Graham Engineering Limited
Registered name: GRAHAM ENGINEERING LIMITED
Part of Pasargad 1 Limited groupGraham Engineering Limited made £15m revenue and £155k profit in the year to 30 Aug 2024.
Graham Engineering Limited’s revenue grew 6% to £15m in the year to 30 Aug 2024, with £155k profit and 167 employees. The company is classified under “manufacture of other fabricated metal products” and is based in Manchester; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Manchester, 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.
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Aug 2022 | 31 Aug 2023 | 30 Aug 2024 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | |||
| Revenue (turnover) | £16.4m | £14.2m | £15m |
| Cost of sales | £13.9m | £12.1m | £12.1m |
| Gross profit | £2.6m | £2m | £2.9m |
| Profit before tax | £542k | £5.4k | £276k |
| Profit after tax | £241k | −£16.5k | £155k |
| Profit (best available) | £241k | −£16.5k | £155k |
| Staff costs | £6.2m | £6.7m | £7.1m |
| Employees (average) | 174 | 164 | 167 |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | 1.5% | −0.1% | 1% |
| Gross margin | 15.5% | 14.3% | 19% |
| Revenue per employee | £94.5k | £86.4k | £89.7k |
| Profit per employee | £1.4k | −£100 | £926 |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Revenue growth | — | ▼13.8% | ▲5.7% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼106.8% | — |
| Headcount growth | — | ▼5.8% | ▲1.8% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Cash at bank | £2.7m | £1.9m | £670k |
| Net assets | £12.6m | £12.1m | £12.2m |
| Fixed assets | £8.9m | £8.5m | £8.4m |
| Current assets | £8.6m | £8.4m | £8.3m |
| Debtors | £2.2m | £2.8m | £3m |
| Cash from operations | −£1.1m | £131k | −£455k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data May 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data May 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jun 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 1%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 19%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £89.7k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £926
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 55.9%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 20.1%
- 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
- ▲1%
- Now £12.2m
- Cash at bank
- ▼65%
- Now £670k
- Headcount
- ▲2%
- Now 167
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- ▼2%
- Now £8.4m
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Pasargad 1 Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- Pasargad 2 Limited75–100%
- Gel Industries Limited75–100%
- Graham Engineering Holdings Limited75–100%
- Graham Engineering 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 30 Aug 2024 (profit £155k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Jun 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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