Manufacturing Services Investment Limited
Registered name: MANUFACTURING SERVICES INVESTMENT LIMITED
Manufacturing Services Investment Limited made £19.1m revenue and a £149k loss in the year to 31 Mar 2025.
Manufacturing Services Investment Limited’s revenue fell 20% to £19.1m in the year to 31 Mar 2025, with a loss of £149k and 61 employees. The company is classified under “activities of other holding companies” and is based in Southend-on-Sea; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Southend-on-Sea, East of England
- Age
- 12 yrs · since 2014
- Type
- Private Limited Company
Pass-through vehicle. This looks like a holding, staffing or umbrella company. Its revenue and profit may largely pass through to or from other entities, so the figures may not reflect a standalone operating business. 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 2022 | 31 Mar 2023 | 31 Mar 2024 | 31 Mar 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £28.8m | £24.5m | £23.8m | £19.1m |
| Cost of sales | £20.1m | £18.6m | £18.1m | £14.2m |
| Gross profit | £8.7m | £6m | £5.7m | £4.9m |
| Operating profit | £780k | −£2.5m | −£7.1m | −£1.2m |
| Profit before tax | £273k | −£3m | −£7.3m | −£1.3m |
| Profit after tax | −£466k | −£638k | −£156k | −£149k |
| Profit (best available) | −£466k | −£638k | −£156k | −£149k |
| Staff costs | £2.7m | £3.2m | £3.2m | £2.7m |
| Employees (average) | 81 | 84 | 73 | 61 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | −1.6% | −2.6% | −0.7% | −0.8% |
| Gross margin | 30.2% | 24.3% | 23.9% | 25.5% |
| Revenue per employee | £356k | £292k | £326k | £313k |
| Profit per employee | −£5.8k | −£7.6k | −£2.1k | −£2.4k |
| Cash conversion | −103.3% | — | — | — |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▼14.9% | ▼2.9% | ▼19.9% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲3.7% | ▼13.1% | ▼16.4% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £6.9k | £6k | £8.2k | £5k |
| Net assets | £12m | £11.4m | £11.2m | £16.9m |
| Fixed assets | £8.2m | £6.7m | £1.2m | £699k |
| Current assets | £6.6m | £6.5m | £6.4m | £537k |
| Debtors | £6.6m | £4.5k | £26.4k | £33.1k |
| Cash from operations | −£806k | £172k | −£406k | −£55.7k |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Jan 2024 | Accounts · bulk data Jan 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Nov 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- −0.8%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 25.5%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £313k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- −£2.4k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 3.7%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 0.2%
- 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
- ▲51%
- Now £16.9m
- Cash at bank
- ▼39%
- Now £5k
- Headcount
- ▼16%
- Now 61
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- ▼43%
- Now £699k
Group structure
Subsidiaries (2)
- B2C (Holdings) LimitedRev. £86.4k · Profit −£164k
- Manufacturing Services Ebt LimitedFigures not disclosed
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Mar 2025 (profit −£149k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Nov 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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