Ayrshire Metal Products Public Limited Company
Registered name: AYRSHIRE METAL PRODUCTS PUBLIC LIMITED COMPANY
Part of Knapdale (Nominees) Limited groupAyrshire Metal Products Public Limited Company made £14.6m revenue and £10.6m profit in the year to 31 Dec 2025.
Ayrshire Metal Products Public Limited Company’s revenue fell 6% to £14.6m in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with £10.6m profit and 75 employees. The company is classified under “manufacture of basic iron and steel and of ferro-alloys” and is based in Edinburgh; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Edinburgh, Scotland
- Age
- 119 yrs · since 1907
- Type
- Public 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 2023 | 31 Dec 2024 | 31 Dec 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | |||
| Revenue (turnover) | £17.9m | £15.6m | £14.6m |
| Cost of sales | −£14.6m | −£9.9m | −£9m |
| Gross profit | £3.3m | £5.7m | £5.6m |
| Operating profit | −£1.1m | −£527k | £317k |
| Profit before tax | −£879k | −£418k | £10.2m |
| Profit after tax | −£786k | −£364k | £10.6m |
| Profit (best available) | −£786k | −£364k | £10.6m |
| Employees (average) | 96 | 81 | 75 |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | −4.4% | −2.3% | 72.7% |
| Gross margin | 18.6% | 36.7% | 38.6% |
| Revenue per employee | £187k | £193k | £195k |
| Profit per employee | −£8.2k | −£4.5k | £142k |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Revenue growth | — | ▼13% | ▼6.5% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▼15.6% | ▼7.4% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Net assets | — | — | — |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Jun 2025 | Accounts · bulk data Jun 2025 | Accounts · bulk data Jul 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 72.7%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 38.6%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £195k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £142k
- 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
- ▼7%
- Now 75
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now —
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Knapdale (Nominees) Limitedultimate parent50–75%
- Ayrshire Metal Products Public Limited Companythis 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 accounts for the year to 31 Dec 2025 (profit £10.6m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Jul 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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