Industrial Control Distributors Limited
Registered name: INDUSTRIAL CONTROL DISTRIBUTORS LIMITED
Part of Industrial Control Distributors (Holdings) Ltd groupIndustrial Control Distributors Limited made £13.9m revenue and £327k profit in the year to 31 Mar 2025.
Industrial Control Distributors Limited’s revenue fell 44% to £13.9m in the year to 31 Mar 2025, with £327k profit and 51 employees. The company is classified under “manufacture of communication equipment other than telegraph, and telephone apparatus and equipment” and is based in Wellingborough; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Wellingborough, East Midlands
- Age
- 28 yrs · since 1998
- 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 Mar 2022 | 31 Mar 2023 | 31 Mar 2024 | 31 Mar 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £26.8m | £24.4m | £24.7m | £13.9m |
| Cost of sales | £14.2m | £12.4m | £14.3m | £6.8m |
| Gross profit | £12.6m | £12.1m | £10.4m | £7.2m |
| Operating profit | £370k | −£45.9k | −£625k | −£145k |
| Profit before tax | £374k | £282k | £287k | £241k |
| Profit after tax | £320k | £314k | £194k | £327k |
| Profit (best available) | £320k | £314k | £194k | £327k |
| Staff costs | £3m | £3.9m | £4m | £2.6m |
| Employees (average) | 46 | 74 | 71 | 51 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 1.2% | 1.3% | 0.8% | 2.4% |
| Gross margin | 47.1% | 49.4% | 42% | 51.3% |
| Revenue per employee | £584k | £330k | £348k | £273k |
| Profit per employee | £7k | £4.2k | £2.7k | £6.4k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▼9% | ▲1.2% | ▼43.6% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼1.8% | ▼38.1% | ▲68.2% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲60.9% | ▼4% | ▼28.2% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £16.3m | £24.4m | £17.4m | £2.3m |
| Net assets | £4.9m | £5.2m | £5.4m | £5.7m |
| Fixed assets | £227k | £246k | £155k | £82.8k |
| Current assets | £23.9m | £32m | £24.4m | £7.1m |
| Debtors | £6m | £4.4m | £5m | £2.3m |
| Deferred income | £12.9k | £0 | — | — |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2023 | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2023 | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 2.4%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 51.3%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £273k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £6.4k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 0.6%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 16.6%
- 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 £5.7m
- Cash at bank
- ▼87%
- Now £2.3m
- Headcount
- ▼28%
- Now 51
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- ▼47%
- Now £82.8k
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Industrial Control Distributors (Holdings) Ltdultimate parent75–100%
- Industrial Control Distributors 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 Mar 2025 (profit £327k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Dec 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Updated from Companies House on 24 Oct 2026
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