B. & a. Engineering Company Limited(The)
Registered name: B. & A. ENGINEERING COMPANY LIMITED(THE)
Part of Rayco Electronic System Ltd groupB. & a. Engineering Company Limited(The) made £675k revenue and a £84.1k loss in the year to 30 Jun 2025.
B. & a. Engineering Company Limited(The)’s revenue grew 52% to £675k in the year to 30 Jun 2025, with a loss of £84.1k and 4 employees. The company is classified under “manufacture of other machine tools” and is based in ST Leonards on Sea; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- ST Leonards on Sea, South East
- Age
- 93 yrs · since 1933
- 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: “Rayco Electronic System Limited”
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&L | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £418k | £446k | £446k | £675k |
| Cost of sales | £128k | £122k | £75.6k | £454k |
| Gross profit | £291k | £324k | £370k | £221k |
| Operating profit | −£16.4k | −£19.8k | £10.8k | −£84k |
| Profit before tax | −£16.4k | −£19.8k | £10.8k | −£84.1k |
| Profit after tax | −£16.4k | −£19.8k | £10.8k | −£84.1k |
| Profit (best available) | −£16.4k | −£19.8k | £10.8k | −£84.1k |
| Employees (average) | 7 | 7 | 6 | 4 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | −3.9% | −4.4% | 2.4% | −12.4% |
| Gross margin | 69.5% | 72.6% | 83% | 32.7% |
| Revenue per employee | £59.8k | £63.7k | £74.3k | £169k |
| Profit per employee | −£2.3k | −£2.8k | £1.8k | −£21k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲6.6% | ▼0.1% | ▲51.6% |
| Profit growth | — | — | — | ▼879.8% |
| Headcount growth | — | 0% | ▼14.3% | ▼33.3% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £5k | £5.2k | £12.4k | £20.1k |
| Net assets | £195k | £175k | £186k | £102k |
| Fixed assets | £662 | £442 | £951 | £465 |
| Current assets | £280k | £254k | £232k | £264k |
| Debtors | £275k | £248k | £219k | £244k |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Mar 2024 | Accounts · bulk data Mar 2024 | FilletedAccounts · bulk data Jun 2025 | FilletedAccounts · bulk data Jul 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- −12.4%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 32.7%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £169k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- −£21k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 0.1%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 36.1%
- 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
- ▼45%
- Now £102k
- Cash at bank
- ▲62%
- Now £20.1k
- Headcount
- ▼33%
- Now 4
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- ▼51%
- Now £465
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Rayco Electronic System Ltd (registered outside the UK register)ultimate parent75–100%
- B. & a. Engineering Company Limited(The)this 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 FilletedAccounts for the year to 30 Jun 2025 (profit −£84.1k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Jul 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Updated from Companies House on 11 Oct 2026
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