William Haley Engineering Limited
Registered name: WILLIAM HALEY ENGINEERING LIMITED
Part of Haley Securities Limited groupWilliam Haley Engineering Limited made £19.4m revenue and £2.1m profit in the year to 31 Dec 2025.
William Haley Engineering Limited’s revenue grew 14% to £19.4m in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with £2.1m profit and 58 employees. The company is classified under “manufacture of metal structures and parts of structures” and is based in NR Highbridge; we hold 2 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- NR Highbridge, South West
- Age
- 40 yrs · since 1986
- 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. From the filing: “Haley Securities Limited”
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Dec 2024 | 31 Dec 2025 |
|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||
| Revenue (turnover) | £16.9m | £19.4m |
| Cost of sales | £14.7m | £14.9m |
| Gross profit | £2.3m | £4.4m |
| Operating profit | £775k | £2.7m |
| Profit before tax | £747k | £2.7m |
| Profit after tax | £545k | £2.1m |
| Profit (best available) | £545k | £2.1m |
| Staff costs | £3.3m | £3.4m |
| Employees (average) | 61 | 58 |
| Ratios | ||
| Profit margin | 3.2% | 10.6% |
| Gross margin | 13.3% | 22.9% |
| Revenue per employee | £277k | £334k |
| Profit per employee | £8.9k | £35.5k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲14.5% |
| Profit growth | — | ▲278.1% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▼4.9% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||
| Cash at bank | £1.2m | £784k |
| Net assets | £4.2m | £4.2m |
| Fixed assets | £1.1m | £1.1m |
| Current assets | £6.7m | £5.4m |
| Debtors | £49.7k | £31.7k |
| Deferred income | £2m | — |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Jul 2026 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jul 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 10.6%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 22.9%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £334k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £35.5k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 5.5%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 0.2%
- 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
- ▲1%
- Now £4.2m
- Cash at bank
- ▼33%
- Now £784k
- Headcount
- ▼5%
- Now 58
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- ▼1%
- Now £1.1m
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Haley Securities Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- William Haley Engineering Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Sister companies (4)
- Francis & Lewis International LimitedRev. £11m · Profit £2.4m
- Concept Fabrications Cymru LtdRev. £2.1m · Profit £107k
- George Jackson LimitedRev. £2m · Profit £33.6k
- Concept Steelwork LtdFigures 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 Dec 2025 (profit £2.1m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Jul 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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