Tensator Limited
Registered name: TENSATOR LIMITED
Part of Rcapital Investments LLP groupTensator Limited made £8.2m revenue and £1.2m profit in the year to 31 Dec 2024.
Tensator Limited’s revenue fell 8% to £8.2m in the year to 31 Dec 2024, with £1.2m profit. The company is classified under “manufacture of other fabricated metal products” and is based in Milton Keynes; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Milton Keynes
- Age
- 26 yrs · since 2000
- Type
- Private Limited Company
Key figures
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Dec 2022 | 31 Dec 2023 | 31 Dec 2024 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | |||
| Revenue (turnover) | £9.3m | £8.9m | £8.2m |
| Cost of sales | −£4.5m | −£3.9m | −£3.9m |
| Gross profit | £4.8m | £5m | £4.3m |
| Operating profit | £2.4m | £738k | £865k |
| Profit before tax | £3.3m | £1.3m | £1.5m |
| Profit after tax | £2.6m | £419k | £1.2m |
| Profit (best available) | £2.6m | £419k | £1.2m |
| Employees (average) | 47 | 49 | — |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | 28% | 4.7% | 15% |
| Gross margin | 51.5% | 55.8% | 52.5% |
| Revenue per employee | £197k | £182k | — |
| Profit per employee | £55.3k | £8.6k | — |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Revenue growth | — | ▼4% | ▼7.9% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼83.9% | ▲194.3% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲4.3% | — |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Net assets | — | — | — |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Oct 2024 | Accounts · bulk data Oct 2024 | Accounts · bulk data Jan 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 15%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 52.5%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- —
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- —
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
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- 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
- —
- Now —
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now —
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Rcapital Investments LLPultimate parent50–75%
- Tensator Topco Limited75–100%
- Tensator Holdings Ltd75–100%
- Tensator Group Limited75–100%
- Tensator Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Sister companies (1)
- Tensabarrier LimitedFigures not disclosed
Minority corporate shareholders
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
Sources
Latest figures from accounts for the year to 31 Dec 2024 (profit £1.2m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Jan 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Updated from Companies House on 20 Oct 2026
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