Fichtner Consulting Engineers Limited
Registered name: FICHTNER CONSULTING ENGINEERS LIMITED
Part of Fichtner Gmbh & Co Kg groupFichtner 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.
- 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.”
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Dec 2022 | 31 Dec 2023 | 31 Dec 2024 | 31 Dec 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full 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) | 144 | 157 | 172 | 182 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 17.4% | 20.3% | 23.8% | 22.4% |
| Gross margin | 90.3% | 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 |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Aug 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Aug 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Mar 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Mar 2026 |
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.
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.
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Fichtner Gmbh & Co Kg (registered outside the UK register)ultimate parent50–75%
- 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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