Oldham Engineering Limited
Registered name: OLDHAM ENGINEERING LIMITED
Oldham Engineering Limited made £24.8m revenue and £1m profit in the year to 30 Sep 2025.
Oldham Engineering Limited’s revenue fell 2% to £24.8m in the year to 30 Sep 2025, with £1m profit and 201 employees. The company is classified under “manufacture of other general-purpose machinery” and is based in Sheffield; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Sheffield, Yorkshire and The Humber
- Age
- 33 yrs · since 1993
- Type
- Private Limited Company
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 30 Sep 2022 | 30 Sep 2023 | 30 Sep 2024 | 30 Sep 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £8.2m | £15.3m | £25.4m | £24.8m |
| Cost of sales | £4.5m | £8.2m | £15.2m | £16m |
| Gross profit | £3.7m | £7.1m | £10.2m | £8.8m |
| Operating profit | £1.3m | £3.1m | £4m | £1.6m |
| Profit before tax | £1.2m | £3.1m | £4m | £1.6m |
| Profit after tax | £1.5m | £2.8m | £2.9m | £1m |
| Profit (best available) | £1.5m | £2.8m | £2.9m | £1m |
| Staff costs | £3.5m | £5.4m | £8.5m | £11.2m |
| Employees (average) | 98 | 111 | 189 | 201 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 19% | 18.2% | 11.5% | 4% |
| Gross margin | 45.1% | 46.3% | 40.1% | 35.5% |
| Revenue per employee | £83.3k | £138k | £134k | £124k |
| Profit per employee | £15.8k | £25k | £15.4k | £5k |
| Cash conversion | −19.8% | −74.1% | −146.2% | −351.2% |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲87.5% | ▲65.8% | ▼2.1% |
| Profit growth | — | ▲79.6% | ▲5% | ▼65.6% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲13.3% | ▲70.3% | ▲6.3% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £528k | £1m | £1m | £5.7m |
| Net assets | £6.6m | £9.2m | £11.4m | £12.5m |
| Fixed assets | £4.1m | £6.3m | £9.5m | £8.9m |
| Current assets | £7.9m | £11m | £16.1m | £14.5m |
| Debtors | £3.6m | £4.5m | £7.4m | £5m |
| Cash from operations | −£249k | −£2.3m | −£5.8m | −£5.5m |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Jun 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jun 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jun 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jun 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 4%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 35.5%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £124k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £5k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- −351.2%
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 35.9%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 20.1%
- 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
- ▲9%
- Now £12.5m
- Cash at bank
- ▲450%
- Now £5.7m
- Headcount
- ▲6%
- Now 201
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- ▼7%
- Now £8.9m
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 30 Sep 2025 (profit £1m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Jun 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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