TBS Engineering Limited
Registered name: TBS ENGINEERING LIMITED
Part of Rosendahl Nextrom Gmbh groupTBS Engineering Limited made £55m revenue and £7.3m profit in the year to 31 Dec 2025.
TBS Engineering Limited’s revenue grew 34% to £55m in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with £7.3m profit and 202 employees. The company is classified under “manufacture of other special-purpose machinery” and is based in Cheltenham; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Cheltenham, South West
- Age
- 36 yrs · since 1989
- 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
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Dec 2023 | 31 Dec 2024 | 31 Dec 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | |||
| Revenue (turnover) | £35.5m | £41m | £55m |
| Operating profit | £2.6m | £3.8m | £7m |
| Profit before tax | £2.6m | £3.8m | £7.1m |
| Profit after tax | £1.9m | £2.1m | £7.3m |
| Profit (best available) | £1.9m | £2.1m | £7.3m |
| Staff costs | £10.5m | £11.3m | £13m |
| Employees (average) | 160 | 200 | 202 |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | 5.4% | 5.1% | 13.2% |
| Revenue per employee | £222k | £205k | £272k |
| Profit per employee | £12k | £10.4k | £35.9k |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲15.7% | ▲33.9% |
| Profit growth | — | ▲8.3% | ▲250% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲25% | ▲1% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Cash at bank | £17.6m | £7.9m | £16.5m |
| Net assets | £42.1m | £37.2m | £44.4m |
| Fixed assets | £16.7m | £16.3m | £15.9m |
| Current assets | £50.3m | £37.4m | £43.4m |
| Debtors | £9m | £7.9m | £3.1m |
| Deferred income | £12.3m | £1.9m | £1.6m |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jun 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 13.2%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- —
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £272k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £35.9k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 28.9%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 2.9%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 5.7%
- 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
- ▲20%
- Now £44.4m
- Cash at bank
- ▲109%
- Now £16.5m
- Headcount
- ▲1%
- Now 202
- Deferred income
- ▼14%
- Now £1.6m
- Fixed assets
- ▼3%
- Now £15.9m
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Rosendahl Nextrom Gmbh (registered outside the UK register)ultimate parent75–100%
- TBS Engineering Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
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 £7.3m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Jun 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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