Company No. 04093486 · Incorporated 19 Oct 2000
Signfab (UK) Limited
Registered name: SIGNFAB (UK) LIMITED
Signfab (UK) Limited made £11m revenue and £355k profit in the year to 31 Dec 2025.
Signfab (UK) Limited’s revenue fell 8% to £11m in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with £355k profit and 124 employees. The company is classified under “manufacture of other fabricated metal products” and is based in Leicester; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
Full profit & loss filedSection C · ManufacturingSIC 25990Manufacture of other fabricated metal products n.e.c.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Leicester, East Midlands
- Age
- 26 yrs · since 2000
- Type
- Private Limited Company
Latest accounts · year to 31 Dec 2025
Key figures
IndependentCash flow filed
Revenue
£11m
Growth ▼8.1%
Profit
£355k
Growth ▲391.5%
Profit margin
3.2%
Gross 34.6%
Employees
124
Change ▼8.8%
Profit / employee
£2.9k
Revenue/employee £88.5k
Profitable streak
4yrs
Consecutive profitable years in our data
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
4 filed years
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Dec 2022 | 31 Dec 2023 | 31 Dec 2024 | 31 Dec 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Profit & loss | Profit & loss | Profit & loss | Profit & loss |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £12.1m | £12.2m | £11.9m | £11m |
| Cost of sales | £8.7m | £8.5m | £8.6m | £7.2m |
| Gross profit | £3.4m | £3.7m | £3.3m | £3.8m |
| Operating profit | £696k | £974k | £209k | £603k |
| Profit before tax | £630k | £916k | £120k | £496k |
| Profit after tax | £463k | £740k | £72.2k | £355k |
| Profit (best available) | £463k | £740k | £72.2k | £355k |
| Staff costs | £3.9m | £4.2m | £4.6m | £4.2m |
| Employees (average) | 125 | 128 | 136 | 124 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 3.8% | 6.1% | 0.6% | 3.2% |
| Gross margin | 28.1% | 30.4% | 27.9% | 34.6% |
| Revenue per employee | £97.2k | £95.5k | £87.8k | £88.5k |
| Profit per employee | £3.7k | £5.8k | £531 | £2.9k |
| Cash conversion | −128.8% | −74.3% | −523.4% | −75.7% |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲0.6% | ▼2.2% | ▼8.1% |
| Profit growth | — | ▲60.1% | ▼90.2% | ▲391.5% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲2.4% | ▲6.3% | ▼8.8% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £196k | £72.7k | £63.6k | £2.8k |
| Net assets | £952k | £1.5m | £1.5m | £1.8m |
| Fixed assets | £1.8m | £1.9m | £2.5m | £2.3m |
| Current assets | £2.9m | £2.6m | £2.4m | £2.7m |
| Debtors | £1.6m | £1.5m | £1.6m | £1.6m |
| Cash from operations | −£896k | −£724k | −£1.1m | −£456k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Jul 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jul 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Aug 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2026 |
Derived from the latest filing
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 3.2%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 34.6%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £88.5k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £2.9k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- −75.7%
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 21.2%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 14.6%
- Money owed by customers. Low = customers pay quickly.
Indirect — not revenue
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
- ▲21%
- Now £1.8m
- Cash at bank
- ▼96%
- Now £2.8k
- Headcount
- ▼9%
- Now 124
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- ▼9%
- Now £2.3m
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Dec 2025 (profit £355k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Sep 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.