Arrowsmith Engineering (Coventry) Limited
Registered name: ARROWSMITH ENGINEERING (COVENTRY) LIMITED
Part of Pasargad 1 Limited groupArrowsmith Engineering (Coventry) Limited made £11.8m revenue and £1.3m profit in the year to 31 Mar 2025. read from filing text
Arrowsmith Engineering (Coventry) Limited’s revenue grew 43% to £11.8m in the year to 31 Mar 2025, with £1.3m profit and 74 employees. The company is classified under “manufacture of other fabricated metal products” and is based in Coventry; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Coventry, West Midlands
- Age
- 59 yrs · since 1967
- 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 company's immediate parent company is AB Engineering Limited.”
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Mar 2022 | 31 Mar 2023 | 31 Mar 2024 | 31 Mar 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £5.2m | £7.7m | £8.3m | £11.8m |
| Cost of sales | £3.1m | £4.6m | £5.9m | £7.8m |
| Gross profit | £2.1m | £3.1m | £2.4m | £4m |
| Operating profit | £410k | £1.1m | £468k | £1.8m |
| Profit before tax | £288k | £858k | £179k | £1.4m |
| Profit after tax | £260k | £998k | £196k | £1.3m |
| Profit (best available) | £260k | £998k | £196k | £1.3m |
| Staff costs | £2.2m | £2.4m | £2.8m | £3.5m |
| Employees (average) | 59 | 56 | 64 | 74 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 5% | 13% | 2.4% | 11.1% |
| Gross margin | 40.7% | 39.9% | 28.5% | 34% |
| Revenue per employee | £89k | £137k | £129k | £159k |
| Profit per employee | £4.4k | £17.8k | £3.1k | £17.6k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲46.6% | ▲7.3% | ▲42.5% |
| Profit growth | — | ▲283.2% | ▼80.3% | ▲562.8% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▼5.1% | ▲14.3% | ▲15.6% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £299k | £358k | £431k | £436k |
| Net assets | £3.4m | £4.4m | £4.6m | £5.9m |
| Fixed assets | £1.3m | £1.2m | £1.4m | £1.8m |
| Current assets | £6.7m | £7.1m | £8.8m | £10.7m |
| Debtors | £2.1m | £2.5m | £3m | £3.6m |
| Deferred income | £134k | £152k | £140k | £138k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2023 | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2023 | FullAccounts · bulk data Nov 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 11.1%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 34%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £159k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £17.6k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 14.9%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 1.2%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 30.3%
- 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
- ▲28%
- Now £5.9m
- Cash at bank
- ▲1%
- Now £436k
- Headcount
- ▲16%
- Now 74
- Deferred income
- ▼1%
- Now £138k
- Fixed assets
- ▲25%
- Now £1.8m
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Pasargad 1 Limitedultimate parent50–75%
- Aero Services Global Group Limited75–100%
- Asg Industrial Holdings Limited75–100%
- Asg Aerospace Limited75–100%
- Asg Investments 5 Limited75–100%
- Ab Engineering Limited75–100%
- Arrowsmith Engineering (Coventry) Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Subsidiaries (1)
- Exhall Grinding and Engineering Company 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 Mar 2025 (profit £1.3m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Sep 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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