Component Sales Ltd
Registered name: COMPONENT SALES LTD
Component Sales Ltd made £18.8m revenue and £3.2m profit in the year to 31 May 2025.
Component Sales Ltd’s revenue grew 51% to £18.8m in the year to 31 May 2025, with £3.2m profit and 32 employees. The company is classified under “wholesale of other intermediate products” and is based in Manchester; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Manchester, North West
- Age
- 8 yrs · since 2018
- 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 May 2022 | 31 May 2023 | 31 May 2024 | 31 May 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £8.3m | £9m | £12.4m | £18.8m |
| Cost of sales | £6m | £6.2m | £8.2m | £11.9m |
| Gross profit | £2.3m | £2.8m | £4.2m | £6.9m |
| Operating profit | £1.4m | £1.9m | £2.6m | £4.3m |
| Profit before tax | £1.4m | £1.9m | £2.6m | £4.3m |
| Profit after tax | £1.2m | £1.4m | £2m | £3.2m |
| Profit (best available) | £1.2m | £1.4m | £2m | £3.2m |
| Employees (average) | 18 | 25 | 27 | 32 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 14.4% | 15.7% | 15.9% | 17.3% |
| Gross margin | 27.3% | 31.1% | 34.2% | 36.6% |
| Revenue per employee | £461k | £361k | £459k | £586k |
| Profit per employee | £66.4k | £56.7k | £73.2k | £101k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲8.8% | ▲37.3% | ▲51.2% |
| Profit growth | — | ▲18.5% | ▲39.5% | ▲63.7% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲38.9% | ▲8% | ▲18.5% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £794k | £931k | £114k | £768k |
| Net assets | £3.4m | £4.8m | £6.8m | £10m |
| Fixed assets | £1.2m | £1.5m | £2m | £2.2m |
| Current assets | £2.6m | £4.3m | £6.2m | £9.9m |
| Debtors | £1m | £1.3m | £2.2m | £3.5m |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Feb 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Feb 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Mar 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Nov 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 17.3%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 36.6%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £586k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £101k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 11.8%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- 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
- ▲48%
- Now £10m
- Cash at bank
- ▲576%
- Now £768k
- Headcount
- ▲19%
- Now 32
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- ▲13%
- Now £2.2m
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 May 2025 (profit £3.2m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Nov 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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