Abbey Precision Limited
Registered name: ABBEY PRECISION LIMITED
Abbey Precision Limited made £7.2m revenue and £524k profit in the year to 30 Jun 2025.
Abbey Precision Limited’s revenue grew 31% to £7.2m in the year to 30 Jun 2025, with £524k profit and 57 employees. The company is classified under “machining” and is based in Bedford; we hold 2 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Bedford, South East
- Age
- 41 yrs · since 1985
- 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 | 30 Jun 2024 | 30 Jun 2025 |
|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||
| Revenue (turnover) | £5.5m | £7.2m |
| Cost of sales | £3.6m | £4.8m |
| Gross profit | £1.9m | £2.4m |
| Operating profit | £623k | £845k |
| Profit before tax | £542k | £741k |
| Profit after tax | £517k | £524k |
| Profit (best available) | £517k | £524k |
| Staff costs | £2.5m | £2.8m |
| Employees (average) | 53 | 57 |
| Ratios | ||
| Profit margin | 9.5% | 7.3% |
| Gross margin | 34.4% | 33.1% |
| Revenue per employee | £103k | £126k |
| Profit per employee | £9.8k | £9.2k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲31.3% |
| Profit growth | — | ▲1.2% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲7.5% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||
| Cash at bank | £231k | £649k |
| Net assets | £2.2m | £2.7m |
| Fixed assets | £3m | £4.3m |
| Current assets | £2.3m | £2.7m |
| Debtors | £580k | £693k |
| Deferred income | £219k | £148k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Mar 2026 | FullAccounts · bulk data Mar 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 7.3%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 33.1%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £126k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £9.2k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 60.3%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 2.1%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 9.7%
- 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
- ▲22%
- Now £2.7m
- Cash at bank
- ▲180%
- Now £649k
- Headcount
- ▲8%
- Now 57
- Deferred income
- ▼32%
- Now £148k
- Fixed assets
- ▲44%
- Now £4.3m
Deferred income is reported together with accruals in this filing (“accruals and deferred income”), so it is an approximate signal only.
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 30 Jun 2025 (profit £524k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Mar 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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