Taylor Engineering & Plastics Limited
Registered name: TAYLOR ENGINEERING & PLASTICS LIMITED
Part of Taylor Engineering & Plastics (Holdings) Limited groupTaylor Engineering & Plastics Limited made £22m revenue and £438k profit in the year to 28 Sep 2025. read from filing text
Taylor Engineering & Plastics Limited’s revenue fell 9% to £22m in the year to 28 Sep 2025, with £438k profit and 183 employees. The company is classified under “manufacture of other plastic products” and is based in Lancs; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Lancs, North West
- Age
- 49 yrs · since 1977
- 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 is controlled by parent company Taylor Engineering & Plastics (Holdings) Limited.”
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 30 Sep 2022 | 30 Sep 2023 | 29 Sep 2024 | 28 Sep 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) | £24.7m | £26.5m | £24.2m | £22m |
| Cost of sales | £19.9m | £21.4m | £19.6m | £17.6m |
| Gross profit | £4.8m | £5.1m | £4.6m | £4.4m |
| Operating profit | £1.5m | £1.5m | £1.2m | £844k |
| Profit before tax | £1.4m | £1.4m | £1.1m | £694k |
| Profit after tax | £1.2m | £1.1m | £804k | £438k |
| Profit (best available) | £1.2m | £1.1m | £804k | £438k |
| Staff costs | £7.2m | £7.3m | £7.7m | £7.8m |
| Employees (average) | 231 | 229 | 208 | 183 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 4.7% | 4.3% | 3.3% | 2% |
| Gross margin | 19.4% | 19.2% | 18.9% | 20.2% |
| Revenue per employee | £107k | £116k | £116k | £120k |
| Profit per employee | £5k | £5k | £3.9k | £2.4k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲7.2% | ▼8.8% | ▼9% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼1.8% | ▼29.2% | ▼45.5% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▼0.9% | ▼9.2% | ▼12% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £4.5m | £5.2m | £5.4m | £5.6m |
| Net assets | £8.5m | £9.6m | £10.4m | £10.9m |
| Fixed assets | £5m | £4.7m | £4.3m | £5.5m |
| Current assets | £12.2m | £14.1m | £13.9m | £13.4m |
| Debtors | £4.6m | £6m | £4.6m | £4m |
| Deferred income | £463k | £426k | £389k | £346k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Jun 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jun 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jun 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Apr 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 2%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 20.2%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £120k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £2.4k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 24.8%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 1.6%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 18.1%
- 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
- ▲5%
- Now £10.9m
- Cash at bank
- ▲3%
- Now £5.6m
- Headcount
- ▼12%
- Now 183
- Deferred income
- ▼11%
- Now £346k
- Fixed assets
- ▲26%
- Now £5.5m
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Taylor Engineering & Plastics (Holdings) Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- Taylor Engineering & Plastics Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 28 Sep 2025 (profit £438k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Apr 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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