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Company No. 00550742 · Incorporated 15 Jun 1955

Haigh Engineering Co,limited(The)

Registered name: HAIGH ENGINEERING CO,LIMITED(THE)

Part of Kwigo Limited group

Haigh Engineering Co,limited(The) made £14.6m revenue and £265k profit in the year to 30 Apr 2025.

Haigh Engineering Co,limited(The)’s revenue grew 27% to £14.6m in the year to 30 Apr 2025, with £265k profit and 82 employees. The company is classified under “manufacture of other special-purpose machinery” and is based in Herefordshire; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.

Status
Active
Location
Herefordshire, West Midlands
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. From the filing: “The immediate holding company is The Haigh Group Limited and Kwigo Limited is the ultimate holding company of The Haigh Engineering Company Limited. Both of these companies are incorporated in England”

Latest accounts · year to 30 Apr 2025

Key figures

Capital-light
Revenue
£14.6m
Growth ▲27%
Profit
£265k
Growth ▼63.7%
Profit margin
1.8%
Gross 31.3%
Employees
82
Change ▲2.5%
Profit / employee
£3.2k
Revenue/employee £178k
Profitable streak
4yrs
Consecutive profitable years in our data

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

4 filed years

Financial history

Multi-year financials, oldest to newest
Year to30 Apr 202230 Apr 202330 Apr 202430 Apr 2025
DisclosureFull P&LFull P&LFull P&LFull P&L
Profit & loss
Revenue (turnover)£8.1m£9.9m£11.5m£14.6m
Cost of sales£4.2m£5.5m£6.7m£10.1m
Gross profit£3.9m£4.4m£4.9m£4.6m
Operating profit£1m£973k£966k£321k
Profit before tax£1m£947k£933k£301k
Profit after tax£865k£789k£730k£265k
Profit (best available)£865k£789k£730k£265k
Staff costs£2.7m£3.2m£3.8m£3.8m
Employees (average)76808082
Ratios
Profit margin10.6%8%6.3%1.8%
Gross margin48.1%44.7%42.3%31.3%
Revenue per employee£107k£124k£144k£178k
Profit per employee£11.4k£9.9k£9.1k£3.2k
Growth (year on year)
Revenue growth—▲21.8%▲16.1%▲27%
Profit growth—▼8.9%▼7.5%▼63.7%
Headcount growth—▲5.3%0%▲2.5%
Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue
Cash at bank£254k£191k£651k£544k
Net assets£3.1m£3.6m£3.8m£3.7m
Fixed assets£36k£737k£702k£708k
Current assets£4.4m£5.5m£5.4m£5.9m
Debtors£1.4m£1.6m£1.6m£1.4m
Deferred income£292k£392k£565k£400k
SourceAccounts · bulk data Jan 2024Accounts · bulk data Jan 2024FullAccounts · bulk data Jan 2025FullAccounts · bulk data Jan 2026
Derived from the latest filing

How the business works

Profit margin
1.8%
Profit ÷ revenue.
Gross margin
31.3%
Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
Revenue per employee
£178k
Revenue ÷ average employees.
Profit per employee
£3.2k
Profit ÷ average employees.
Cash conversion
—
Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
Fixed assets ÷ revenue
4.8%
Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
Deferred income ÷ revenue
2.7%
Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
Debtors ÷ revenue
9.8%
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
▼1%
Now £3.7m
Cash at bank
▼16%
Now £544k
Headcount
▲3%
Now 82
Deferred income
▼29%
Now £400k
Fixed assets
▲1%
Now £708k

Deferred income is reported together with accruals in this filing (“accruals and deferred income”), so it is an approximate signal only.

Corporate ownership

Group structure

Ownership chain

  1. Kwigo Limitedultimate parent75–100%
  2. Haigh Group Limited(The)75–100%
  3. Haigh Engineering Co,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 FullAccounts for the year to 30 Apr 2025 (profit £265k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Jan 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.

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