Flo-Mech. Limited
Registered name: FLO-MECH. LIMITED
Part of Flo-Mech Group Holdings Limited groupFlo-Mech. Limited made £30m revenue and £3.1m profit in the year to 31 Oct 2025.
Flo-Mech. Limited’s revenue grew 16% to £30m in the year to 31 Oct 2025, with £3.1m profit and 60 employees. The company is classified under “manufacture of machinery for food, beverage and tobacco processing” and is based in Peterborough; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Peterborough, East of England
- Age
- 51 yrs · since 1974
- 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) | £28.8m | £29.4m | £25.8m | £30m |
| Cost of sales | £19m | £20.7m | £17.9m | £21.1m |
| Gross profit | £9.7m | £8.7m | £7.9m | £8.9m |
| Operating profit | £3.6m | £2m | £1.5m | £3.5m |
| Profit before tax | £3.6m | £2.5m | £2.1m | £4.2m |
| Profit after tax | £3.2m | £2.2m | £1.7m | £3.1m |
| Profit (best available) | £3.2m | £2.2m | £1.7m | £3.1m |
| Staff costs | £5.8m | £6.4m | £5.7m | £4.1m |
| Employees (average) | 56 | 56 | 59 | 60 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 11.1% | 7.5% | 6.8% | 10.4% |
| Gross margin | 33.9% | 29.7% | 30.5% | 29.6% |
| Revenue per employee | £514k | £525k | £438k | £500k |
| Profit per employee | £56.8k | £39.3k | £29.6k | £51.9k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲2.3% | ▼12.2% | ▲16% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼30.8% | ▼20.7% | ▲78.5% |
| Headcount growth | — | 0% | ▲5.4% | ▲1.7% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £11.6m | £3.5m | £2.6m | £3.7m |
| Net assets | £11.3m | £11.5m | £11.2m | £12.8m |
| Fixed assets | £89.1k | £150k | £194k | £273k |
| Current assets | £24.2m | £22m | £24.3m | £22.6m |
| Debtors | £6.5m | £6m | £11m | £6.7m |
| Deferred income | £4.4m | £3.5m | £1.8m | £2.1m |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Jul 2024 | Accounts · bulk data Jul 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jul 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jul 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 10.4%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 29.6%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £500k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £51.9k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 0.9%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 7.2%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 22.2%
- 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
- ▲14%
- Now £12.8m
- Cash at bank
- ▲44%
- Now £3.7m
- Headcount
- ▲2%
- Now 60
- Deferred income
- ▲22%
- Now £2.1m
- Fixed assets
- ▲41%
- Now £273k
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
- Flo-Mech Group Holdings Limited (registered outside the UK register)ultimate parent75–100%
- Flo-Mech Holdings Limited50–75%
- Flo-Mech. Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Minority corporate shareholders
- Flo-Mech Group Holdings Limited (registered outside the UK register) 25–50%
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 £3.1m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Jul 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Updated from Companies House on 13 Oct 2026
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