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Company No. 00812334 · Incorporated 13 Jul 1964

John Sylvester Engineering Company Limited

Registered name: JOHN SYLVESTER ENGINEERING COMPANY LIMITED

John Sylvester Engineering Company Limited made £5.8m revenue and £469k profit in the year to 31 Mar 2025. read from filing text

John Sylvester Engineering Company Limited’s revenue grew 3% to £5.8m in the year to 31 Mar 2025, with £469k profit and 3 employees. The company is classified under “wholesale of machine tools” and is based in Bradford; we hold 2 years of its filed accounts.

Full P&L filedSection G · Wholesale and retail trade; repair of motor vehiclesSIC 46620Wholesale of machine tools
Status
Active
Location
Bradford, Yorkshire and The Humber
Age
62 yrs · since 1964
Type
Private Limited Company
Latest accounts · year to 31 Mar 2025

Key figures

IndependentSmall teamCapital-light
Revenue
£5.8m
Growth ▲2.8%
Profit
£469k
Growth ▼20.1%
Profit margin
8.1%
Gross 42.8%
Employees
3
Change 0%
Profit / employee
£156k
Revenue/employee £1.9m
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.

2 filed years

Financial history

Multi-year financials, oldest to newest
Year to31 Mar 202431 Mar 2025
DisclosureFull P&Lread from filing textFull P&Lread from filing text
Profit & loss
Revenue (turnover)£5.7m£5.8m
Cost of sales£3.7m£3.3m
Gross profit£2m£2.5m
Operating profit£504k£359k
Profit before tax£764k£630k
Profit after tax£587k£469k
Profit (best available)£587k£469k
Employees (average)33
Ratios
Profit margin10.4%8.1%
Gross margin35.3%42.8%
Revenue per employee£1.9m£1.9m
Profit per employee£196k£156k
Growth (year on year)
Revenue growth—▲2.8%
Profit growth—▼20.1%
Headcount growth—0%
Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue
Cash at bank£11.6m£11.6m
Net assets£11.9m£11.9m
Fixed assets£352k£342k
Current assets£11.9m£11.8m
Debtors£0£0
SourceFullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2025FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2025
Derived from the latest filing

How the business works

Profit margin
8.1%
Profit ÷ revenue.
Gross margin
42.8%
Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
Revenue per employee
£1.9m
Revenue ÷ average employees.
Profit per employee
£156k
Profit ÷ average employees.
Cash conversion
—
Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
Fixed assets ÷ revenue
5.9%
Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
Deferred income ÷ revenue
—
Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
Debtors ÷ revenue
0%
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
▼0%
Now £11.9m
Cash at bank
▼1%
Now £11.6m
Headcount
0%
Now 3
Deferred income
—
Now —
Fixed assets
▼3%
Now £342k
Corporate ownership

Group structure

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 31 Mar 2025 (profit £469k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Dec 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.

Updated from Companies House on 15 Oct 2026

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