Formtech Machining UK Limited
Registered name: FORMTECH MACHINING UK LIMITED
Formtech Machining UK Limited made £4.9m revenue and £467k profit in the year to 31 Dec 2024.
Formtech Machining UK Limited’s revenue grew 109% to £4.9m in the year to 31 Dec 2024, with £467k profit and 7 employees. The company is classified under “machining” and is based in Silverstone; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Silverstone, East Midlands
- Age
- 7 yrs · since 2019
- 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 2021 | 31 Dec 2022 | 31 Dec 2023 | 31 Dec 2024 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | No P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | — | £491k | £2.3m | £4.9m |
| Cost of sales | — | £89.7k | £128k | £531k |
| Gross profit | — | £401k | £2.2m | £4.4m |
| Profit before tax | — | £460k | £348k | £619k |
| Profit after tax | — | £399k | £131k | £467k |
| Profit (best available) | — | £399k | £131k | £467k |
| Staff costs | — | £9.8m | £4.3m | £452k |
| Employees (average) | — | 155 | 78 | 7 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | — | 81.2% | 5.6% | 9.6% |
| Gross margin | — | 81.7% | 94.5% | 89.1% |
| Revenue per employee | — | £3.2k | £30k | £697k |
| Profit per employee | — | £2.6k | £1.7k | £66.7k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | — | ▲376.2% | ▲108.7% |
| Profit growth | — | — | ▼67.2% | ▲256.7% |
| Headcount growth | — | — | ▼49.7% | ▼91% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £668k | £946k | £569k | £701k |
| Net assets | £319k | £717k | £848k | £1.3m |
| Fixed assets | £4.8m | £4m | £10.5m | £8.5m |
| Current assets | £1m | £4.4m | £1.5m | £2.3m |
| Debtors | £0 | £210k | £430k | £412k |
| Deferred income | — | £838k | £476k | £104k |
| Cash from operations | — | £366k | −£3.7m | −£3.4m |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Dec 2023 | Accounts · bulk data Dec 2023 | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jan 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 9.6%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 89.1%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £697k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £66.7k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 174.8%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 2.1%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 8.4%
- 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
- ▲55%
- Now £1.3m
- Cash at bank
- ▲23%
- Now £701k
- Headcount
- ▼91%
- Now 7
- Deferred income
- ▼78%
- Now £104k
- Fixed assets
- ▼19%
- Now £8.5m
Deferred income is reported together with accruals in this filing (“accruals and deferred income”), so it is an approximate signal only.
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Dec 2024 (profit £467k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Jan 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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