Seating Matters Ltd
Registered name: SEATING MATTERS LTD
Seating Matters Ltd made £10.2m revenue and £643k profit in the year to 31 Dec 2025.
Seating Matters Ltd’s revenue grew 11% to £10.2m in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with £643k profit and 76 employees. The company is classified under “other manufacturing”; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Northern Ireland
- Age
- 20 yrs · since 2006
- 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 2022 | 31 Dec 2023 | 31 Dec 2024 | 31 Dec 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £8.3m | £8.7m | £9.1m | £10.2m |
| Cost of sales | £4.9m | £4.7m | £4.8m | £5.5m |
| Gross profit | £3.4m | £4m | £4.4m | £4.7m |
| Operating profit | £2m | £1.5m | £1.8m | £571k |
| Profit before tax | £2m | £1.5m | £1.9m | £713k |
| Profit after tax | £2m | £1.5m | £1.9m | £643k |
| Profit (best available) | £2m | £1.5m | £1.9m | £643k |
| Staff costs | £1.5m | £1.9m | £2.1m | £3m |
| Employees (average) | 55 | 57 | 59 | 76 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 24.3% | 16.9% | 20.9% | 6.3% |
| Gross margin | 41.4% | 45.7% | 48% | 46% |
| Revenue per employee | £151k | £153k | £155k | £134k |
| Profit per employee | £36.7k | £25.9k | £32.4k | £8.5k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲4.7% | ▲5.1% | ▲11.3% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼27% | ▲29.6% | ▼66.3% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲3.6% | ▲3.5% | ▲28.8% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £2.3m | £789k | £772k | £629k |
| Net assets | £5m | £3.7m | £5m | £5.4m |
| Fixed assets | £1.3m | £1.5m | £3.9m | £4m |
| Current assets | £5.1m | £4m | £4m | £4.2m |
| Debtors | £1.5m | £1.8m | £1.7m | £1.3m |
| Deferred income | £229k | £211k | £325k | £381k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 6.3%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 46%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £134k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £8.5k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 39.2%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 3.7%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 13%
- 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
- ▲9%
- Now £5.4m
- Cash at bank
- ▼19%
- Now £629k
- Headcount
- ▲29%
- Now 76
- Deferred income
- ▲17%
- Now £381k
- Fixed assets
- ▲3%
- Now £4m
Deferred income is reported together with accruals in this filing (“accruals and deferred income”), so it is an approximate signal only.
Group structure
Subsidiaries (1)
- A1 Risk Solutions LimitedFigures not disclosed
Minority corporate shareholders
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 £643k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Sep 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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