Four-Tees Engineers Limited
Registered name: FOUR-TEES ENGINEERS LIMITED
Part of F.t.e. Group Limited groupFour-Tees Engineers Limited made £621k profit in the year to 30 Apr 2025 (revenue not disclosed).
Four-Tees Engineers Limited reported £621k profit in the year to 30 Apr 2025, up 389% on the year before; its revenue was not disclosed. It had 57 employees. The company is classified under “manufacture of metal structures and parts of structures” and is based in Fareham; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Fareham, South East
- 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: “The ultimate and immediate parent company is F.T.E. Group Limited, a company registered in England and Wales.”
Key figures
This company published its profit but not its turnover, so revenue and margins are not disclosed. We never estimate them.
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 30 Apr 2022 | 30 Apr 2023 | 30 Apr 2024 | 30 Apr 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | No P&L | Profit only | Profit only | Profit only |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | — | — | — | — |
| Profit after tax | — | £218k | £127k | £621k |
| Profit (best available) | — | £218k | £127k | £621k |
| Employees (average) | 50 | 47 | 51 | 57 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | — | — | — | — |
| Profit per employee | — | £4.6k | £2.5k | £10.9k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Profit growth | — | — | ▼41.7% | ▲388.6% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▼6% | ▲8.5% | ▲11.8% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £479k | £208k | £131k | £606k |
| Net assets | £2.7m | £2.8m | £2.3m | £2.3m |
| Fixed assets | £334k | £255k | £233k | £357k |
| Current assets | £2.9m | £3.1m | £3m | £4.1m |
| Debtors | £201k | £464k | £269k | £616k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Jan 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jan 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jan 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- —
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- —
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- —
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £10.9k
- 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
- ▼1%
- Now £2.3m
- Cash at bank
- ▲362%
- Now £606k
- Headcount
- ▲12%
- Now 57
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- ▲53%
- Now £357k
Group structure
Ownership chain
- F.t.e. Group Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- Four-Tees Engineers Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Subsidiaries (1)
- F.t.e. Rail LimitedFigures not disclosed
Sister companies (1)
- F.t.e. Group Trustees 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 30 Apr 2025 (profit £621k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Dec 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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