Reco Hoist Ltd.
Registered name: RECO HOIST LTD.
Reco Hoist Ltd. made £12.4m revenue and £456k profit in the year to 31 Dec 2025.
Reco Hoist Ltd.’s revenue grew 4% to £12.4m in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with £456k profit and 80 employees. The company is classified under “installation of industrial machinery and equipment” and is based in ST. Ives; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- ST. Ives, East of England
- Age
- 12 yrs · since 2014
- Type
- Private Limited Company
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Dec 2023 | 31 Dec 2024 | 31 Dec 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | |||
| Revenue (turnover) | £11.7m | £11.9m | £12.4m |
| Cost of sales | £4.6m | £4.2m | £4.7m |
| Gross profit | £7.1m | £7.7m | £7.7m |
| Operating profit | £353k | £75.8k | £499k |
| Profit before tax | £354k | £58k | £476k |
| Profit after tax | £263k | £150k | £456k |
| Profit (best available) | £263k | £150k | £456k |
| Staff costs | £4.6m | £5.4m | £5.1m |
| Employees (average) | 84 | 87 | 80 |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | 2.2% | 1.3% | 3.7% |
| Gross margin | 60.4% | 64.6% | 62.1% |
| Revenue per employee | £139k | £137k | £155k |
| Profit per employee | £3.1k | £1.7k | £5.7k |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲1.8% | ▲4% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼42.9% | ▲204.2% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲3.6% | ▼8.1% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Cash at bank | £271k | £180k | £1.1m |
| Net assets | £1.8m | £2m | £2.4m |
| Fixed assets | £364k | £538k | £531k |
| Current assets | £3.3m | £2.7m | £3.4m |
| Debtors | £1.8m | £1.4m | £933k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jul 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 3.7%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 62.1%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £155k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £5.7k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 4.3%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 7.5%
- 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
- ▲23%
- Now £2.4m
- Cash at bank
- ▲508%
- Now £1.1m
- Headcount
- ▼8%
- Now 80
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- ▼1%
- Now £531k
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Dec 2025 (profit £456k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Jul 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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