BPX Electro-Mechanical Company Limited
Registered name: BPX ELECTRO-MECHANICAL COMPANY LIMITED
Part of RS Group PLC groupBPX Electro-Mechanical Company Limited made £48m revenue and £1.3m profit in the year to 31 Oct 2025.
BPX Electro-Mechanical Company Limited’s revenue grew 5% to £48m in the year to 31 Oct 2025, with £1.3m profit and 168 employees. The company is classified under “other engineering activities” and is based in Rothley; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Rothley, East Midlands
- Age
- 60 yrs · since 1965
- 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 Oct 2022 | 31 Oct 2023 | 31 Oct 2024 | 31 Oct 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £36.6m | £43.2m | £45.6m | £48m |
| Cost of sales | £28.6m | £33.1m | £34.8m | £37.2m |
| Gross profit | £8m | £10.1m | £10.8m | £10.9m |
| Operating profit | £1m | £1.4m | £1.2m | £1m |
| Profit before tax | £1m | £1.4m | £1.3m | £1.1m |
| Profit after tax | £999k | £1.1m | £916k | £1.3m |
| Profit (best available) | £999k | £1.1m | £916k | £1.3m |
| Staff costs | £4.2m | £5m | £5.9m | £6.4m |
| Employees (average) | 135 | 147 | 165 | 168 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 2.7% | 2.4% | 2% | 2.6% |
| Gross margin | 22% | 23.3% | 23.6% | 22.6% |
| Revenue per employee | £271k | £294k | £276k | £286k |
| Profit per employee | £7.4k | £7.2k | £5.5k | £7.5k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲18% | ▲5.6% | ▲5.3% |
| Profit growth | — | ▲5.2% | ▼12.9% | ▲37.3% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲8.9% | ▲12.2% | ▲1.8% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £3.3m | £3.6m | £5m | £4m |
| Net assets | £9.4m | £10.4m | £9.3m | £10.6m |
| Fixed assets | £862k | £2.2m | £2.4m | £2.8m |
| Current assets | £18.1m | £20.4m | £19.7m | £20.2m |
| Debtors | £7.9m | £9.4m | £8.4m | £9.4m |
| Deferred income | £97.2k | £256k | £199k | £173k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Apr 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Apr 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jul 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Mar 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 2.6%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 22.6%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £286k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £7.5k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 5.8%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 0.4%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 19.5%
- 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
- ▲13%
- Now £10.6m
- Cash at bank
- ▼19%
- Now £4m
- Headcount
- ▲2%
- Now 168
- Deferred income
- ▼13%
- Now £173k
- Fixed assets
- ▲17%
- Now £2.8m
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
- RS Group PLCultimate parent50–75%
- RS Group International Holdings Limited75–100%
- BPX Group Holdings Limited75–100%
- BPX Group Limited75–100%
- BPX Electro-Mechanical Company Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Subsidiaries (3)
- Leicester Switch & Control Co. LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Ranger Industries LtdFigures not disclosed
- Truelec Control Systems LimitedFigures not disclosed
Sister companies (5)
- Automation Technology LimitedFigures not disclosed
- BPX LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Control Components Holdings LtdFigures not disclosed
- Controls & Drives LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Ranger Computer Systems 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 Oct 2025 (profit £1.3m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Mar 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Updated from Companies House on 13 Oct 2026
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