Norco Group Limited
Registered name: NORCO GROUP LIMITED
Part of Norco Engineering Limited groupNorco Group Limited made £15.7m revenue and £579k profit in the year to 28 Sep 2025. read from filing text
Norco Group Limited’s revenue grew 12% to £15.7m in the year to 28 Sep 2025, with £579k profit and 115 employees. The company is classified under “engineering design activities for industrial process and production” and is based in Aberdeen; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Aberdeen, Scotland
- Age
- 24 yrs · since 2002
- 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 ultimate controlling party is director R Sharp.”
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 29 Sep 2022 | 29 Sep 2023 | 29 Sep 2024 | 28 Sep 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | No P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&Lread from filing text |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | — | £12.7m | £14m | £15.7m |
| Cost of sales | — | £9.7m | £10.7m | £12.4m |
| Gross profit | — | £3.1m | £3.3m | £3.3m |
| Operating profit | — | £527k | £486k | £602k |
| Profit before tax | — | £479k | £423k | £483k |
| Profit after tax | — | £367k | £625k | £579k |
| Profit (best available) | — | £367k | £625k | £579k |
| Staff costs | — | £4.6m | £4.9m | £5.5m |
| Employees (average) | 111 | 108 | 107 | 115 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | — | 2.9% | 4.5% | 3.7% |
| Gross margin | — | 24.1% | 23.8% | 21% |
| Revenue per employee | — | £118k | £131k | £136k |
| Profit per employee | — | £3.4k | £5.8k | £5k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | — | ▲10.3% | ▲11.7% |
| Profit growth | — | — | ▲70.5% | ▼7.4% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▼2.7% | ▼0.9% | ▲7.5% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £230k | £137k | £127k | £440k |
| Net assets | £2.8m | £3.2m | £3.8m | £4.4m |
| Fixed assets | £1.4m | £1.5m | £1.6m | £1.8m |
| Current assets | £4.1m | £5.5m | £6m | £7.7m |
| Debtors | £1.6m | £2.1m | £2.5m | £3.5m |
| Deferred income | — | — | £212k | £162k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Aug 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Aug 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jul 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 3.7%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 21%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £136k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £5k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 11.3%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 1%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 22.1%
- 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
- ▲15%
- Now £4.4m
- Cash at bank
- ▲246%
- Now £440k
- Headcount
- ▲7%
- Now 115
- Deferred income
- ▼23%
- Now £162k
- Fixed assets
- ▲8%
- Now £1.8m
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
- Norco Engineering Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- Norco Group Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Subsidiaries (4)
- Masterpower Electronics LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Norco Batteries (UK) LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Norco Energy LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Norco Rentals LimitedFigures not disclosed
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 28 Sep 2025 (profit £579k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Sep 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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