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Company No. 10436396 · Incorporated 19 Oct 2016

Grayton Limited

Registered name: GRAYTON LIMITED

Part of Grayton Engineering Group Limited group

Grayton Limited made £10.4m revenue and a £697k loss in the year to 31 Dec 2025.

Grayton Limited’s revenue fell 46% to £10.4m in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with a loss of £697k and 110 employees. The company is classified under “other engineering activities” and is based in Barton Upon Humber; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.

Full P&L filedSection M · Professional, scientific and technical activitiesSIC 71129Other engineering activities
Status
Active
Location
Barton Upon Humber, Yorkshire and The Humber
Age
9 yrs · since 2016
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.

Latest accounts · year to 31 Dec 2025

Key figures

Capital-lightCash flow filed
Revenue
£10.4m
Growth ▼45.5%
Profit
−£697k
Growth ▼140.5%
Profit margin
−6.7%
Gross 15.7%
Employees
110
Change ▼14.7%
Profit / employee
−£6.3k
Revenue/employee £94.5k
Profitable streak
0yrs
Consecutive profitable years in our data

Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.

3 filed years

Financial history

Multi-year financials, oldest to newest
Year to31 Dec 202331 Dec 202431 Dec 2025
DisclosureFull P&LFull P&LFull P&L
Profit & loss
Revenue (turnover)£17.4m£19.1m£10.4m
Cost of sales£12.7m£14.6m−£8.8m
Gross profit£4.8m£4.5m£1.6m
Operating profit£2.8m£2.2m−£912k
Profit before tax£3m£2.3m−£849k
Profit after tax£2.4m£1.7m−£697k
Profit (best available)£2.4m£1.7m−£697k
Staff costs£7.2m£8.3m—
Employees (average)124129110
Ratios
Profit margin13.5%9%−6.7%
Gross margin27.4%23.7%15.7%
Revenue per employee£141k£148k£94.5k
Profit per employee£19k£13.4k−£6.3k
Cash conversion109.6%126.4%—
Growth (year on year)
Revenue growth—▲9.5%▼45.5%
Profit growth—▼26.9%▼140.5%
Headcount growth—▲4%▼14.7%
Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue
Cash at bank£3.7m£2.4m—
Net assets£4.2m£3.2m—
Fixed assets£908k£985k—
Current assets£7.6m£5.7m—
Debtors£3.6m£1.9m—
Cash from operations£3m£2.8m—
SourceFullAccounts · bulk data Apr 2025FullAccounts · bulk data Apr 2025Accounts · bulk data Oct 2026
Derived from the latest filing

How the business works

Profit margin
−6.7%
Profit ÷ revenue.
Gross margin
15.7%
Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
Revenue per employee
£94.5k
Revenue ÷ average employees.
Profit per employee
−£6.3k
Profit ÷ average employees.
Cash conversion
—
Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
Fixed assets ÷ revenue
—
Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
Deferred income ÷ revenue
—
Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
Debtors ÷ revenue
—
Money owed by customers. Low = customers pay quickly.
Indirect — not revenue

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 —
Cash at bank
—
Now —
Headcount
▼15%
Now 110
Deferred income
—
Now —
Fixed assets
—
Now —
Corporate ownership

Group structure

Ownership chain

  1. Grayton Engineering Group Limitedultimate parent75–100%
  2. Grayton Holdings Ltd75–100%
  3. Grayton Limitedthis company

Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.

Subsidiaries (1)

From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).

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Sources

Latest figures from accounts for the year to 31 Dec 2025 (profit −£697k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Oct 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.

Updated from Companies House on 15 Oct 2026

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