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Company No. 02605319 · Incorporated 25 Apr 1991

Fichtner Consulting Engineers Limited

Registered name: FICHTNER CONSULTING ENGINEERS LIMITED

Part of Fichtner Gmbh & Co Kg group

Fichtner Consulting Engineers Limited made £36.8m revenue and £8.3m profit in the year to 31 Dec 2025. read from filing text

Fichtner Consulting Engineers Limited’s revenue grew 11% to £36.8m in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with £8.3m profit and 182 employees. The company is classified under “other engineering activities” and is based in Stockport; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.

Full P&L filedSection M · Professional, scientific and technical activitiesSIC 71129Other engineering activities
Status
Active
Location
Stockport, North West
Age
35 yrs · since 1991
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 controlling party is Fichtner GmbH & Co KG.”

Latest accounts · year to 31 Dec 2025

Key figures

Cash flow filed
Revenue
£36.8m
Growth ▲10.7%
Profit
£8.3m
Growth ▲4.4%
Profit margin
22.4%
Gross 88.4%
Employees
182
Change ▲5.8%
Profit / employee
£45.4k
Revenue/employee £202k
Profitable streak
4yrs
Consecutive profitable years in our data

Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.

4 filed years

Financial history

Multi-year financials, oldest to newest
Year to31 Dec 202231 Dec 202331 Dec 202431 Dec 2025
DisclosureFull P&Lread from filing textFull P&Lread from filing textFull P&Lread from filing textFull P&Lread from filing text
Profit & loss
Revenue (turnover)£23.5m£31.2m£33.3m£36.8m
Cost of sales£2.3m£4.2m£3.2m£4.3m
Gross profit£21.2m£27m£30.1m£32.6m
Operating profit£5.6m£8.2m£9.6m£9.8m
Profit before tax£5m£8.4m£9.9m£10.3m
Profit after tax£4.1m£6.3m£7.9m£8.3m
Profit (best available)£4.1m£6.3m£7.9m£8.3m
Staff costs£13.2m£15.7m£17.3m£19.4m
Employees (average)144157172182
Ratios
Profit margin17.4%20.3%23.8%22.4%
Gross margin90.3%86.5%90.4%88.4%
Revenue per employee£163k£199k£194k£202k
Profit per employee£28.4k£40.4k£46k£45.4k
Cash conversion−123.2%−92.2%−82.3%−114.8%
Growth (year on year)
Revenue growth—▲33.1%▲6.7%▲10.7%
Profit growth—▲55.3%▲24.7%▲4.4%
Headcount growth—▲9%▲9.6%▲5.8%
Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue
Cash at bank£8.1m£8.8m£9.6m£12.2m
Net assets£8.9m£11m£13.9m£16.8m
Fixed assets£2.6m£3.4m£3.7m£4.4m
Current assets£12.9m£16.7m£17.5m£21.9m
Debtors£3.2m£5.8m£5.2m£4.8m
Deferred income£4.7m£6m£4.6m£5.8m
Cash from operations−£6.8m−£7.5m−£7.9m−£11.2m
SourceFullAccounts · bulk data Aug 2024FullAccounts · bulk data Aug 2024FullAccounts · bulk data Mar 2025FullAccounts · bulk data Mar 2026
Derived from the latest filing

How the business works

Profit margin
22.4%
Profit ÷ revenue.
Gross margin
88.4%
Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
Revenue per employee
£202k
Revenue ÷ average employees.
Profit per employee
£45.4k
Profit ÷ average employees.
Cash conversion
−114.8%
Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
Fixed assets ÷ revenue
12%
Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
Deferred income ÷ revenue
15.8%
Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
Debtors ÷ revenue
13.1%
Money owed by customers. Low = customers pay quickly.
Indirect — not revenue

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
▲21%
Now £16.8m
Cash at bank
▲27%
Now £12.2m
Headcount
▲6%
Now 182
Deferred income
▲27%
Now £5.8m
Fixed assets
▲19%
Now £4.4m

Deferred income is reported together with accruals in this filing (“accruals and deferred income”), so it is an approximate signal only.

Corporate ownership

Group structure

Ownership chain

  1. Fichtner Gmbh & Co Kg (registered outside the UK register)ultimate parent50–75%
  2. Fichtner Consulting Engineers 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 £8.3m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Mar 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.

Updated from Companies House on 14 Oct 2026

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