Sil-Mid Limited
Registered name: SIL-MID LIMITED
Part of Gracoroberts UK Limited groupSil-Mid Limited made £40m revenue and £3.8m profit in the year to 31 Dec 2025. read from filing text
Sil-Mid Limited’s revenue grew 9% to £40m in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with £3.8m profit and 80 employees. The company is classified under “non-specialised wholesale trade” and is based in Coleshill; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Coleshill, West Midlands
- Age
- 46 yrs · since 1979
- 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 company is a wholly owned subsidiary of Cildarn Limited. Cildarn Limited is a wholly owned subsidiary of GracoRoberts UK Limited. Both companies are registered in England and Wales. A copy of the ”
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&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £31.4m | £37.2m | £36.9m | £40m |
| Cost of sales | £22.3m | £26.3m | £26m | £29.1m |
| Gross profit | £9.1m | £10.9m | £10.9m | £10.9m |
| Operating profit | £4.8m | £6m | £5.8m | £4.8m |
| Profit before tax | £4.8m | £6.1m | £5.9m | £4.8m |
| Profit after tax | £4m | £4.8m | £4.5m | £3.8m |
| Profit (best available) | £4m | £4.8m | £4.5m | £3.8m |
| Staff costs | £2.9m | £3m | £2.9m | £3.4m |
| Employees (average) | 63 | 69 | 72 | 80 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 12.7% | 12.9% | 12.3% | 9.4% |
| Gross margin | 29% | 29.3% | 29.5% | 27.2% |
| Revenue per employee | £499k | £539k | £512k | £500k |
| Profit per employee | £63.3k | £69.6k | £63k | £47k |
| Cash conversion | −129.2% | −78.1% | — | — |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲18.4% | ▼0.9% | ▲8.5% |
| Profit growth | — | ▲20.5% | ▼5.5% | ▼17.1% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲9.5% | ▲4.3% | ▲11.1% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £3.9m | £1.6m | £1.2m | £492k |
| Net assets | £9.6m | £8.5m | £9.1m | £5.3m |
| Fixed assets | £514k | £544k | £874k | £680k |
| Current assets | £15.4m | £13.2m | £14.8m | £10.1m |
| Debtors | £3.4m | £3.6m | £3.8m | £4.3m |
| Deferred income | £212k | £169k | £131k | £70.1k |
| Cash from operations | −£6.2m | −£4.7m | — | — |
| 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
- 9.4%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 27.2%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £500k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £47k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 1.7%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 0.2%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 10.7%
- 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
- ▼42%
- Now £5.3m
- Cash at bank
- ▼59%
- Now £492k
- Headcount
- ▲11%
- Now 80
- Deferred income
- ▼47%
- Now £70.1k
- Fixed assets
- ▼22%
- Now £680k
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
- Gracoroberts UK Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- Cildarn Limited75–100%
- Sil-Mid Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
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 £3.8m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Sep 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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