Best Metal Work Ltd
Registered name: BEST METAL WORK LTD
Best Metal Work Ltd made £150k revenue and £11.4k profit in the year to 28 Feb 2025.
Best Metal Work Ltd’s revenue grew 15% to £150k in the year to 28 Feb 2025, with £11.4k profit and 3 employees. The company is classified under “manufacture of other fabricated metal products” and is based in Staines-Upon-Thames; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Staines-Upon-Thames, London
- Age
- 9 yrs · since 2017
- 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 | 28 Feb 2022 | 28 Feb 2023 | 29 Feb 2024 | 28 Feb 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £129k | £133k | £131k | £150k |
| Cost of sales | £86.6k | £78.4k | £46.2k | £59.5k |
| Gross profit | £44.1k | £55k | £84.9k | £91k |
| Operating profit | £1.6k | £2.5k | £12.1k | £14.2k |
| Profit before tax | £1.6k | £2.5k | £12.1k | £14.2k |
| Profit after tax | £1.3k | £1.1k | £9.8k | £11.4k |
| Profit (best available) | £1.3k | £1.1k | £9.8k | £11.4k |
| Employees (average) | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 1% | 0.8% | 7.5% | 7.5% |
| Gross margin | 34.2% | 41.2% | 64.7% | 60.5% |
| Revenue per employee | £64.4k | £66.7k | £43.7k | £50.1k |
| Profit per employee | £644 | £550 | £3.3k | £3.8k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲3.6% | ▼1.8% | ▲14.8% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼14.4% | ▲791.7% | ▲15.6% |
| Headcount growth | — | 0% | ▲50% | 0% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £11.2k | £24.8k | £11.9k | £15.6k |
| Net assets | £9.2k | £16.8k | £12.6k | £24.3k |
| Current assets | £31.2k | £34.8k | £21.6k | £31.3k |
| Debtors | £20k | £10k | £9.8k | £15.8k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Nov 2023 | FullAccounts · bulk data Nov 2023 | FullAccounts · bulk data Nov 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Nov 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 7.5%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 60.5%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £50.1k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £3.8k
- 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
- 10.5%
- 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
- ▲93%
- Now £24.3k
- Cash at bank
- ▲31%
- Now £15.6k
- Headcount
- 0%
- Now 3
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now —
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 28 Feb 2025 (profit £11.4k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Nov 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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