Longwood Engineering Company Limited
Registered name: LONGWOOD ENGINEERING COMPANY LIMITED
Longwood Engineering Company Limited made £11.3m revenue and £2.4m profit in the year to 30 Jun 2025. read from filing text
Longwood Engineering Company Limited’s revenue fell 2% to £11.3m in the year to 30 Jun 2025, with £2.4m profit and 54 employees. The company is classified under “manufacture of other special-purpose machinery” and is based in West Yorkshire; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- West Yorkshire, Yorkshire and The Humber
- Age
- 124 yrs · since 1902
- 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. From the filing: “The company is a wholly-owed subsidiary of The Longwood Engineering Company (Holdings) Limited, which is registered in England and Wales.”
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 30 Jun 2022 | 30 Jun 2023 | 30 Jun 2024 | 30 Jun 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £8.2m | £9.2m | £11.5m | £11.3m |
| Cost of sales | £5.1m | £6.1m | £6.4m | £5.7m |
| Gross profit | £3.2m | £3.1m | £5.1m | £5.6m |
| Operating profit | £1m | £921k | £2.4m | £3.1m |
| Profit before tax | £1m | £921k | £2.4m | £3.2m |
| Profit after tax | £843k | £744k | £1.8m | £2.4m |
| Profit (best available) | £843k | £744k | £1.8m | £2.4m |
| Staff costs | £2m | £2.3m | £2.9m | £2.7m |
| Employees (average) | 47 | 49 | 54 | 54 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 10.3% | 8.1% | 16% | 21.1% |
| Gross margin | 38.6% | 33.8% | 44.1% | 49.4% |
| Revenue per employee | £175k | £188k | £213k | £208k |
| Profit per employee | £17.9k | £15.2k | £34k | £44k |
| Cash conversion | −60.2% | −136% | −55.6% | −80.8% |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲12.2% | ▲24.4% | ▼2% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼11.8% | ▲146.7% | ▲29.6% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲4.3% | ▲10.2% | 0% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £1.3m | £1.9m | £2.6m | £3.5m |
| Net assets | £2.2m | £2.5m | £4m | £6.1m |
| Fixed assets | £244k | £263k | £277k | £767k |
| Current assets | £3.9m | £4.7m | £6.3m | £8.4m |
| Debtors | £977k | £950k | £904k | £1.2m |
| Deferred income | £0 | £86.1k | £62.2k | £355k |
| Cash from operations | −£628k | −£1.3m | −£1.3m | −£2.5m |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Feb 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Feb 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Mar 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Feb 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 21.1%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 49.4%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £208k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £44k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- −80.8%
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 6.8%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 3.2%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 10.8%
- 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
- ▲52%
- Now £6.1m
- Cash at bank
- ▲36%
- Now £3.5m
- Headcount
- 0%
- Now 54
- Deferred income
- ▲471%
- Now £355k
- Fixed assets
- ▲177%
- Now £767k
Group structure
Minority corporate shareholders
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 30 Jun 2025 (profit £2.4m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Feb 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Updated from Companies House on 15 Oct 2026
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