Mantec Technical Ceramics Limited
Registered name: MANTEC TECHNICAL CERAMICS LIMITED
Part of Mantec Group Limited groupMantec Technical Ceramics Limited made £3.1m revenue and a £239k loss in the year to 31 Dec 2023.
Mantec Technical Ceramics Limited’s revenue grew 3% to £3.1m in the year to 31 Dec 2023, with a loss of £239k and 45 employees. The company is classified under “manufacture of other technical ceramic products” and is based in Stoke on Trent; we hold 2 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Stoke on Trent, West Midlands
- Age
- 21 yrs · since 2005
- 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||
| Revenue (turnover) | £3m | £3.1m |
| Cost of sales | £1.3m | £1.7m |
| Gross profit | £1.7m | £1.4m |
| Operating profit | £269k | −£238k |
| Profit before tax | £267k | −£239k |
| Profit after tax | £220k | −£239k |
| Profit (best available) | £220k | −£239k |
| Staff costs | £1.6m | £1.8m |
| Employees (average) | 48 | 45 |
| Ratios | ||
| Profit margin | 7.2% | −7.6% |
| Gross margin | 56.1% | 45.5% |
| Revenue per employee | £63.3k | £69.6k |
| Profit per employee | £4.6k | −£5.3k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲3.1% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼208.9% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▼6.3% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||
| Cash at bank | £132k | £214k |
| Net assets | £345k | £106k |
| Fixed assets | £282k | £274k |
| Current assets | £1m | £1.1m |
| Debtors | £254k | £204k |
| Deferred income | £34.4k | £118k |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Sep 2024 | Accounts · bulk data Sep 2024 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- −7.6%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 45.5%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £69.6k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- −£5.3k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 8.8%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 3.8%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 6.5%
- 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
- ▼69%
- Now £106k
- Cash at bank
- ▲62%
- Now £214k
- Headcount
- ▼6%
- Now 45
- Deferred income
- ▲243%
- Now £118k
- Fixed assets
- ▼3%
- Now £274k
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
- Mantec Group Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- Mantec Technical Ceramics Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Subsidiaries (1)
- Xtract Filtration Systems LimitedFigures not disclosed
Sister companies (6)
- Fairey Industrial Ceramics LimitedRev. £11.2m · Profit −£566k
- DF Haus LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Duchess China LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Grimwades LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Mantec Properties LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Taylor Tunnicliff LtdRev. — · Profit £31.3k
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
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Sources
Latest figures from accounts for the year to 31 Dec 2023 (profit −£239k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Sep 2024. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Updated from Companies House on 17 Oct 2026
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