Manitou PS UK Limited
Registered name: MANITOU PS UK LIMITED
Part of Manitou Bf Sa groupManitou PS UK Limited made £17.4m revenue and a £215k loss in the year to 31 Dec 2025. read from filing text
Manitou PS UK Limited’s revenue grew 13% to £17.4m in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with a loss of £215k and 0 employees. The company is classified under “agents involved in the sale of machinery, industrial equipment, ships and aircraft” and is based in Verwood; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Verwood, South West
- Age
- 7 yrs · since 2019
- 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.
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. From the filing: “The Directors consider the Braud & Himsworth families to be the ultimate controlling party by way of their jointly held shares in Manitou BF SA.”
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Dec 2022 | 31 Dec 2023 | 31 Dec 2024 | 31 Dec 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £39.1m | £23.5m | £15.4m | £17.4m |
| Cost of sales | £35m | £21.1m | £14.3m | £15.9m |
| Gross profit | £4.1m | £2.4m | £1.1m | £1.4m |
| Operating profit | £2.1m | £696k | −£432k | −£241k |
| Profit before tax | £2.2m | £850k | −£415k | −£238k |
| Profit after tax | £1.8m | £633k | −£342k | −£215k |
| Profit (best available) | £1.8m | £633k | −£342k | −£215k |
| Staff costs | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 |
| Employees (average) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 4.5% | 2.7% | −2.2% | −1.2% |
| Gross margin | 10.5% | 10.2% | 7.4% | 8.3% |
| Cash conversion | −52.5% | −271.9% | — | — |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▼39.9% | ▼34.5% | ▲12.7% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼64.1% | ▼154.1% | — |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £1.8k | £1.6k | £1.5k | £1.3k |
| Net assets | — | £2.7m | £1.6m | £1.4m |
| Fixed assets | £386k | £506k | £2.5m | £2.5m |
| Debtors | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 |
| Deferred income | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 |
| Cash from operations | −£1.1m | −£1.9m | −£1.1m | −£718k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Jun 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jun 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- −1.2%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 8.3%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- —
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- —
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 14.3%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 0%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 0%
- 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
- ▼14%
- Now £1.4m
- Cash at bank
- ▼12%
- Now £1.3k
- Headcount
- —
- Now 0
- Deferred income
- —
- Now £0
- Fixed assets
- 0%
- Now £2.5m
Deferred income is reported together with accruals in this filing (“accruals and deferred income”), so it is an approximate signal only.
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Manitou Bf Sa (registered outside the UK register)ultimate parent75–100%
- Manitou PS UK Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Subsidiaries (1)
- Mawsley Machinery LimitedRev. £17.4m · Profit −£84.2k
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Dec 2025 (profit −£215k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Sep 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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