High Value Manufacturing Catapult
Registered name: HIGH VALUE MANUFACTURING CATAPULT
High Value Manufacturing Catapult made £169m revenue and a £373k loss in the year to 31 Mar 2026.
High Value Manufacturing Catapult’s revenue grew 6% to £169m in the year to 31 Mar 2026, with a loss of £373k and 60 employees. The company is classified under “activities of head offices” and is based in Birmingham; we hold 2 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Birmingham, West Midlands
- Age
- 15 yrs · since 2011
- Type
- PRI/LBG/NSC (Private, Limited by guarantee, no share capital, use of 'Limited' exemption)
Non-profit. It is limited by guarantee (typically an association, club or management company), so it isn't run for profit. It is excluded from our opportunity lists.
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Mar 2025 | 31 Mar 2026 |
|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||
| Revenue (turnover) | £160m | £169m |
| Gross profit | £160m | £169m |
| Operating profit | £3.8m | −£394k |
| Profit before tax | £3.8m | −£366k |
| Profit after tax | £3.8m | −£373k |
| Profit (best available) | £3.8m | −£373k |
| Staff costs | £5.1m | £6.8m |
| Employees (average) | 51 | 60 |
| Ratios | ||
| Profit margin | 2.4% | −0.2% |
| Gross margin | 100% | 100% |
| Revenue per employee | £3.1m | £2.8m |
| Profit per employee | £73.9k | −£6.2k |
| Cash conversion | −82% | — |
| Growth (year on year) | ||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲5.6% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼109.9% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲17.6% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||
| Cash at bank | £325k | £1.1m |
| Net assets | −£323k | −£696k |
| Fixed assets | £274k | £75k |
| Current assets | £41m | £48.2m |
| Debtors | £25.1m | £31.7m |
| Deferred income | £926k | £870k |
| Cash from operations | −£3.1m | £3.3m |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2026 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- −0.2%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 100%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £2.8m
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- −£6.2k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 0%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 0.5%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 18.7%
- 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 −£696k
- Cash at bank
- ▲249%
- Now £1.1m
- Headcount
- ▲18%
- Now 60
- Deferred income
- ▼6%
- Now £870k
- Fixed assets
- ▼73%
- Now £75k
Deferred income is reported together with accruals in this filing (“accruals and deferred income”), so it is an approximate signal only.
Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Mar 2026 (profit −£373k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Sep 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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