Llanelec Precision Engineering Company Limited
Registered name: LLANELEC PRECISION ENGINEERING COMPANY LIMITED
Part of Nidum Investco Limited groupLlanelec Precision Engineering Company Limited made £18.7m revenue and £3m profit in the year to 30 Apr 2025.
Llanelec Precision Engineering Company Limited’s revenue grew 25% to £18.7m in the year to 30 Apr 2025, with £3m profit and 72 employees. The company is classified under “manufacture of other special-purpose machinery” and is based in Neath; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Neath, Wales
- Age
- 39 yrs · since 1987
- 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 Apr 2022 | 30 Apr 2023 | 30 Apr 2024 | 30 Apr 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | No P&L | No P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | — | — | £14.9m | £18.7m |
| Cost of sales | — | — | £9m | £12.5m |
| Gross profit | — | — | £6m | £6.1m |
| Operating profit | — | — | £4m | £4.1m |
| Profit before tax | — | — | £4.1m | £4.2m |
| Profit after tax | — | — | £3.1m | £3m |
| Profit (best available) | — | — | £3.1m | £3m |
| Staff costs | — | — | £2.9m | £3.5m |
| Employees (average) | 39 | 44 | 59 | 72 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | — | — | 20.8% | 16.2% |
| Gross margin | — | — | 39.9% | 32.9% |
| Revenue per employee | — | — | £253k | £259k |
| Profit per employee | — | — | £52.8k | £41.9k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | — | — | ▲24.8% |
| Profit growth | — | — | — | ▼3.1% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲12.8% | ▲34.1% | ▲22% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £925k | £667k | £417k | £743k |
| Net assets | £6.9m | £7.9m | £10.2m | £16.2m |
| Fixed assets | £6.8m | £7.6m | £5.1m | £5.7m |
| Current assets | £5m | £4.9m | £10m | £16.8m |
| Debtors | £955k | £1.1m | £2.3m | £2.2m |
| Deferred income | £169k | £426k | £672k | £83.7k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Mar 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Mar 2024 | Accounts · bulk data Jan 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Apr 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 16.2%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 32.9%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £259k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £41.9k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 30.5%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 0.4%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 12%
- 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
- ▲59%
- Now £16.2m
- Cash at bank
- ▲78%
- Now £743k
- Headcount
- ▲22%
- Now 72
- Deferred income
- ▼88%
- Now £83.7k
- Fixed assets
- ▲12%
- Now £5.7m
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
- Nidum Investco Limitedultimate parent50–75%
- Nidum Topco Limited75–100%
- Nidum Holdco Limited75–100%
- Nidum Midco Limited75–100%
- Nidum Bidco Limited75–100%
- Llanelec Topco Limited75–100%
- Llanelec Holdings Limited75–100%
- Llanelec Precision Engineering Company 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 30 Apr 2025 (profit £3m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Apr 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Updated from Companies House on 15 Oct 2026
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