Stephill Generators Limited
Registered name: STEPHILL GENERATORS LIMITED
Stephill Generators Limited made £15.8m revenue and £3.2m profit in the year to 31 Mar 2025.
Stephill Generators Limited’s revenue fell 3% to £15.8m in the year to 31 Mar 2025, with £3.2m profit and 51 employees. The company is classified under “manufacture of other general-purpose machinery” and is based in Wellingborough; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Wellingborough, East Midlands
- 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 | 31 Mar 2022 | 31 Mar 2023 | 31 Mar 2024 | 31 Mar 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £19.3m | £20.1m | £16.4m | £15.8m |
| Cost of sales | £13.6m | £13.6m | £11.9m | £10.8m |
| Gross profit | £5.7m | £6.5m | £4.5m | £5m |
| Operating profit | £4.5m | £5.1m | £3.2m | £3.8m |
| Profit before tax | £4.5m | £5.1m | £3.2m | £3.9m |
| Profit after tax | £3.9m | £4.4m | £2.7m | £3.2m |
| Profit (best available) | £3.9m | £4.4m | £2.7m | £3.2m |
| Staff costs | £2.2m | £2.4m | £2.1m | £1.9m |
| Employees (average) | 63 | 64 | 56 | 51 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 20.1% | 21.8% | 16.4% | 20.2% |
| Gross margin | 29.6% | 32.2% | 27.4% | 31.6% |
| Revenue per employee | £306k | £314k | £292k | £310k |
| Profit per employee | £61.4k | £68.3k | £47.9k | £62.7k |
| Cash conversion | 70.9% | 66.3% | 112% | 103.3% |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲4.1% | ▼18.5% | ▼3.3% |
| Profit growth | — | ▲12.9% | ▼38.6% | ▲19.1% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲1.6% | ▼12.5% | ▼8.9% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £2.5m | £1.7m | £1.2m | £2.1m |
| Net assets | £8.2m | £8.6m | £7.2m | £8.4m |
| Fixed assets | £1.2m | £1.2m | £1.2m | £2.3m |
| Current assets | £11.3m | £10.9m | £10.6m | £9.8m |
| Debtors | £4m | £3.4m | £3.8m | £2.6m |
| Deferred income | £130k | £136k | £134k | £78.6k |
| Cash from operations | £3.2m | £3.4m | £3.6m | £4m |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Dec 2023 | Accounts · bulk data Dec 2023 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jan 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Nov 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 20.2%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 31.6%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £310k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £62.7k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- 103.3%
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 14.6%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 0.5%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 16.7%
- 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
- ▲17%
- Now £8.4m
- Cash at bank
- ▲67%
- Now £2.1m
- Headcount
- ▼9%
- Now 51
- Deferred income
- ▼42%
- Now £78.6k
- Fixed assets
- ▲86%
- Now £2.3m
Deferred income is reported together with accruals in this filing (“accruals and deferred income”), so it is an approximate signal only.
Group structure
Subsidiaries (1)
- Stephill Generators (Wellingborough) 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 £3.2m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Nov 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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