Stroud Metal Company Limited
Registered name: STROUD METAL COMPANY LIMITED
Part of Dudbridge Estates,limited(The) groupStroud Metal Company Limited made £8m revenue and £383k profit in the year to 30 Sep 2025.
Stroud Metal Company Limited’s revenue grew 2% to £8m in the year to 30 Sep 2025, with £383k profit and 50 employees. The company is classified under “forging, pressing, stamping and roll-forming of metal; powder metallurgy” and is based in Stonehouse; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Stonehouse, South West
- Age
- 100 yrs · since 1926
- 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 2022 | 30 Sep 2023 | 30 Sep 2024 | 30 Sep 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | No P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | — | £8m | £7.9m | £8m |
| Cost of sales | — | £6.3m | £5.8m | £5.5m |
| Gross profit | — | £1.7m | £2.1m | £2.5m |
| Operating profit | — | −£89k | £214k | £448k |
| Profit before tax | — | −£99.6k | £204k | £441k |
| Profit after tax | — | −£214k | £87.4k | £383k |
| Profit (best available) | — | −£214k | £87.4k | £383k |
| Staff costs | — | £2m | £2m | £2.1m |
| Employees (average) | 49 | 54 | 51 | 50 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | — | −2.7% | 1.1% | 4.8% |
| Gross margin | — | 21.5% | 26% | 31.2% |
| Revenue per employee | — | £148k | £155k | £161k |
| Profit per employee | — | −£4k | £1.7k | £7.7k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | — | ▼1.4% | ▲1.9% |
| Profit growth | — | — | — | ▲338.4% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲10.2% | ▼5.6% | ▼2% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £914k | £1.1m | £2.2m | £2.3m |
| Net assets | £5.1m | £4.9m | £4.9m | £5.2m |
| Fixed assets | £1.1m | £1.5m | £1.3m | £1.5m |
| Current assets | £5.2m | £4.6m | £5.2m | £5.1m |
| Debtors | £996k | £1.2m | £1.1m | £1.4m |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Jun 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jun 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Apr 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jun 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 4.8%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 31.2%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £161k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £7.7k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 19.2%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 17.3%
- 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
- ▲6%
- Now £5.2m
- Cash at bank
- ▲6%
- Now £2.3m
- Headcount
- ▼2%
- Now 50
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- ▲15%
- Now £1.5m
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Dudbridge Estates,limited(The)ultimate parent75–100%
- Stroud Metal Company Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Sister companies (2)
- Bandwidth LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Stroud Plastics Company 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 30 Sep 2025 (profit £383k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Jun 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Updated from Companies House on 11 Oct 2026
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