Stalham Engineering Co Limited
Registered name: STALHAM ENGINEERING CO LIMITED
Stalham Engineering Co Limited made £11.5m revenue and a £127k loss in the year to 31 Dec 2024.
Stalham Engineering Co Limited’s revenue grew 12% to £11.5m in the year to 31 Dec 2024, with a loss of £127k and 51 employees. The company is classified under “maintenance and repair of motor vehicles” and is based in Norwich; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Norwich, East of England
- Age
- 63 yrs · since 1963
- Type
- Private Limited Company
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | |||
| Revenue (turnover) | £14.3m | £10.3m | £11.5m |
| Cost of sales | £12.1m | £8.2m | £9.3m |
| Gross profit | £2.2m | £2.2m | £2.2m |
| Operating profit | £399k | £182k | £169k |
| Profit before tax | £217k | −£65.2k | −£176k |
| Profit after tax | £175k | −£76.5k | −£127k |
| Profit (best available) | £175k | −£76.5k | −£127k |
| Staff costs | £1.3m | £1.3m | £1.4m |
| Employees (average) | 47 | 47 | 51 |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | 1.2% | −0.7% | −1.1% |
| Gross margin | 15.5% | 20.9% | 19.2% |
| Revenue per employee | £305k | £220k | £226k |
| Profit per employee | £3.7k | −£1.6k | −£2.5k |
| Cash conversion | −42.8% | 21.4% | −196.6% |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Revenue growth | — | ▼28% | ▲11.6% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼143.7% | — |
| Headcount growth | — | 0% | ▲8.5% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Cash at bank | £127k | £55.8k | £57.6k |
| Net assets | £1.4m | £1.3m | £1.2m |
| Fixed assets | £1.3m | £1.2m | £1.2m |
| Current assets | £5.2m | £6m | £6.5m |
| Debtors | £707k | £522k | £583k |
| Cash from operations | −£171k | £38.9k | −£333k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data May 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data May 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jun 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- −1.1%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 19.2%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £226k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- −£2.5k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- −196.6%
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 10.7%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 5.1%
- 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
- ▼10%
- Now £1.2m
- Cash at bank
- ▲3%
- Now £57.6k
- Headcount
- ▲9%
- Now 51
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- ▲2%
- Now £1.2m
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Dec 2024 (profit −£127k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Jun 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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