Clarkson Coatings Limited
Registered name: CLARKSON COATINGS LIMITED
Part of MFG 2026 Limited groupClarkson Coatings Limited made £7.3m revenue and a £226k loss in the year to 30 Sep 2025. read from filing text
Clarkson Coatings Limited’s revenue grew 2% to £7.3m in the year to 30 Sep 2025, with a loss of £226k and 68 employees. The company is classified under “finishing of textiles” and is based in Brighouse; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Brighouse, Yorkshire and The Humber
- Age
- 4 yrs · since 2022
- 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.
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 30 Sep 2023 | 30 Sep 2024 | 30 Sep 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&Lread from filing text |
| Profit & loss | |||
| Revenue (turnover) | £6.6m | £7.2m | £7.3m |
| Cost of sales | £5.3m | £5.3m | £5.7m |
| Gross profit | £1.3m | £1.9m | £1.6m |
| Operating profit | −£420k | £261k | −£72.5k |
| Profit before tax | −£579k | £27.8k | −£239k |
| Profit after tax | −£410k | −£95.5k | −£226k |
| Profit (best available) | −£410k | −£95.5k | −£226k |
| Staff costs | £1.8m | £1.9m | £2.1m |
| Employees (average) | 67 | 71 | 68 |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | −6.2% | −1.3% | −3.1% |
| Gross margin | 19.8% | 26.5% | 22.5% |
| Revenue per employee | £99k | £101k | £108k |
| Profit per employee | −£6.1k | −£1.3k | −£3.3k |
| Cash conversion | — | −207.4% | — |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲8.1% | ▲2.2% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲6% | ▼4.2% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Cash at bank | £79.7k | £240k | £50.4k |
| Net assets | −£410k | −£506k | −£732k |
| Fixed assets | £1.2m | £1.2m | £1.2m |
| Current assets | £2m | £1.8m | £1.6m |
| Debtors | £1.4m | £1.1m | £1m |
| Deferred income | £251k | £675k | £361k |
| Cash from operations | — | −£541k | −£52.8k |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Apr 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jul 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- −3.1%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 22.5%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £108k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- −£3.3k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 15.8%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 4.9%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 14.2%
- 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
- —
- Now −£732k
- Cash at bank
- ▼79%
- Now £50.4k
- Headcount
- ▼4%
- Now 68
- Deferred income
- ▼46%
- Now £361k
- Fixed assets
- ▼5%
- Now £1.2m
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
- MFG 2026 Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- Mobus Fabrics Holdings Limited75–100%
- Clarkson Coatings Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Sister companies (1)
- Mobus Fabrics LimitedRev. £23.9m · Profit £1.3m
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 30 Sep 2025 (profit −£226k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Sep 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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