Harry Dalby Engineering Limited
Registered name: HARRY DALBY ENGINEERING LIMITED
Part of Dalby Holdings Limited groupHarry Dalby Engineering Limited made £7.8m revenue and a £554k loss in the year to 31 Mar 2025. read from filing text
Harry Dalby Engineering Limited’s revenue fell 14% to £7.8m in the year to 31 Mar 2025, with a loss of £554k and 96 employees. The company is classified under “manufacture of other special-purpose machinery” and is based in Leics.; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Leics., East Midlands
- Age
- 41 yrs · since 1985
- 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 2022 | 31 Mar 2023 | 31 Mar 2024 | 31 Mar 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&Lread from filing text |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £8.8m | £10.9m | £9m | £7.8m |
| Cost of sales | £6m | £7.3m | £6.3m | £5.2m |
| Gross profit | £2.8m | £3.6m | £2.7m | £2.6m |
| Operating profit | £93.8k | £517k | £559k | −£525k |
| Profit before tax | £89.1k | £508k | −£587k | −£571k |
| Profit after tax | £108k | £470k | −£537k | −£554k |
| Profit (best available) | £108k | £470k | −£537k | −£554k |
| Staff costs | £3.8m | £4.2m | £4.1m | £3.8m |
| Employees (average) | 115 | 113 | 107 | 96 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 1.2% | 4.3% | −6% | −7.1% |
| Gross margin | 31.8% | 33.1% | 29.6% | 32.9% |
| Revenue per employee | £76.8k | £96.2k | £84.1k | £81k |
| Profit per employee | £938 | £4.2k | −£5k | −£5.8k |
| Cash conversion | −471.3% | −177.2% | −34.7% | — |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲23.1% | ▼17.2% | ▼13.6% |
| Profit growth | — | ▲335.4% | ▼214.5% | — |
| Headcount growth | — | ▼1.7% | ▼5.3% | ▼10.3% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £2.2m | £2.4m | £1.2m | £1.4m |
| Net assets | £4.1m | £4m | £3.5m | £2.9m |
| Fixed assets | £1.8m | £2.4m | £3.1m | £3m |
| Current assets | £5.2m | £5.3m | £4m | £3.8m |
| Debtors | £1.7m | £1.9m | £1.8m | £1.4m |
| Deferred income | £541k | £623k | £454k | £552k |
| Cash from operations | −£442k | −£916k | −£194k | −£506k |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Dec 2023 | Accounts · bulk data Dec 2023 | Accounts · bulk data Mar 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- −7.1%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 32.9%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £81k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- −£5.8k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 38.9%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 7.1%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 18.4%
- 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
- ▼16%
- Now £2.9m
- Cash at bank
- ▲16%
- Now £1.4m
- Headcount
- ▼10%
- Now 96
- Deferred income
- ▲21%
- Now £552k
- Fixed assets
- ▼4%
- Now £3m
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
- Dalby Holdings Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- Harry Dalby Engineering Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Sister companies (2)
- Dalby Engineering Services LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Regent Engineers 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 −£554k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Dec 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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