Sabeti Wain Aerospace Limited
Registered name: SABETI WAIN AEROSPACE LIMITED
Sabeti Wain Aerospace Limited made £28.6m revenue and £6.1m profit in the year to 31 Jul 2024.
Sabeti Wain Aerospace Limited’s revenue grew 33% to £28.6m in the year to 31 Jul 2024, with £6.1m profit and 388 employees. The company is classified under “other manufacturing” and is based in High Wycombe; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- High Wycombe, South East
- Age
- 39 yrs · since 1987
- 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 Jul 2022 | 31 Jul 2023 | 31 Jul 2024 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | |||
| Revenue (turnover) | £12.6m | £21.5m | £28.6m |
| Cost of sales | £8.9m | £13.6m | £16.1m |
| Gross profit | £3.6m | £7.9m | £12.5m |
| Profit before tax | £385k | £4.2m | £8m |
| Profit after tax | £322k | £3.3m | £6.1m |
| Profit (best available) | £322k | £3.3m | £6.1m |
| Staff costs | £4.5m | £5.5m | £8.1m |
| Employees (average) | 260 | 297 | 388 |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | 2.6% | 15.4% | 21.2% |
| Gross margin | 28.8% | 36.8% | 43.6% |
| Revenue per employee | £48.3k | £72.5k | £73.8k |
| Profit per employee | £1.2k | £11.2k | £15.7k |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲71.5% | ▲33% |
| Profit growth | — | ▲931.7% | ▲83% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲14.2% | ▲30.6% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Cash at bank | £1.5m | £4m | £7.4m |
| Net assets | £9.9m | £11.3m | £15.3m |
| Fixed assets | £5.4m | £5.4m | £5.8m |
| Current assets | £9.1m | £12.5m | £17.9m |
| Debtors | £3.5m | £3.1m | £3.7m |
| Cash from operations | £35.2k | £4.3m | £7.2m |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Apr 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Apr 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Mar 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 21.2%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 43.6%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £73.8k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £15.7k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 20.3%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 13.1%
- 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
- ▲35%
- Now £15.3m
- Cash at bank
- ▲85%
- Now £7.4m
- Headcount
- ▲31%
- Now 388
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- ▲8%
- Now £5.8m
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Jul 2024 (profit £6.1m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Mar 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Updated from Companies House on 25 Oct 2026
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