Tube Manipulation and Assembly Limited
Registered name: TUBE MANIPULATION AND ASSEMBLY LIMITED
Part of Tma Holdings (Manchester) Limited groupTube Manipulation and Assembly Limited made £8.6m revenue and £202k profit in the year to 31 Dec 2025.
Tube Manipulation and Assembly Limited’s revenue fell 25% to £8.6m in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with £202k profit and 94 employees. The company is classified under “manufacture of other fabricated metal products” and is based in Manchester; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Manchester, North West
- Age
- 24 yrs · since 2001
- 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 Dec 2022 | 31 Dec 2023 | 31 Dec 2024 | 31 Dec 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | No P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | — | £11.2m | £11.5m | £8.6m |
| Cost of sales | — | £8.4m | £9m | £6.8m |
| Gross profit | — | £2.8m | £2.5m | £1.8m |
| Operating profit | — | £828k | £224k | £250k |
| Profit before tax | — | £801k | £201k | £239k |
| Profit after tax | — | £640k | £144k | £202k |
| Profit (best available) | — | £640k | £144k | £202k |
| Staff costs | — | £3.4m | £4.2m | £3.5m |
| Employees (average) | 90 | 100 | 103 | 94 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | — | 5.7% | 1.3% | 2.3% |
| Gross margin | — | 24.7% | 21.4% | 21.3% |
| Revenue per employee | — | £112k | £111k | £91.7k |
| Profit per employee | — | £6.4k | £1.4k | £2.1k |
| Cash conversion | — | 120.7% | 336.8% | 218.9% |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | — | ▲2.3% | ▼24.7% |
| Profit growth | — | — | ▼77.5% | ▲39.8% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲11.1% | ▲3% | ▼8.7% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £5k | £440k | £3.2k | £55.3k |
| Net assets | £2.5m | £3.1m | £3.3m | £3.5m |
| Fixed assets | £594k | £773k | £1.3m | £1.5m |
| Current assets | £4.1m | £5.4m | £4m | £4m |
| Debtors | £3m | £2.1m | £1.2m | £866k |
| Deferred income | — | £65.4k | £81.7k | £48.3k |
| Cash from operations | — | £999k | £754k | £548k |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Sep 2024 | Accounts · bulk data Sep 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 2.3%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 21.3%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £91.7k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £2.1k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- 218.9%
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 17%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 0.6%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 10%
- 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 £3.5m
- Cash at bank
- ▲1619%
- Now £55.3k
- Headcount
- ▼9%
- Now 94
- Deferred income
- ▼41%
- Now £48.3k
- Fixed assets
- ▲14%
- Now £1.5m
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
- Tma Holdings (Manchester) Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- Tube Manipulation and Assembly Holdings Limited75–100%
- Tube Manipulation and Assembly Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Sister companies (1)
- Tma Plant and Equipment LimitedFigures not disclosed
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Dec 2025 (profit £202k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Sep 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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