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Company No. 00492098 · Incorporated 1 Mar 1951

Heygate Engineering Company Limited(The)

Registered name: HEYGATE ENGINEERING COMPANY LIMITED(THE)

Part of Heygate & Sons Limited group

Heygate Engineering Company Limited(The) made £15.2m revenue and £35.6k profit in the year to 29 Mar 2025.

Heygate Engineering Company Limited(The)’s revenue grew 3% to £15.2m in the year to 29 Mar 2025, with £35.6k profit and 101 employees. The company is classified under “freight transport by road” and is based in Northampton; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.

Full P&L filedSection H · Transportation and storageSIC 49410Freight transport by road
Status
Active
Location
Northampton, East Midlands
Age
75 yrs · since 1951
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.

Latest accounts · year to 29 Mar 2025

Key figures

Operating leverageDoing more with lessBoring industry
Revenue
£15.2m
Growth ▲2.8%
Profit
£35.6k
Growth ▲295.8%
Profit margin
0.2%
Gross 7.5%
Employees
101
Change ▼2.9%
Profit / employee
£353
Revenue/employee £150k
Profitable streak
2yrs
Consecutive profitable years in our data

Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.

3 filed years

Financial history

Multi-year financials, oldest to newest
Year to1 Apr 202330 Mar 202429 Mar 2025
DisclosureFull P&LFull P&LFull P&L
Profit & loss
Revenue (turnover)£14.1m£14.7m£15.2m
Cost of sales£13.2m£13.8m£14m
Gross profit£890k£973k£1.1m
Operating profit£43.9k£98k£167k
Profit before tax£10.2k£12.2k£49.4k
Profit after tax−£208k£9k£35.6k
Profit (best available)−£208k£9k£35.6k
Employees (average)97104101
Ratios
Profit margin−1.5%0.1%0.2%
Gross margin6.3%6.6%7.5%
Revenue per employee£146k£142k£150k
Profit per employee−£2.1k£87£353
Growth (year on year)
Revenue growth—▲4.4%▲2.8%
Profit growth——▲295.8%
Headcount growth—▲7.2%▼2.9%
Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue
Cash at bank£2.7m£500k£2m
Net assets£391k£400k£436k
Fixed assets£4.5m£6.7m£7.4m
Current assets£7.6m£1.6m£4.3m
Debtors£173k£54.2k£36.8k
SourceFullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2024FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2024FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2025
Derived from the latest filing

How the business works

Profit margin
0.2%
Profit ÷ revenue.
Gross margin
7.5%
Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
Revenue per employee
£150k
Revenue ÷ average employees.
Profit per employee
£353
Profit ÷ average employees.
Cash conversion
—
Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
Fixed assets ÷ revenue
49.1%
Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
Deferred income ÷ revenue
—
Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
Debtors ÷ revenue
0.2%
Money owed by customers. Low = customers pay quickly.
Indirect — not revenue

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
▲9%
Now £436k
Cash at bank
▲291%
Now £2m
Headcount
▼3%
Now 101
Deferred income
—
Now —
Fixed assets
▲10%
Now £7.4m
Corporate ownership

Group structure

Ownership chain

  1. Heygate & Sons Limitedultimate parent75–100%
  2. Heygate Engineering Company Limited(The)this company

Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.

Subsidiaries (1)

Sister companies (8)

From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).

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Sources

Companies House profile Filing history & original accounts

Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 29 Mar 2025 (profit £35.6k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Dec 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.

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