Bailey & Mackey Limited
Registered name: BAILEY & MACKEY LIMITED
Part of Eric Reginald Sparks Discretionary Settlement No1 groupBailey & Mackey Limited made £32.3k profit in the year to 31 Oct 2025 (revenue not disclosed).
Bailey & Mackey Limited reported £32.3k profit in the year to 31 Oct 2025, down 49% on the year before; its revenue was not disclosed. It had 39 employees. The company is classified under “manufacture of electronic industrial process control equipment”; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- West Midlands
- Age
- 39 yrs · since 1987
- 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
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 | 31 Oct 2022 | 31 Oct 2023 | 31 Oct 2024 | 31 Oct 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Profit only | Profit only | Profit only | Profit only |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | — | — | — | — |
| Profit after tax | £311k | £29.5k | £63k | £32.3k |
| Profit (best available) | £311k | £29.5k | £63k | £32.3k |
| Employees (average) | 44 | 42 | 39 | 39 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | — | — | — | — |
| Profit per employee | £7.1k | £702 | £1.6k | £829 |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Profit growth | — | ▼90.5% | ▲113.8% | ▼48.7% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▼4.5% | ▼7.1% | 0% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £584k | £524k | £541k | £810k |
| Net assets | £4.2m | £4.2m | £4.3m | £4.3m |
| Fixed assets | £1.7m | £2.1m | £2m | £1.9m |
| Current assets | £3m | £2.7m | £2.9m | £3.1m |
| Debtors | £546k | £331k | £433k | £356k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Jul 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jul 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Feb 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Mar 2026 |
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
- £829
- 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 £4.3m
- Cash at bank
- ▲50%
- Now £810k
- Headcount
- 0%
- Now 39
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- ▼6%
- Now £1.9m
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Eric Reginald Sparks Discretionary Settlement No1 (registered outside the UK register)ultimate parent50–75%
- Bailey & Mackey Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Minority corporate shareholders
- The Janet Sparks Discretionary Will Trust (registered outside the UK register) 25–50%
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Oct 2025 (profit £32.3k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Mar 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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