European Springs and Pressings Limited
Registered name: EUROPEAN SPRINGS AND PRESSINGS LIMITED
Part of Esp Holdings (UK) Limited groupEuropean Springs and Pressings Limited made £17m revenue and £4.1m profit in the year to 31 Dec 2025.
European Springs and Pressings Limited’s revenue grew 18% to £17m in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with £4.1m profit and 126 employees. The company is classified under “manufacture of wire products, chain and springs” and is based in Beckenham; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Beckenham, London
- Age
- 71 yrs · since 1955
- 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.
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Dec 2022 | 31 Dec 2023 | 31 Dec 2024 | 31 Dec 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Profit only | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | — | £13.5m | £14.4m | £17m |
| Gross profit | £5.6m | £5.5m | — | — |
| Operating profit | — | £2.7m | £2.6m | £3.2m |
| Profit before tax | £3m | £2.3m | £2.5m | £4.8m |
| Profit after tax | — | £2.4m | £1.9m | £4.1m |
| Profit (best available) | £3m | £2.4m | £1.9m | £4.1m |
| Staff costs | £4.9m | £4.7m | £5.2m | £5.9m |
| Employees (average) | 128 | 120 | 123 | 126 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | — | 17.6% | 12.9% | 24.1% |
| Gross margin | — | 40.7% | — | — |
| Revenue per employee | — | £112k | £117k | £135k |
| Profit per employee | £23.7k | £19.8k | £15.2k | £32.5k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | — | ▲6.7% | ▲18.1% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼21.7% | ▼21.5% | ▲119.8% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▼6.3% | ▲2.5% | ▲2.4% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £3.5m | £353k | £78 | £472 |
| Net assets | £16.2m | £9.5m | £11.4m | £12m |
| Fixed assets | £3.3m | £1.9m | £10m | £10.2m |
| Current assets | £15.2m | £9.3m | £8m | £9m |
| Debtors | £1.9m | £1.8m | £2.5m | £2.6m |
| Deferred income | £91.1k | £146k | £108k | £210k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data May 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 24.1%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- —
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £135k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £32.5k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 59.9%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 1.2%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 15.6%
- 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
- ▲5%
- Now £12m
- Cash at bank
- ▲505%
- Now £472
- Headcount
- ▲2%
- Now 126
- Deferred income
- ▲94%
- Now £210k
- Fixed assets
- ▲2%
- Now £10.2m
Deferred income is reported together with accruals in this filing (“accruals and deferred income”), so it is an approximate signal only.
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Esp Holdings (UK) Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- European Springs and Pressings Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Subsidiaries (2)
- Clifford Springs LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Enfield Spring Holdings LimitedFigures not disclosed
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Dec 2025 (profit £4.1m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published May 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Updated from Companies House on 22 Oct 2026
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