
| Employees (average) | 34 | 31 |
| Ratios | ||
| Profit margin | 78.5% | −241.6% |
| Gross margin | 90.3% | 100% |
| Revenue per employee | £118k | £87k |
| Profit per employee | £92.9k | −£210k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||
| Revenue growth | — | ▼33% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼306.3% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▼8.8% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||
| Cash at bank | £20.1k | £11.2k |
| Net assets | £35.1m | £28.6m |
| Fixed assets | £60m | £54.2m |
| Current assets | £3.6m | £2.7m |
| Debtors | £2.9k | £713 |
| Deferred income | £288k | £1.6m |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2026 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- −241.6%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 100%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £87k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- −£210k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 2009%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 59.7%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 0%
- 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
- ▼19%
- Now £28.6m
- Cash at bank
- ▼44%
- Now £11.2k
- Headcount
- ▼9%
- Now 31
- Deferred income
- ▲460%
- Now £1.6m
- Fixed assets
- ▼10%
- Now £54.2m
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
- Tait Group International Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- Tait International Ltdthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Subsidiaries (4)
- Brilliant Stages LimitedRev. £42.8m · Profit £3m
- Tait Technologies UK LtdRev. £29.2m · Profit −£443k
- Kinesys Projects LimitedRev. £7.3m · Profit −£155k
- Tait Theatre Engineering LtdRev. £2.2m · Profit £529k
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 −£6.5m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Sep 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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