Delfield Precision Engineering Co. Limited
Registered name: DELFIELD PRECISION ENGINEERING CO. LIMITED
Part of Delfield Group Holdings Ltd groupDelfield Precision Engineering Co. Limited made £12.7m revenue and £817k profit in the year to 31 Jul 2025. read from filing text
Delfield Precision Engineering Co. Limited’s revenue grew 11% to £12.7m in the year to 31 Jul 2025, with £817k profit and 90 employees. The company is classified under “manufacture of other fabricated metal products” and is based in Ruislip; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Ruislip, London
- Age
- 61 yrs · since 1964
- 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 Jul 2023 | 31 Jul 2024 | 31 Jul 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text |
| Profit & loss | |||
| Revenue (turnover) | £12.3m | £11.5m | £12.7m |
| Cost of sales | £9.5m | £8.3m | £8.7m |
| Gross profit | £2.8m | £3.1m | £4m |
| Operating profit | £66k | £305k | £875k |
| Profit before tax | £50.3k | £284k | £852k |
| Profit after tax | £45k | £291k | £817k |
| Profit (best available) | £45k | £291k | £817k |
| Staff costs | £4.1m | £3.5m | £4m |
| Employees (average) | 91 | 86 | 90 |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | 0.4% | 2.5% | 6.4% |
| Gross margin | 22.9% | 27.3% | 31.4% |
| Revenue per employee | £136k | £133k | £141k |
| Profit per employee | £495 | £3.4k | £9.1k |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Revenue growth | — | ▼7.1% | ▲10.6% |
| Profit growth | — | ▲546.4% | ▲180.7% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▼5.5% | ▲4.7% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Cash at bank | £188k | £237k | £297k |
| Net assets | £3.5m | £3.8m | £4.6m |
| Fixed assets | £842k | £812k | £933k |
| Current assets | — | £5.8m | £7.1m |
| Debtors | £2.5m | £2.4m | £2.7m |
| Deferred income | £1.1m | £766k | £814k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Apr 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Apr 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Feb 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 6.4%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 31.4%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £141k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £9.1k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 7.4%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 6.4%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 21.3%
- 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
- ▲22%
- Now £4.6m
- Cash at bank
- ▲25%
- Now £297k
- Headcount
- ▲5%
- Now 90
- Deferred income
- ▲6%
- Now £814k
- Fixed assets
- ▲15%
- Now £933k
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
- Delfield Group Holdings Ltdultimate parent75–100%
- Delfield Holdings Ltd75–100%
- Delfield Precision Engineering Co. Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Sister companies (4)
- Delfield Pe Holdings LimitedActive - Proposal to Strike offRev. — · Profit −£6k
- Delfield Precision Services LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Delfield Property Management LtdFigures not disclosed
- Delfield PS Holdings LimitedActive - Proposal to Strike offFigures 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 Jul 2025 (profit £817k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Feb 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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