Sam Aerospace (Ni) Limited
Registered name: SAM AEROSPACE (NI) LIMITED
Sam Aerospace (Ni) Limited made £10.3m revenue and a £2.8m loss in the year to 31 Mar 2024. read from filing text
Sam Aerospace (Ni) Limited’s revenue fell 17% to £10.3m in the year to 31 Mar 2024, with a loss of £2.8m and 95 employees. The company is classified under “manufacture of other fabricated metal products” and is based in Belfast; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Belfast, Northern Ireland
- Age
- 34 yrs · since 1992
- 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. From the filing: “The immediate parent company of”
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Mar 2022 | 31 Mar 2023 | 31 Mar 2024 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text |
| Profit & loss | |||
| Revenue (turnover) | £6.9m | £12.4m | £10.3m |
| Cost of sales | £8.6m | £13.5m | £11.9m |
| Gross profit | −£1.7m | −£1.2m | −£1.6m |
| Operating profit | −£2.5m | −£1.8m | −£1.5m |
| Profit before tax | −£2.6m | −£2.3m | −£2.7m |
| Profit after tax | −£2.6m | −£2.3m | −£2.8m |
| Profit (best available) | −£2.6m | −£2.3m | −£2.8m |
| Staff costs | £2.6m | £3.8m | — |
| Employees (average) | 86 | 105 | 95 |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | −36.9% | −18.4% | −27.2% |
| Gross margin | −24.3% | −9.4% | −15.9% |
| Revenue per employee | £80.4k | £118k | £109k |
| Profit per employee | −£29.7k | −£21.6k | −£29.5k |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲79% | ▼16.7% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲22.1% | ▼9.5% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Cash at bank | £208k | £528k | £795k |
| Net assets | £2.4m | £148k | −£2.7m |
| Fixed assets | £12.3m | £13.6m | £13.6m |
| Current assets | £5.4m | £10m | £13.4m |
| Debtors | £2.3m | £4.2m | £2.4m |
| Deferred income | £290k | £228k | £180k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Feb 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Feb 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Mar 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- −27.2%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- −15.9%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £109k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- −£29.5k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 131.8%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 1.8%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 23.3%
- 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
- ▼1915%
- Now −£2.7m
- Cash at bank
- ▲51%
- Now £795k
- Headcount
- ▼10%
- Now 95
- Deferred income
- ▼21%
- Now £180k
- Fixed assets
- ▼0%
- Now £13.6m
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Mar 2024 (profit −£2.8m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Mar 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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