Supacat Limited
Registered name: SUPACAT LIMITED
Part of SC Group-Global Limited groupSupacat Limited made £69.1m revenue and £3.3m profit in the year to 31 Aug 2025. read from filing text
Supacat Limited’s revenue grew 19% to £69.1m in the year to 31 Aug 2025, with £3.3m profit and 149 employees. The company is classified under “manufacture of military fighting vehicles” and is based in Devon; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Devon, South West
- Age
- 46 yrs · since 1980
- 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's immediate parent is SC Group-Global Limited, incorporated in England and Wales.”
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Aug 2022 | 31 Aug 2023 | 31 Aug 2024 | 31 Aug 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) | £13.5m | £38m | £58.1m | £69.1m |
| Cost of sales | £8.5m | £30.9m | £48.5m | £59.1m |
| Gross profit | £5.1m | £7.1m | £9.6m | £9.9m |
| Operating profit | £819k | £2.1m | £3.8m | £3.7m |
| Profit before tax | £780k | £2.1m | £3.9m | £4.5m |
| Profit after tax | £1.1m | £1.7m | £3.2m | £3.3m |
| Profit (best available) | £1.1m | £1.7m | £3.2m | £3.3m |
| Staff costs | £2.8m | £5.3m | £6.6m | £7.3m |
| Employees (average) | 93 | 109 | 139 | 149 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 7.9% | 4.5% | 5.5% | 4.7% |
| Gross margin | 37.5% | 18.6% | 16.5% | 14.4% |
| Revenue per employee | £146k | £349k | £418k | £464k |
| Profit per employee | £11.5k | £15.6k | £23k | £21.9k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲180.6% | ▲52.9% | ▲18.8% |
| Profit growth | — | ▲57.9% | ▲88.3% | ▲2.2% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲17.2% | ▲27.5% | ▲7.2% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £2m | £7.2m | £4.5m | £5.1m |
| Net assets | £13.8m | £15.5m | £18.7m | £20m |
| Fixed assets | £8.6m | £8.3m | £10.6m | £12.3m |
| Current assets | £11.5m | £22.7m | £24.3m | £28.7m |
| Debtors | £2.4m | £5.9m | £5.5m | £13.8m |
| Deferred income | £2.1m | £4.7m | £6m | £5.7m |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Apr 2024 | Accounts · bulk data Apr 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Feb 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data May 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 4.7%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 14.4%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £464k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £21.9k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 17.8%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 8.3%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 19.9%
- 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
- ▲7%
- Now £20m
- Cash at bank
- ▲13%
- Now £5.1m
- Headcount
- ▲7%
- Now 149
- Deferred income
- ▼4%
- Now £5.7m
- Fixed assets
- ▲16%
- Now £12.3m
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
- SC Group-Global Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- Supacat Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Sister companies (3)
- Blackhill Engineering Services LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Proteum LimitedFigures not disclosed
- SC Innovation-Global LimitedFigures not disclosed
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Aug 2025 (profit £3.3m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published May 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Updated from Companies House on 14 Oct 2026
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