Whitland Engineering Limited
Registered name: WHITLAND ENGINEERING LIMITED
Part of Whitland Eot Trustee Limited groupWhitland Engineering Limited made £9.7m revenue and £274k profit in the year to 31 Oct 2025.
Whitland Engineering Limited’s revenue grew 18% to £9.7m in the year to 31 Oct 2025, with £274k profit and 52 employees. The company is classified under “manufacture of metal structures and parts of structures” and is based in Whitland; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Whitland
- Age
- 35 yrs · since 1990
- Type
- Private Limited Company
Key figures
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Oct 2023 | 31 Oct 2024 | 31 Oct 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | |||
| Revenue (turnover) | £10.4m | £8.2m | £9.7m |
| Cost of sales | −£8.6m | −£6.6m | −£8m |
| Gross profit | £1.7m | £1.6m | £1.7m |
| Operating profit | £546k | £371k | £392k |
| Profit before tax | £541k | £382k | £364k |
| Profit after tax | £418k | £287k | £274k |
| Profit (best available) | £418k | £287k | £274k |
| Employees (average) | 51 | 51 | 52 |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | 4% | 3.5% | 2.8% |
| Gross margin | 16.7% | 19.2% | 17.2% |
| Revenue per employee | £203k | £161k | £186k |
| Profit per employee | £8.2k | £5.6k | £5.3k |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Revenue growth | — | ▼21% | ▲18.3% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼31.3% | ▼4.8% |
| Headcount growth | — | 0% | ▲2% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Net assets | — | — | — |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Jul 2025 | Accounts · bulk data Jul 2025 | Accounts · bulk data Aug 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 2.8%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 17.2%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £186k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £5.3k
- 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
- —
- Now —
- Cash at bank
- —
- Now —
- Headcount
- ▲2%
- Now 52
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now —
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Whitland Eot Trustee Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- Celtic Process Systems Limited75–100%
- Whitland 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).
Sources
Latest figures from accounts for the year to 31 Oct 2025 (profit £274k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Aug 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Updated from Companies House on 19 Oct 2026
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