Velden Engineering (U.K.) Ltd
Registered name: VELDEN ENGINEERING (U.K.) LTD
Velden Engineering (U.K.) Ltd made £8.4m revenue and £40.1k profit in the year to 31 Dec 2025.
Velden Engineering (U.K.) Ltd’s revenue grew 11% to £8.4m in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with £40.1k profit and 69 employees. The company is classified under “machining” and is based in Bolton; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Bolton, North West
- Age
- 45 yrs · since 1981
- Type
- Private Limited Company
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Dec 2023 | 31 Dec 2024 | 31 Dec 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | |||
| Revenue (turnover) | £9.8m | £7.6m | £8.4m |
| Cost of sales | £7.2m | £5.3m | £6.1m |
| Gross profit | £2.6m | £2.3m | £2.3m |
| Operating profit | £738k | £190k | — |
| Profit before tax | £653k | £114k | £3k |
| Profit after tax | £312k | £21.6k | £40.1k |
| Profit (best available) | £312k | £21.6k | £40.1k |
| Staff costs | £2.5m | £2.6m | £2.8m |
| Employees (average) | 66 | 67 | 69 |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | 3.2% | 0.3% | 0.5% |
| Gross margin | 26.8% | 30.4% | 27.2% |
| Revenue per employee | £149k | £113k | £122k |
| Profit per employee | £4.7k | £323 | £581 |
| Cash conversion | 166.4% | 196.1% | — |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Revenue growth | — | ▼22.7% | ▲11% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼93.1% | ▲85.4% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲1.5% | ▲3% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Cash at bank | £579k | £15.3k | £38.6k |
| Net assets | £3.9m | £3.8m | £3.7m |
| Fixed assets | £4.1m | £4.9m | £4.6m |
| Current assets | £2.6m | £2.3m | £2.7m |
| Debtors | £994k | £1.2m | £1.4m |
| Deferred income | £92.1k | £96.3k | — |
| Cash from operations | £1.2m | £373k | £360k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Aug 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 0.5%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 27.2%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £122k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £581
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 55.1%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 16.4%
- 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
- ▼2%
- Now £3.7m
- Cash at bank
- ▲152%
- Now £38.6k
- Headcount
- ▲3%
- Now 69
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- ▼5%
- Now £4.6m
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Dec 2025 (profit £40.1k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Aug 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Updated from Companies House on 15 Oct 2026
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