The Engineering Technology Group Limited
Registered name: THE ENGINEERING TECHNOLOGY GROUP LIMITED
Part of The Engineering Technology Group Holdings Limited groupThe Engineering Technology Group Limited made £13.8m revenue and £24.9k profit in the year to 31 Dec 2024. read from filing text
The Engineering Technology Group Limited’s revenue grew 14% to £13.8m in the year to 31 Dec 2024, with £24.9k profit and 54 employees. The company is classified under “wholesale of machine tools” and is based in Birmingham; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- In Administration
- Location
- Birmingham, West Midlands
- Age
- 30 yrs · since 1996
- 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 largest and smallest group within which the company are consolidated is the company's ultimate holding company, The Engineering Technology Group Holdings Limited whose registered office is Wellesb”
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text |
| Profit & loss | |||
| Revenue (turnover) | £8.7m | £12.1m | £13.8m |
| Cost of sales | £7m | £10m | £11.4m |
| Gross profit | £1.7m | £2.1m | £2.4m |
| Operating profit | £317k | £106k | £125k |
| Profit before tax | £278k | £18.9k | £24.9k |
| Profit after tax | £278k | £18.9k | £24.9k |
| Profit (best available) | £278k | £18.9k | £24.9k |
| Staff costs | £3.2m | £3.3m | £3.4m |
| Employees (average) | 54 | 55 | 54 |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | 3.2% | 0.2% | 0.2% |
| Gross margin | 19.8% | 17.6% | 17.4% |
| Revenue per employee | £161k | £220k | £255k |
| Profit per employee | £5.1k | £344 | £461 |
| Cash conversion | −29.7% | −438.8% | −80.7% |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲39.6% | ▲13.8% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼93.2% | ▲31.4% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲1.8% | ▼1.8% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Cash at bank | £11.3k | £0 | £494 |
| Net assets | £1.8m | £1.8m | £1.8m |
| Fixed assets | £318k | £232k | £137k |
| Current assets | £13.6m | £14m | £12.3m |
| Debtors | £2.4m | £920k | £1.4m |
| Deferred income | £24.6k | £19.6k | £14.6k |
| Cash from operations | −£94.2k | −£464k | −£101k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Apr 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Apr 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 0.2%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 17.4%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £255k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £461
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- −80.7%
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 1%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 0.1%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 10%
- 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
- ▲1%
- Now £1.8m
- Cash at bank
- —
- Now £494
- Headcount
- ▼2%
- Now 54
- Deferred income
- ▼26%
- Now £14.6k
- Fixed assets
- ▼41%
- Now £137k
Group structure
Ownership chain
- The Engineering Technology Group Holdings Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- The Engineering Technology Group Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Sister companies (6)
- Chiron Werke UK LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Etg Bridgeport UK LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Etg Engineering Solutions LimitedIn AdministrationFigures not disclosed
- H K (Holdings) LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Hyfore Workholding LimitedIn AdministrationFigures not disclosed
- Turning Technologies UK LimitedFigures not disclosed
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 2024 (profit £24.9k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Dec 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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