On Line Design & Engineering Limited
Registered name: ON LINE DESIGN & ENGINEERING LIMITED
Part of On Line Group Limited groupOn Line Design & Engineering Limited made £13.8m revenue and a £696k loss in the year to 31 Mar 2025.
On Line Design & Engineering Limited’s revenue was £13.8m in the year to 31 Mar 2025, with a loss of £696k and 98 employees. The company is classified under “manufacture of metal structures and parts of structures” and is based in Immingham; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Immingham, Yorkshire and The Humber
- Age
- 44 yrs · since 1982
- 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 Mar 2023 | 31 Mar 2024 | 31 Mar 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | |||
| Revenue (turnover) | £10.3m | £13.9m | £13.8m |
| Cost of sales | £8.4m | £11.2m | £11.9m |
| Gross profit | £1.9m | £2.7m | £1.9m |
| Operating profit | −£413k | −£3.3k | −£731k |
| Profit before tax | −£387k | £19.2k | −£696k |
| Profit after tax | −£321k | £167k | −£696k |
| Profit (best available) | −£321k | £167k | −£696k |
| Staff costs | £4.4m | £5.6m | £6.4m |
| Employees (average) | 89 | 100 | 98 |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | −3.1% | 1.2% | −5% |
| Gross margin | 18.4% | 19.3% | 13.8% |
| Revenue per employee | £116k | £139k | £141k |
| Profit per employee | −£3.6k | £1.7k | −£7.1k |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲34.3% | ▼0.3% |
| Profit growth | — | — | ▼517.8% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲12.4% | ▼2% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Cash at bank | £28.5k | £74k | £16.5k |
| Net assets | £1.9m | £2.1m | £1.4m |
| Fixed assets | £43.6k | £95.5k | £92.1k |
| Current assets | £3.6m | £6.1m | £2.9m |
| Debtors | £1.6m | £2.9m | £1.9m |
| Deferred income | £79.9k | £245k | £589k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Aug 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Aug 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Mar 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- −5%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 13.8%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £141k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- −£7.1k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 0.7%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 4.3%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 13.7%
- 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
- ▼33%
- Now £1.4m
- Cash at bank
- ▼78%
- Now £16.5k
- Headcount
- ▼2%
- Now 98
- Deferred income
- ▲141%
- Now £589k
- Fixed assets
- ▼4%
- Now £92.1k
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
- On Line Group Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- On Line Design & Engineering Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Sister companies (4)
- On Line People LimitedRev. £13.3m · Profit −£26.9k
- Bpe Design and Support Ltd.Figures not disclosed
- Media Excel LimitedFigures not disclosed
- On Line Support Personnel 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 −£696k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Mar 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Updated from Companies House on 13 Oct 2026
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