Technica Limited
Registered name: TECHNICA LIMITED
Part of Technica Holdings Limited groupTechnica Limited made £20.3m revenue and £2.9m profit in the year to 31 Mar 2026.
Technica Limited’s revenue grew 117% to £20.3m in the year to 31 Mar 2026, with £2.9m profit and 69 employees. The company is classified under “engineering design activities for industrial process and production” and is based in Grimsby; we hold 5 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Grimsby, Yorkshire and The Humber
- Age
- 19 yrs · since 2007
- 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 Mar 2022 | 31 Mar 2023 | 31 Mar 2024 | 31 Mar 2025 | 31 Mar 2026 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | |||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £12.5m | £21.4m | £9.2m | £9.3m | £20.3m |
| Cost of sales | £10.9m | £18.9m | £7.5m | £6.7m | £14.2m |
| Gross profit | £1.7m | £2.6m | £1.7m | £2.6m | £6m |
| Operating profit | £207k | £723k | −£98.6k | £669k | £3.6m |
| Profit before tax | £201k | £716k | −£138k | £629k | £3.5m |
| Profit after tax | £376k | £841k | £50.6k | £616k | £2.9m |
| Profit (best available) | £376k | £841k | £50.6k | £616k | £2.9m |
| Staff costs | £2.7m | £3.5m | £3.4m | £3.6m | £4.3m |
| Employees (average) | 45 | 57 | 59 | 60 | 69 |
| Ratios | |||||
| Profit margin | 3% | 3.9% | 0.5% | 6.6% | 14.5% |
| Gross margin | 13.4% | 12.1% | 18.1% | 28% | 29.8% |
| Revenue per employee | £278k | £376k | £156k | £155k | £294k |
| Profit per employee | £8.4k | £14.8k | £858 | £10.3k | £42.6k |
| Cash conversion | −776.2% | 14.9% | — | −118.1% | −172.8% |
| Growth (year on year) | |||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲71.2% | ▼57.1% | ▲1.4% | ▲117.3% |
| Profit growth | — | ▲123.9% | ▼94% | ▲1116% | ▲377.5% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲26.7% | ▲3.5% | ▲1.7% | ▲15% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||||
| Cash at bank | £1.3m | £680k | £138k | £586k | £4m |
| Net assets | £831k | £1.3m | £1.4m | £1.7m | £2.4m |
| Fixed assets | £563k | £875k | £881k | £1.1m | £1.5m |
| Current assets | £5.6m | £4.4m | £4m | £4.3m | £9.2m |
| Debtors | £2.3m | £1m | £1.7m | £1.5m | £2.8m |
| Deferred income | £2.4m | £683k | £1.1m | £1.7m | £5.5m |
| Cash from operations | −£1.6m | £108k | £833k | −£790k | −£6.1m |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Dec 2023 | Accounts · bulk data Dec 2023 | FullAccounts · bulk data Nov 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Oct 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jul 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 14.5%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 29.8%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £294k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £42.6k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- −172.8%
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 7.2%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 27.3%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 13.9%
- 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
- ▲36%
- Now £2.4m
- Cash at bank
- ▲583%
- Now £4m
- Headcount
- ▲15%
- Now 69
- Deferred income
- ▲217%
- Now £5.5m
- Fixed assets
- ▲30%
- 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
- Technica Holdings Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- Technica Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Sister companies (1)
- Technica Measurement 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 Mar 2026 (profit £2.9m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Jul 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Updated from Companies House on 15 Oct 2026
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