Fairey Industrial Ceramics Limited
Registered name: FAIREY INDUSTRIAL CERAMICS LIMITED
Part of Mantec Group Limited groupFairey Industrial Ceramics Limited made £10.2m revenue and £187k profit in the year to 31 Dec 2025.
Fairey Industrial Ceramics Limited’s revenue grew 4% to £10.2m in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with £187k profit and 79 employees. The company is classified under “manufacture of other ceramic products” and is based in Stoke on Trent; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Stoke on Trent, West Midlands
- Age
- 50 yrs · since 1975
- 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 | 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) | £16m | £11.2m | £9.9m | £10.2m |
| Cost of sales | £9.8m | £7.3m | −£5.9m | −£6m |
| Gross profit | £6.2m | £3.9m | £4m | £4.2m |
| Operating profit | £1.4m | −£473k | £255k | £339k |
| Profit before tax | £1.3m | −£566k | £170k | £250k |
| Profit after tax | £1m | −£566k | £237k | £187k |
| Profit (best available) | £1m | −£566k | £237k | £187k |
| Staff costs | £3.5m | £3.4m | — | — |
| Employees (average) | 91 | 90 | 74 | 79 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 6.5% | −5.1% | 2.4% | 1.8% |
| Gross margin | 38.6% | 35% | 40.1% | 41.3% |
| Revenue per employee | £176k | £124k | £133k | £130k |
| Profit per employee | £11.4k | −£6.3k | £3.2k | £2.4k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▼30.1% | ▼12% | ▲3.9% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼154.5% | — | ▼20.9% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▼1.1% | ▼17.8% | ▲6.8% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £1.4m | £127k | — | — |
| Net assets | £4.7m | £4.1m | — | — |
| Fixed assets | £1.4m | £1.3m | — | — |
| Current assets | £7.3m | £6.2m | — | — |
| Debtors | £1.1m | £1m | — | — |
| Deferred income | £1.2m | £1.4m | — | — |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Sep 2024 | Accounts · bulk data Sep 2024 | Accounts · bulk data Oct 2025 | Accounts · bulk data Sep 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 1.8%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 41.3%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £130k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £2.4k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- —
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- —
- 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 —
- Cash at bank
- —
- Now —
- Headcount
- ▲7%
- Now 79
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now —
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Mantec Group Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- Fairey Industrial Ceramics Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Subsidiaries (5)
- Doulton Water Filters Asia Holdings LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Doulton Water Filters LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Doulton Water Filters South Asia Holdings LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Doulton Water Holdings LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Lifesaver Holdings LimitedFigures not disclosed
Sister companies (6)
- Mantec Technical Ceramics LimitedRev. £3.1m · Profit −£239k
- DF Haus LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Duchess China LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Grimwades LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Mantec Properties LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Taylor Tunnicliff LtdRev. — · Profit £31.3k
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
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Sources
Latest figures from accounts for the year to 31 Dec 2025 (profit £187k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Sep 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Updated from Companies House on 24 Oct 2026
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