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Company No. 04101990 · Incorporated 3 Nov 2000

Ultra Tough Limited

Registered name: ULTRA TOUGH LIMITED

Part of Ultra Tough Group Limited group

Ultra Tough Limited made £20.3m revenue and £823k profit in the year to 31 Mar 2025. read from filing text

Ultra Tough Limited’s revenue fell 6% to £20.3m in the year to 31 Mar 2025, with £823k profit and 165 employees. The company is classified under “manufacture of flat glass” and is based in Hatfield; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.

Status
Active
Location
Hatfield, East of England
Age
25 yrs · since 2000
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 ultimate parent company is Ultra Tough Group Limited, a company registered in England and Wales.”

Latest accounts · year to 31 Mar 2025

Key figures

Cash flow filed
Revenue
£20.3m
Growth ▼5.8%
Profit
£823k
Growth ▲498.6%
Profit margin
4%
Gross 28.9%
Employees
165
Change ▲3.1%
Profit / employee
£5k
Revenue/employee £123k
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

Multi-year financials, oldest to newest
Year to31 Mar 202231 Mar 202331 Mar 202431 Mar 2025
DisclosureFull P&Lread from filing textFull P&Lread from filing textFull P&Lread from filing textFull P&Lread from filing text
Profit & loss
Revenue (turnover)£17.4m£20.1m£21.6m£20.3m
Cost of sales£11.2m£13.7m£15.4m£14.5m
Gross profit£6.1m£6.4m£6.1m£5.9m
Operating profit£1.6m£930k£210k£607k
Profit before tax£1.5m£891k£185k£583k
Profit after tax£1.1m£789k£137k£823k
Profit (best available)£1.1m£789k£137k£823k
Staff costs£4.5m£5m£5.9m£6.4m
Employees (average)139163160165
Ratios
Profit margin6.2%3.9%0.6%4%
Gross margin35.3%31.9%28.4%28.9%
Revenue per employee£125k£123k£135k£123k
Profit per employee£7.7k£4.8k£859£5k
Cash conversion−5.7%−287%−2045%−212%
Growth (year on year)
Revenue growth—▲15.4%▲7.6%▼5.8%
Profit growth—▼26.6%▼82.6%▲498.6%
Headcount growth—▲17.3%▼1.8%▲3.1%
Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue
Cash at bank£2.4m£1.3m£1.8m£2.5m
Net assets£7.5m£5.8m£3.4m£4.3m
Fixed assets£3.5m£3.3m£3.1m£2.7m
Current assets£8.4m£9.3m£9.5m£11.4m
Debtors£2.9m£3m£2.9m£2.2m
Deferred income£98.1k£50.7k£74.5k£79.9k
Cash from operations−£89.1k−£2.7m−£4.3m−£1.3m
SourceFullAccounts · bulk data Nov 2023FullAccounts · bulk data Nov 2023FullAccounts · bulk data Nov 2024FullAccounts · bulk data Nov 2025
Derived from the latest filing

How the business works

Profit margin
4%
Profit ÷ revenue.
Gross margin
28.9%
Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
Revenue per employee
£123k
Revenue ÷ average employees.
Profit per employee
£5k
Profit ÷ average employees.
Cash conversion
−212%
Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
Fixed assets ÷ revenue
13.2%
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
10.6%
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
▲24%
Now £4.3m
Cash at bank
▲44%
Now £2.5m
Headcount
▲3%
Now 165
Deferred income
▲7%
Now £79.9k
Fixed assets
▼12%
Now £2.7m

Deferred income is reported together with accruals in this filing (“accruals and deferred income”), so it is an approximate signal only.

Corporate ownership

Group structure

Ownership chain

  1. Ultra Tough Group Limitedultimate parent75–100%
  2. Ultra Tough Holding Ltd75–100%
  3. Ultra Tough 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 £823k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Nov 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.

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