Schaltbau Machine Electrics Limited
Registered name: SCHALTBAU MACHINE ELECTRICS LIMITED
Schaltbau Machine Electrics Limited made £9.3m revenue and £855k profit in the year to 31 Dec 2025.
Schaltbau Machine Electrics Limited’s revenue fell 1% to £9.3m in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with £855k profit and 35 employees. The company is classified under “manufacture of electricity distribution and control apparatus” and is based in Cwmbran; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Cwmbran, Wales
- Age
- 18 yrs · since 2008
- Type
- Private Limited Company
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Dec 2023 | 31 Dec 2024 | 31 Dec 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | |||
| Revenue (turnover) | £10.1m | £9.3m | £9.3m |
| Cost of sales | −£6.6m | −£5.8m | −£5.9m |
| Gross profit | £3.5m | £3.5m | £3.4m |
| Operating profit | £1.2m | £891k | £1.1m |
| Profit before tax | £1.2m | £953k | £1.2m |
| Profit after tax | £891k | £714k | £855k |
| Profit (best available) | £891k | £714k | £855k |
| Employees (average) | 41 | 37 | 35 |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | 8.8% | 7.7% | 9.2% |
| Gross margin | 34.8% | 37.7% | 36.3% |
| Revenue per employee | £246k | £252k | £264k |
| Profit per employee | £21.7k | £19.3k | £24.4k |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Revenue growth | — | ▼7.8% | ▼0.6% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼19.9% | ▲19.8% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▼9.8% | ▼5.4% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Net assets | — | — | — |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data May 2025 | Accounts · bulk data May 2025 | Accounts · bulk data May 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 9.2%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 36.3%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £264k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £24.4k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- —
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- —
- 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
- —
- Now —
- Cash at bank
- —
- Now —
- Headcount
- ▼5%
- Now 35
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now —
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Sources
Latest figures from accounts for the year to 31 Dec 2025 (profit £855k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published May 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Updated from Companies House on 13 Oct 2026
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