Ishida Europe Ltd.
Registered name: ISHIDA EUROPE LTD.
Ishida Europe Ltd. made £175m revenue and £3.4m profit in the year to 20 Mar 2026.
Ishida Europe Ltd.’s revenue grew 5% to £175m in the year to 20 Mar 2026, with £3.4m profit and 737 employees. The company is classified under “manufacture of machinery for food, beverage and tobacco processing” and is based in Birmingham; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Birmingham, West Midlands
- Age
- 42 yrs · since 1984
- 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 | 20 Mar 2024 | 20 Mar 2025 | 20 Mar 2026 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | |||
| Revenue (turnover) | £159m | £167m | £175m |
| Operating profit | £1.8m | £6m | £4.4m |
| Profit before tax | £4.4m | £6.8m | £6.1m |
| Profit after tax | £3.4m | £6.1m | £3.4m |
| Profit (best available) | £3.4m | £6.1m | £3.4m |
| Employees (average) | 685 | 720 | 737 |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | 2.1% | 3.7% | 1.9% |
| Revenue per employee | £232k | £232k | £238k |
| Profit per employee | £4.9k | £8.5k | £4.6k |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲5.2% | ▲5% |
| Profit growth | — | ▲82.2% | ▼44.4% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲5.1% | ▲2.4% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Net assets | — | — | — |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Oct 2025 | Accounts · bulk data Oct 2025 | Accounts · bulk data Sep 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 1.9%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- —
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £238k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £4.6k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- —
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- —
- 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
- —
- Now —
- Cash at bank
- —
- Now —
- Headcount
- ▲2%
- Now 737
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now —
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Sources
Latest figures from accounts for the year to 20 Mar 2026 (profit £3.4m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Sep 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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